Creating Capacity
UChicago researchers and scholars transform the way we see the world. The Office of Research 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
Argonne, UChicago scientists take important step in developing national quantum internet
Real-world experiment in Chicago suburbs achieves quantum entanglement across 52-mile fiber network Scientists from Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago entangled photons across a 52-mile network in the Chicago suburbs, an important step in...
University of Chicago to build instrumentation for upgrades to the Large Hadron Collider
Faculty, students, engineers to design and build systems for ATLAS experiment In 2012, scientists and the public around the world rejoiced at the news that CERN’s Large Hadron Collider had discovered the long-sought Higgs boson—a particle regarded as a linchpin in the...
Takeout noodles inspire UChicago scientists to invent remarkable synthetic tissue
Breakthrough creates tough material able to stretch, heal and defend itself.
Events
Advanced Simulation Workshop
February 28, 2020
8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Argonne National Laboratory
This workshop will bring together upcoming and leading scientists to present and discuss influential works in the fields of computational science, high-order methods, and high-performance computing.
Women in STEM Series: Ka Yee Lee, Provost and Prof. in Chemistry
March 5, 2020
3 - 4 p.m.
Eckhardt Research Center, Auditorium Room 161
Redefining the landscape — Women in STEM is a PSD & PME exhibit featuring narratives and images of women who are shaping STEM.
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.
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.
UChicago CASE
Learn more about the University of Chicago’s Consortium for Advanced Science and Engineering.