As most of the vehicles and machinery someday used on the moon will likely be solar-powered, this is a problem. But a new NASA grant will help University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular ...

One hundred years ago, on July 10, 1925, the trial of John T. Scopes began.

After earning a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and economics then working in research at the Federal Reserve Bank in New ...

Twenty years ago, something happened when Pablo Peña sat in Prof. Gary Becker’s doctoral-level course at the University of Chicago. As the economist lectured on human capital theory, a concept he’d ...

The University is aware of a faculty member’s publicized comments at a recent conference. The University of Chicago is deeply committed to the values of academic freedom and the free expression of ...

In the 1980s, the theory that dinosaurs were wiped out by a massive meteor that hit the Earth began to gain scientific ...

Quantum technology has the potential to change everything from medicine to communications to business. The field taps the bizarre laws of quantum mechanics in order to create technology and devices ...

Priscilla Diane Chapman Frisch, a University of Chicago Research Professor in Astronomy and Astrophysics and a world-leading ...

UChicago-led analysis of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why planet was likely harsh desert for most ...

July 14-16 gathering to create recommendations for policymakers and leaders to reduce the threat of nuclear war ...

Once one of the most difficult colors to recreate in paint, blue was only available to medieval artists, for example, by grinding up the prized stone known as lapis lazuli. By the 1900s, it was still ...