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Quantum Physics

The gemstone spinel can store quantum information

Amit Malewar

This discovery highlights the incredible potential of materials like spinel.

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Health

Heavy drinkers with depression experience the same buzz as those without depression

Pranjal Malewar

Countering long-held belief that the pleasure people get from drinking decreases with addiction.

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Biology

Study unveils the unique nervous system of octopus arms

Amit Malewar

The large nerve cord running down each octopus arm is separated into segments.

The newly developed material—both semiconductor and hydrogel at the same time—ticks all the boxes for an ideal bioelectronic interface.
Science

New material can create better brain-machine interfaces, biosensors

Ashwini Sakharkar

A new hydrogel semiconductor represents a breakthrough in tissue-interfaced bioelectronics.

Innovative Bioelectronic Device Offers New Hope in the Fight Against Bacterial Infections
Health

This new device delivers harmless electric currents to prevent infections

Jay Kakade

Researchers at the University of Chicago and the University of California San Diego have developed a new device that excites a skin-residing bacterium using...

Ai energy consumption concept
Quantum Computing

World’s first hybrid quantum error correction technique

Ashwini Sakharkar

New breakthrough in quantum computing development.

large birds engaged in raptorial behavior and could carry proportionally large prey.
Science

Exploring the fascinating world of cretaceous birds

PLOS

New fossil species reveal diverse body sizes and lifestyles of birds before mass extinction.

Graphic enlargement of rainwater that could have helped create a meshy wall around protocells 3.8 billion years ago, a critical step in the transition from tiny beads of RNA to every bacterium, plant, animal, and human that ever lived.
Science

Rainwater could have helped create first protocell walls

Ashwini Sakharkar

Life from a drop of rain!

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Space

Universe’s model may hold up after all, suggests Webb’s data

Amit Malewar

There may not be a ‘Hubble tension’!

Researchers in Yang Lab at the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering have made unexpected progress toward developing a new optical memory that can quickly and energy-efficiently store and access computational data. Illustration by Peter Allen
Technology

Researchers discover new material for optically-controlled magnetic memory

Amit Malewar

Progress toward developing a new optical memory that can quickly store and access computational data.

A team including Northwestern researchers has proposed a revolutionary approach toward terraforming Mars using engineered dust particles.
Space

New approach to make Mars friendlier to life

Amit Malewar

How we could warm Mars

moon's surface
Space

Scientists identified the primary process that formed the Moon’s atmosphere

Amit Malewar

Scientists solves 50-year-old mystery of moon's atmosphere.

UC San Diego PhD candidate Grayson Deysher is first author of the paper outlining the team’s work.
Technology

Researchers create world’s first anode-free sodium solid-state battery

Ashwini Sakharkar

A breakthrough in inexpensive, clean, fast-charging batteries.

UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering Asst. Prof. Chong Liu (right), PhD student and first author Gangbin Yan (left).
Technology

New method for faster, greener lithium extraction

Ashwini Sakharkar

Research details method to get efficient, environmentally friendly lithium.

Jiuyun Shi holds a small device he and a team of University of Chicago scientists invented.
Health

Living bioelectronics that can sense and heal skin

Ashwini Sakharkar

This flexible, storable patch uses living bacteria to treat psoriasis in mice.

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Space

Webb Space Telescope detects atmosphere on Exoplanet 55 Cancri e

Editorial Team

Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope find evidence of atmospheric gases surrounding a rocky exoplanet.

BREAD design
Physics

Study uses a coaxial ‘dish’ antenna to search for dark matter

Amit Malewar

First results from BREAD experiment.

Two sweaty cold tulipa glasses of beer with grilled sliced cap rump steak on wooden cutting board (brazilian picanha).
Science

A common food preservative found to have unexpected effects on the gut microbiome

Amit Malewar

Nisin A, a Class I lantibiotic commonly used as a food preservative, has been studied for its ability to kill pathogens. Yet, its effects...

Photo male doctor in a hospital, looking at a virtual dna coming out of a tablet.
Health

Innovative tool enhances disease-causing gene discovery

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Enhanced gene discovery with genetic confounder adjustment.

Doctor from the future concept
Neuroscience

Different species may rely on the same neural network formation

Amit Malewar

Fly brain, mouse brain, worm brain: They all network the same.

An ultrarealistic closeup scientific image of microbiota colonies
Health

Microbiomes in poop help predict infections in liver transplant patients

Amit Malewar

The predictive power of poop.

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Health

Beef and dairy nutrient boosts immune response to cancer

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Trans-vaccenic acid reprograms CD8+ T Cells for anti-tumor immunity.

Jiwoong Park
Physics

Scientists invented the smallest known way to guide light

Pranjal Malewar

2D optical waveguides could point way to new technology.

quantum superchemistry
Quantum Physics

First evidence of ‘quantum superchemistry’ observed

Pranjal Malewar

Breakthrough could point way to fundamental insights, new technology.

a way to create a contained “ball” of turbulence
Physics

Physicists created turbulence in a tank

Pranjal Malewar

Tempest in a teacup!

combining spectator qubits
Quantum Computing

Adjusting the qubits in real time to minimize error

Amit Malewar

Noise-cancelling qubits can minimize errors in quantum computers.

spectator qubits
Quantum Computing

A new method to constantly monitor the noise around a quantum system

Amit Malewar

'Noise-cancelling’ qubits.

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Environment

Sea Star Study provides an essential toolkit for organ development

Vidya Nagalwade

Tube formation is important for understanding genetics and mechanics.

particle beam traveling through an accelerator
Science

A clever algorithm to improve understanding of particle beams in accelerators

Amit Malewar

The algorithm pairs ML techniques with beam physics equations to avoid massive data crunching.

Image showing a new tool.
Technology

A new tool reveals the electronic states of quantum materials

Amit Malewar

The origin of electronic states is found in designed materials.

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Psychology

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Space

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Health

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Technology

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