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
Scientists harness bacteria to create ‘living’ liquid crystals
Scientists at Argonne and UChicago have taken an important step toward understanding how to control liquid crystal for emerging technologies that rely on defect formation.
Salt deposits on Mars hold clues to sources of ancient water
A new study by UChicago researchers advances our understanding of salt on Mars—and offers new ways to test what Mars’ water would have looked like.
Argonne receives go-ahead for $815 million upgrade to X-ray facility
UChicago-affiliated Argonne National Laboratory been cleared to begin building a massive, $815 million upgrade to the Advanced Photon Source, its kilometer-long X-ray facility.
Events
Chain Reaction Innovations Demo Day
September 17, 2019
5 to 8:30 p.m.
Gleacher Center, 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive, Chicago
Six teams from Chain Reaction Innovations, the Entrepreneurship Program at Argonne National Laboratory, will showcase their technologies and emerging companies.
Registration required
Tension in the Hubble Constant
September 18, 2019
4 p.m.
Fermilab
Wendy Freedman, John and Marion Sullivan University Professor in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the College, will present new results from a long-term project to independently measure a value of the Hubble constant to very high precision and accuracy.
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Broader Impacts Fair
October 10, 2019
Noon to 2 p.m.
William Eckhardt Research Center Atrium
5640 South Ellis Avenue
The STEM Broader Impacts Fair provides outreach and volunteer opportunities for faculty, graduate students, and students in the College.
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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.