Running a full-scale model of an entire virus is computationally difficult, but a new framework created by University of Chicago scientists allows researchers to run…
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A ribbon model of a protein. Credit: Emw/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Proteins are essential to cells, carrying out complex tasks and catalyzing chemical reactions. Scientists…
University of Chicago scientist lays out how LIGO gravitational waves could be scrambled, yielding information. There’s something a little off about our theory of the…
New study shows that proteins become biochemically addicted to complex interactions without adaptation. A new study at the University of Chicago has shown that elaborate…
The complex dance of electrical signals inside a cell holds the key to many questions about diseases and disorders, but has been difficult to understand—so…
Instead of traveling, consider gathering your relatives together through a recipe swap or virtual movie night. Safe celebrations are possible in a pandemic, but they…
A heat map as of Oct. 30, showing confirmed cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 people, with darker colors indicating higher case counts. Credit: Center for…
University of Chicago scholar discusses ways to make voting process more democratic. The outcome of every U.S. presidential election hinges on a few key swing…
What does Vladimir Putin have to gain from meddling? A University of Chicago scholar explains. As the 2020 election approaches, Russia is back in the…
Election forecasts have come a long way since the Chicago Daily Tribune’s mistaken “Dewey Defeats Truman” headline in 1948—but improved methodology doesn’t mean that unlikely…
An X-class solar flare from our sun in November 2013. Scientists trained a neural network to find such flares in data taken of distant planets…
Earth’s thin shell of oxygen atmosphere keeps us alive, though we still don’t know exactly how it formed. A new study from the University of…
While coronavirus continues to be a top concern for public health officials, air pollution remains a major threat to our wellbeing and life expectancy. Pollution…
An artist’s rendering of a new electrocatalytic process that can convert carbon dioxide and water into ethanol. Credit: Argonne National Laboratory A research team led…
Vitamin D is sometimes called the sunshine vitamin. In a retrospective study of patients tested for COVID-19, researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine found…
Study to test Eli Lilly and Company’s LY-CoV555, a human monoclonal antibody against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, will examine its ability to combat the virus…
An artistic illustration of extrasolar planetary systems. Credit: NASA ESA and M. Kornmesser ESO Researchers simulate thousands of worlds to see what happens to planets…
In her debut book How You Say It, UChicago psychologist Katherine D. Kinzler explores how we interpret language to divide the world into social groups.…
The use of facial recognition systems by large companies has serious ramifications for personal privacy. Fawkes, a free tool from UChicago computer scientists, is one…
Using computational analysis, research team shows how ebselen binds to SARS CoV-2 main four protease. First appearing in late 2019 in Wuhan City, China, the…