All physics

October 10, 2024

Super-fast microscopes may help researchers map entire mouse brain 

New method could capture ‘wiring diagram’ of the brain in years instead of decades

Two men work on scientific equipment in a laboratory.

September 20, 2024

Studying new 2D materials, one molecule at a time 

Approach enables design of nanotechnology for energy, electronics

A man in a lab coat sits of several monitors in a lab

April 17, 2024

Distinguished Researcher Award: Robert Klie, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 

How can we see the fundamental building blocks of life and matter?

April 17, 2024

New institute bonds UIC and Argonne National Laboratory on research and education 

George Crabtree Institute for Discovery and Sustainability will spearhead collaborative research, training and community-based initiatives

March 22, 2024

UIC physicists find hidden flaw in century-old, common chemical extraction technique 

Discovery could improve many industrial processes

Electron microscopy image of MXene microspheres.

April 19, 2023

Promising nanoscale material captured by electron microscopy

New study visualizes synthetic compounds with promise for energy storage, superconductivity

Russell Hemley, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

February 23, 2023

Study offers new perspective on chemical interactions that govern metals’ structure

Research from UIC’s Russell Hemley appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Quantum dots in containers

December 5, 2022

New quantum dots study uncovers implications for biological imaging

Paper published in the American Chemical Society’s journal Nano Letters

UIC will be home to the world’s first analytical, aberration-corrected and monochromated transmission electron microscope, or TEM, with a magnetic field-free objective lens.

September 28, 2022

$4M NSF award brings next-generation microscope to UIC

New lens design allows for atomic-resolution imaging as well as chemical analysis of critical materials

American Association for the Advancement of Science logo

January 26, 2022

UIC researchers earn distinction as AAAS fellows

Physicist and biophysicist elected for one of the top scientific honors

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