Researchers Lay the Groundwork for Touch-Sensitive Prosthetic Limbs
Researchers are working to create a modular, artificial upper limb that will restore natural motor control and sensation in amputees. New research at the University…
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Physicists Successfully Simulate Evolution of the Early Universe
Using ultracold cesium atoms in a vacuum chamber, scientists have successfully simulated the evolution of the early universe. Physicists have reproduced a pattern resembling the…
A Potential Solution to a 135 Year Old Meteorite Mystery
A scientist from the University of Chicago may have discovered the solution to a 135-year-old meteorite mystery, revealing that chondrules may have formed from high-pressure…
Cloud Modeling Doubles Estimate of Habitable Planets Orbiting Red Dwarfs in the Milky Way
Researchers from the University of Chicago and Northwestern University have published a new study that used computer simulations of cloud behavior to help suggest that…
Model of Sun’s Magnetic Field Revealed
New research from the University of Leeds and University of Chicago reveals a model of Sun’s magnetic field. Researchers at the Universities of Leeds and…
The Search for Exoplanets Intensifies
Aided by technology, astronomers at the University of Chicago search for far-off planets like Earth. When astronomers discovered planet GJ 1214b circling a star more…
Study Challenges the Idea That a Supernova Prompted the Formation of the Solar System
By testing meteorites, a team of scientists discovered that levels of iron 60 were uniform and low in early solar system material, suggesting that that…
Exploding Star Could Shed New Light on the Nature of Dark Energy
An international team of scientists has conclusively demonstrated a connection between white dwarf stars that fail to completely detonate and a class of oddly dim…
Pegomastax Africanus, A Miniature Dinosaur That Thrived in Southern Africa
Pegomastax africanus is a new species of plant-eating dinosaur with tiny, 1-inch-long (2.5-centimeter-long) jaws, which was discovered in South Africa. It thrived during the Lower…
New Research Paper Solves the N-Representability Problem
A new paper from David Mazziotti, a professor in chemistry at the University of Chicago, solves what specialists call the “N-representability problem,” how to compute…
Brightest Gravitationally Magnified Galaxy Discovered
Using computational tools that reversed the effect of gravitational lensing, scientists were able see what a galaxy looked like 10 billion years ago. Gravity from…
Puzzle Play With Children Results in Better Spatial Skills
Researchers from the University of Chicago discovered that children who play with puzzles between 26 and 46 months of age have better spatial skills when…
Lungfish Use Pelvic Fins to Walk Underwater
The accompanying video shows a lungfish that uses its fins for walking and this could help to clear up the mysteries about when our distant…