From wood-burning stoves to coal-fired factories to the gas and oil of the Automobile Age, the history of energy in the United States is marked by many shifts. Visually portraying these transitions ...

Event includes announcement of major grant from Schmidt Sciences to boost capacity for AI and computational science ...

The University of Chicago and Toyota have entered into a multi-year collaborative research agreement to accelerate the ...

An exhilarating period for science,’ say UChicago scientists who played key role in telescope design and deployment ...

Radiation therapy, given to 50% to 60% of all cancer patients, kills tumor cells by damaging their DNA. In some cases, ...

There appears to be some kind of balance in what sustains the main greenhouse gas in Earth’s atmosphere, keeping the climate ...

Two University of Chicago scholars have earned 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships, honored in recognition of their innovative work and exceptional promise as scholars. Profs. Sianne Ngai and Robyn Schiff are ...

David Tracy, a pioneering Roman Catholic theologian and longtime University of Chicago Divinity School professor, died April 29. He was 86. Widely regarded as one of the most important theological ...

Colorectal cancer rates are rising across younger and older age groups, according to a new study from University of Chicago researchers. The second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths overall in ...

Free speech has been an experiment from the start—or at least that’s what Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes suggested nearly a century ago in his dissent in Abrams v. United States, one of the first ...

Findings suggest Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act saved about 27,400 lives between 2010-22, including among younger adults. A new working paper from the University of Chicago provides ...