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The accuracy of non-invasive blood and stool-based tests for colorectal cancer is improving, but experts say it’s too soon to drop colonoscopies altogether.

A NASA mission, IMAP, and two more spacecraft that will study space weather are traveling through space atop a single SpaceX rocket. Priscilla Frisch was a co-investigator of the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Hi.

The United States is hurtling towards a potential government shutdown if Congress does not pass a budget or short-term funding bill by the end of the month, and the fate of the federal government’s Earth and climate science programs may hang in the balance. Elisabeth Moyer weighs in.

The University of Chicago Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth’s new Human-Centered Weather Forecasts Initiative is helping low- and middle-income countries better adapt to climate change by providing AI-driven forecasts tailored to their needs.

The University of Chicago, AIM for Scale and the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence have launched a first-of-its-kind weather forecast training program to help governments deliver tailored forecasts to meet local agricultural needs—including those of millions of farmers.

Eight new projects could lead to breakthroughs in computing, sensing and secure communications.

The lab of Prof. Laura Gagliardi at the University of Chicago Chemistry Department and Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) has developed a powerful new tool that harnesses electronic structure theories and machine learning to simulate transition metal catalytic dynamics with both accuracy and speed. 

As the new school is set to begin, students will notice a change in the Searle Chemistry Laboratory Building. The main hallways of the Chemistry Department have a vibrant new look, blending the calming presence of nature with the clean lines of Mid-Century Modern style. 

Over the past 60 years, scientists have largely succeeded in building a computer model of Earth to see what the future holds. One of the most ambitious projects humankind has ever undertaken has now reached a critical moment.

Weather-tracking data is getting more granular thanks to artificial intelligence.

A new study suggests that Dark Energy may be evolving over time rather than being constant.

Read David Keith's co-written op-ed about geoengineering.

Physicist and Schmidt Science Polymath Arvind Murugan works at the intersection of physics, biology, computation, and materials science to understand the hallmarks of life.

In this episode of the Big Brains podcast, Edwin Kite examines how we could terraform Mars make the Red Planet habitable.

UChicago PME scientists, including chemist Stuart Rowan, created a simple system to carry next-generation medicines.