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
For the first time, scientists recreate cell division—outside a cell
A groundbreaking UChicago-led experiment could one day lead to medical breakthroughs, ideas for new kinds of materials or even artificial cells.
For first time, scientists watch entire animal’s muscle system as it moves
Accomplishing perhaps a world first, researchers at Columbia University and the UChicago-affiliated Marine Biological Laboratory have mapped the full-body muscular activity of an animal while it was moving and behaving.
Experiment produces new material that can conduct electricity perfectly
University of Chicago scientists are part of an international research team that has discovered superconductivity—the ability to conduct electricity perfectly—at the highest temperatures ever recorded.
Events
Tenth International School and Conference on Spintronics and Quantum Information Technology
Registration required
The Science of Advanced Manufacturing
July 11, 2019
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Advanced Photon Source Conference Center, Building 402
Argonne National Laboratory
Santanu Chaudhuri, Argonne’s director of manufacturing science and engineering, will explain how the lab brings its unique suite of research tools and expertise to bear on complex manufacturing challenges and enhance American competitiveness.
Registration required
Research Admin Hot Topics Session
July 15, 2019
10 to 11 a.m.
Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery, Room 1103
900 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL
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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.