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W. M. Keck Foundation awarded UChicago $1.3M for the project, “Non-Reciprocal Matter,” led by Heinrich Jaeger, the Sewell Avery Distinguished Service Professor in Physics, the James Franck Institute, and the College.

Biennial conference is aimed at democratizing quantum technologies and opportunities.

New simulations reveal that Jupiter contains significantly more oxygen than the Sun, offering fresh clues about how the giant planet, and the early solar system, formed.

A UChicago research team created a nanoplasmonic material that harvests light energy for biomedical sensing and stimulation.

Prof. Laura Gagliardi on pivotal moments in US chemistry.

Stuart Rowan will serve as the new leader, while the Founding Faculty Director Shirley Meng will continue leading the Energy Transition Network.

A new study finds that storing cold water used to cool data centers underground could increase IT power capacity by 9.8 percent across three U.S. markets, with gains as high as 11 percent in Arizona's hot, dry climate.

Watch our video wrapup of the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth's academic and co-curricular activities for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Event is first documented to involve four major tectonic plates, finds UChicago scientist Sunyoung Park.

An extremely unusual tectonic movement took place 15 minutes after the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, causing almost the whole of Japan to move 5 millimetres to the east.

Research led by Assoc. Prof. Pedram Hassanzadeh. Watch the CBS news segment.

"Relatively modest research investments would keep open the option of extending life beyond Earth as Mars’ scientific exploration continues." Interview with Assoc. Prof. Edwin Kite.

They say the reaction might have made the building blocks of DNA and RNA, both essential for life. Research by Astro postdoc Jeehyun Yang during his time at Caltech.

Recent observations suggest that dark energy is changing over time. Theorists wonder if dark matter is, too. Article features research by KICP Associate Fellow Georges Obied.

ATLAS probes top-antitop quark interactions near threshold.