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Scientists harness bacteria to create ‘living’ liquid crystals

Scientists harness bacteria to create ‘living’ liquid crystals

National Laboratories, Physical Sciences

Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering research could lead to new technology Liquid crystals are widely used in technologies such as displays, which manipulate their orientation to display colors across the spectrum. In traditional displays, liquid crystals are...
Salt deposits on Mars hold clues to sources of ancient water

Salt deposits on Mars hold clues to sources of ancient water

Physical Sciences

UChicago study offers way to test whether water flowed deep underground on Red Planet For centuries, miners have burrowed into the earth in search of salt—laid down in thick layers from ancient oceans long since evaporated. When scientists saw huge deposits of salt on...
Argonne receives go-ahead for $815 million upgrade to X-ray facility

Argonne receives go-ahead for $815 million upgrade to X-ray facility

National Laboratories, Physical Sciences

Accelerator at UChicago-affiliated lab will boost discovery across scientific fields For the past quarter-century, the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory has helped scientists and engineers make groundbreaking discoveries—providing extremely bright...
Krypton reveals ancient water beneath the Israeli desert

Krypton reveals ancient water beneath the Israeli desert

National Laboratories, Physical Sciences

The Negev desert, which covers half of Israel’s land mass, is so dry that parts of it get less than three inches of water a year. But beneath it is water that sustains the people and agriculture of the region. Understanding where it came from, how much is there and...
50 years later, UChicago scientists continue to decode moon’s mysteries

50 years later, UChicago scientists continue to decode moon’s mysteries

National Laboratories

Fifty years ago, NASA astronauts stepped off Apollo 11 and delivered what instantly became the most precious rock on Earth: nearly 50 pounds of dust and rock fragments from the surface of the moon. Suddenly the wildest dreams of geoscientists had come true, as tiny...
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