One of the most well-studied cellular responses is how they react during times of stress, such as when the temperature gets ...

New UChicago Divinity School course uses religious texts and popular sci-fi to shed light on what it means to be human ...

Prof. Emeritus Mihaly “Mike” Csikszentmihalyi, a pioneering University of Chicago psychologist known as the “father of flow,” died Oct. 20 at his home in Claremont, California. He was 87. As a scholar ...

As electronics have gotten smaller and more flexible, they’ve been incorporated into more uses in the field of healthcare.

A team of UChicago psychology researchers used fMRI scans to learn why certain moments carry such lasting power ...

New research reveals why even state-of-the-art large language models stumble on seemingly easy tasks—and what it takes to fix ...

With new translations from the long-extinct Hittite language, UChicago Ph.D. student Naomi Harris brought verses from clay ...

Now, researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the Abdus Salam International ...

People have worried about overpopulation on Earth for centuries, and climate change has only recently accelerated that fear. But a new study found that feeding 10 billion people on Earth is not only ...

What makes a good life? For decades, psychologists have debated whether true fulfillment comes from happiness—a life of comfort and joy—or meaning—a life of purpose and impact. But what if there's a ...

A group of scientists has released a landmark report on glacial geoengineering—an emerging field studying whether technology could halt the melting of glaciers and ice sheets as climate change ...

Partnership with IonQ enables faculty and students to conduct cutting-edge research and translate to real-world applications benefiting society The University of Chicago will partner with global ...