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News
RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow 50% more potatoes, rice
Manipulating RNA can allow plants to yield dramatically more crops, as well as increasing drought tolerance, announced a group of scientists from the University of Chicago, Peking University and Guizhou University. In initial tests, adding a gene encoding for a...
Duality quantum accelerator accepts six startups into inaugural cohort
Duality, a first-of-its-kind accelerator for quantum companies, has accepted into its inaugural cohort six startups from across the United States and abroad. The 12-month program will provide training from the University of Chicago, as well as opportunities from...
For a sustainable future, scientists rethink plastics and devices
Modern society is now starting to feel the real-world effects of climate change, after more than a century of unrestrained carbon emissions, overuse of natural resources, and irresponsible production of material waste. The rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide has...
Events
Virtual event: The Gifts
Sept. 26, 2021
Fermilab
Do we appreciate and enjoy all the gifts that discovering Nature through science can bring? In this illustrated talk of art, poetry and science, artist Geraldine Cox will explore some of these gifts and discuss how Nature’s marvelous imagination and our methods of understanding it might play a greater role in our world. Cox works with physicists to find resonant new expression for the beautiful things we have discovered and inspires others to do the same.
Virtual event: A Fireside Chat with Dean Angela Olinto
Sept. 24, 2021
UChicago Global
Part of the UChicago-Brazil Collaboration in Science Lecture Series
Join a fireside chat with Angela Olinto, Dean of the Physical Sciences Division at the University of Chicago, and João R.T. de Mello Neto, Professor of Physics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Angela will discuss her research in astrophysics and cosmology, her personal journey from Brazil to the US, and her leadership journey as an academic, a woman in science, and a strong proponent of diversity and inclusion at UChicago.
Virtual event: How to Secure SBIR Funding
Sept. 30, 2021
Polsky Center
UChicago graduate Antonio Sosa-Pascual, AB ’96, CEO of REOFTech, will provide insight to potentially secure millions in SBIR funding to successfully advance your technology and launch your venture. During the workshop he will cover the SBIR process, previous use cases of successful teams, and share more about the work they do to help researchers and technologists advance.
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.