Last year, in July, Reine Protacio’s experiments suddenly stopped working. Every scientist encounters baffling results from time to time; you chalk it up to error, repeat the experiment, and hope for ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a series called “The Day Tomorrow Began,” which explores the history of breakthroughs at UChicago. Learn more here. A field experiment is a research method that uses ...

Every new generation of phone display, television screen and solar panel is the result of precision optics experiments, which use lasers and other light sources to measure the optical properties of ...

This article is part of “The Young American Scientists,” which includes stories of 28 extraordinary scientists poised to change the world, as well as a deep look at the past, present and future of ...

Materials science is a rapidly growing field driven by the search for new materials to address a wide range of modern challenges—from developing safer, more efficient batteries to producing materials ...

Even the most adept researchers may not know exactly what they do to get successful results. An A.I. model is trying to figure it out by watching every move. Researchers at Transfyr use sensors and ...

Ever since I left the bench for my first lab management role, people have asked me, “Don’t you miss being in the lab and doing experiments?” My typical response is that I miss being in the lab, but I ...