Creating Capacity
UChicago researchers and scholars transform the way we see the world. Research, Innovation and National Laboratories provides comprehensive support, guidance and resources to help our researchers advance their work, including connections to world-leading researchers and facilities at Argonne National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Giant Magellan Telescope project.
Resources for Researchers
News
3.3 million-year-old fossil of young girl reveals origins of human spine
Findings of an analysis of a 3.3 million-year-old fossil skeleton show that portions of the human spinal structure that enable efficient walking motions were established millions of years earlier than previously thought.
Into Kazakhstan to Convert a Reactor
The world is dotted with research reactors that run on highly enriched uranium. Argonne engineers are traveling the world to convert them one by one.
Battling infectious diseases with 3-D protein structures
Scientists used data collected at Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source to determine the 3-D atomic structures o of proteins that are potential targets for drugs and vaccines.
Events
City Club of Chicago: John Flavin
Wednesday, July 26, 2017 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Maggiano’s Banquet
111 W. Grand Ave Chicago, IL 60654
Open to all UChicago and the public
Enhancing Life Project: 2017 Capstone Conference
Friday, August 4, 2017 3:00 p.m.–Sunday, August 6, 2017 4:00 p.m.
Gleacher Center
450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive, Chicago
Tickets available to the UChicago community and the public
Enrico Fermi: Architect of the Atomic Age
Laboratory Safety
Research safety is essential to the responsible conduct of scientific inquiry. Contact the Office of Research Safety for more resources on campus-wise research laboratory safety, user training and information.
Innovation
Advancing the knowledge and practice of entrepreneurship and accelerating the commercialization of research.
National Laboratories
We manage one of the world’s most preeminent research networks. From historic experiments in nuclear energy, developmental biology, and particle physics to today’s challenges of renewable power, dark matter, and microbial ecology, these institutions have long been at the vanguard of discovery.