Gold and other heavy elements are born in some of the universe’s most violent events—but scientists still struggle to understand the nuclear steps that create them. Now, nuclear physicists have ...

In a paper published today in Nature Synthesis, a team from the lab of University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) and Chemistry Department Prof. Paul Alivisatos ...

The molecular-scale design of materials is one of the major frontiers in modern science. Flat, highly conjugated organic molecules are already used in advanced technologies such as chemical sensors, ...

Every year, the College of Natural Sciences invites faculty, staff and students to send in the most striking and fascinating ...

Scientists studying Mars may have uncovered a brand-new mineral hidden in the planet’s ancient sulfate deposits. By combining laboratory experiments with orbital data, researchers identified an ...

In a paper published today in Nature Synthesis, a team from the lab of University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) and Chemistry Department Prof. Paul ...

Researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) designed a low power semiconductor circuit ...

History often only remembers great scientists for what they found. But sometimes, when they are alone together, they show a ...

Gold cannot form until certain unstable atomic nuclei break apart. Exactly how those nuclear transformations unfold has long been difficult to ...

In a new study, researchers examined how salt and cook time shape pasta’s texture — and what pushes it from al dente to ...

AN international team of scientists has created a molecule unlike any previously known, demonstrating how quantum computing can help scientists uncover new forms of matter that traditional computing ...

In a paper published today in Nature Synthesis , a team from the lab of University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME ...