In the 1980s, the theory that dinosaurs were wiped out by a massive meteor that hit the Earth began to gain scientific ...

Priscilla Diane Chapman Frisch, a University of Chicago Research Professor in Astronomy and Astrophysics and a world-leading ...

July 14-16 gathering to create recommendations for policymakers and leaders to reduce the threat of nuclear war ...

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The earliest light in the universe has been traveling across space since just after the Big Bang. Known as the cosmic ...

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UChicago-led analysis of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why planet was likely harsh desert for most of recent past ...

On June 11, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine announced the result of a three-year study to set a ...

University of Chicago rising fourth-years Annie Yang and Seri Welsh have been recognized by the Udall Foundation for their ...

A long-chain fatty acid found in meat and dairy products improves the ability of certain immune cells to kill cancer cells, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Chicago. The ...

Once one of the most difficult colors to recreate in paint, blue was only available to medieval artists, for example, by grinding up the prized stone known as lapis lazuli. By the 1900s, it was still ...

Quantum technology has the potential to change everything from medicine to communications to business. The field taps the bizarre laws of quantum mechanics in order to create technology and devices ...