Assoc. Prof. Pedram Hassanzadeh is pushing the limits of extreme weather prediction at UChicago. His team is leveraging AI to forecast events that have never even been observed before.
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The 2026 Science as Art winners are here! 🏆 “Yin and Yang: Harmony in Chaos” by Takumi Matsuzawa captured swirling turbulence in vivid color; “Cartography of the Mouse” mapped gene expression with flair. Honorable mentions feature ancient ceramics and plasma waves!
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Congratulations to Caroline Piaulet-Ghorayeb, awarded the prestigious 51 Pegasi b Fellowship! 🪐 Her work blends cutting-edge exoplanet observations and theory to reveal the secrets of the galaxy’s most common, but mysterious, sub-Neptunes. 🚀
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AI weather forecasting can inform decision-making to improve public health and agriculture in these regions
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An interdisciplinary team at UChicago has won a distinguished Laude Institute Moonshots Seed Grant
@ianfoster42.bsky.social, @pedramh.bsky.social, Michael Kremer, and @beccawillett.bsky.social will work to advance actionable AI weather forecasting in developing economies in Africa and Asia
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Congrats to Alexandra Worden of the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Department of the Geophysical Sciences at UChicago! She joins a group of distinguished artists, scientists, and scholars in the 101st class of Guggenheim Fellows. #2026GuggFellows
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How do materials change at the nanoscale? 🌟 UChicago President Paul Alivisatos and PME student and first author, Binyu Wu, created a new simulation revealing cation exchange in nanocrystals. Dive into the science at the link in bio!
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Scientists at the University of Chicago are exploring the cosmic mystery of dark matter—an invisible force that binds galaxies and shapes the universe. With cutting-edge detectors and creative theories, they’re working to uncover what lies beyond the visible. More: news.uchicago.edu/story/dark-m...
What if the secret to pain relief was hiding in your phone battery? 🔋 UChicago scientists found a new way to use lithium-ion tech as a flexible patch, aiming for targeted treatment with fewer side effects.
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Join us 4/14 during International #DarkSkyWeek for a global livestream on the latest progress of the Giant Magellan Telescope.
Go behind the scenes of the engineering, science, and international collaboration driving the observatory toward first light in the 2030s.
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Thank you for supporting the Physical Sciences Division this Giving Day! We are grateful for your generosity and support for history in the making!
Great news—there’s still time! Help the Physical Sciences Division reach our Giving Day goal by 2 PM with a gift to the Stuart A. Rice Physical Sciences Memorial Fund or the PSD Graduate Fund. Your generosity directly supports tomorrow’s leaders in science.
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A gift to the PSD Graduate Fund enables our students to carry on UChicago’s legacy of pioneering researchers, who are making history in our classrooms, labs, and communities across the world. Join us in giving to support scientific advances that will transform the future.
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From unveiling cosmic mysteries to revolutionizing technology, our students pursue breakthroughs alongside faculty mentors. Your gift to the PSD Graduate Fund helps keep this momentum—and legacy—going.
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Giving Day is here! Your gift to the Stuart A. Rice Physical Sciences Memorial Fund invests in outstanding graduate students who share Rice's spirit of boldness, curiosity, and discovery. Join us:
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Discover 130 years of UChicago physics through books, stories, and unsung voices in “Binding Energy”—a student-curated web exhibit uncovering the lives behind groundbreaking ideas. Explore the exhibit:
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How can particles from deep space help us map Earth’s core or unlock the origins of lightning? Join the free Compton Lectures, featuring Keith McBride on Saturdays at 11 AM from March 28–May 16, to find out how UChicago scientists are chasing cosmic clues!
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Giving Day begins at noon on March 31! Join fellow Maroons in 24 hours of giving back—supporting students, faculty, and world-changing research at UChicago.
Science took center stage in #ProjectHailMary 🎬 Members from UChicago PME, PSD and Argonne gathered for a special advance screening of the movie, followed by a panel exploring the real science behind the story. 🧪
See the film only in theaters starting March 20th.
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How close are we to the science of the movies? Join UChicago and Argonne scientists at #C2E2 for a special panel on March 27, 2:45–3:30 PM in Room S401-ABC, exploring AI, extreme microbes, and the real discoveries that inspire today’s sci-fi blockbusters—including Project Hail Mary.
We are excited to share that Prof. Ka Yee C. Lee has been appointed dean of the University of Chicago’s Physical Sciences Division. Lee has served as interim dean since February 2024.
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Why did life evolve error correction? UChicago researchers find that speed, not just fidelity, helps drive biological proofreading—changing our perspective on evolution.
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Meet The Cube: UChicago’s new center for computational social science, uniting social, computer, and data science experts to explore how AI shapes society—and how society shapes AI. Discover more: tinyurl.com/5n8x7xk5
📣 Calling all UChicago researchers, students, and staff — the Science as Art contest returns! Celebrate scientific creativity: submit your research images by March 13 to win cash prizes and be showcased around campus and online.
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Join us for a virtual information session on 3/5 at 11 AM CST for the MS in Chemistry at UChicago. You'll learn more about our admissions process, curriculum, and life at UChicago.
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Work in emerging fields at the intersections of data and technology with an MS from the Physical Sciences Division at the University of Chicago. Register to attend a special virtual information session for students in Asia on Feb. 26, at 6:30 PM India ST / 9:00 PM China ST.
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Congratulations to PSD's Aloni Cohen (Computer Science and DSI), Anna Wuttig (Chemistry), and Zoe Yan (Physics) for earning Sloan Research Fellowships, which recognize early-career scholars’ potential to make substantial contributions to their fields.
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Open doors with a MS degree from UChicago in Applied Data Science, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Science, and Financial Mathematics. Join us for an International Virtual Information Session on Feb. 26 at 6:30 PM India ST / 9:00 PM China ST.
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UChicago Prof. Marshini Chetty collaborated with law professors to demonstrate that dark patterns manipulate users despite explicit instructions to protect privacy, research that was honored with a Future of Privacy Forum’s 2026 Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award.
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Congratulations to Prof. Bozhi Tian—recipient of the 2026 Marian and Stuart Rice Research Award for pioneering new ways to control biology with chemistry, semiconductors, and electrochemistry. Discover his groundbreaking work: physicalsciences.uchicago.edu/news/article...
