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Scientists assemble the XENON1T dark matter detector in the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory in Italy. UChicago physicist Luca Grandi and his research group played a key role in preparing and assembling the xenon detector.  Courtesy of XENON1T Collaboration

New Ultra-Sensitive Instrument Aims to Detect Hints of Elusive Dark Matter Particles

Thursday, November 12, 2015

There is five times more dark matter in the universe than “normal” matter—the atoms and molecules that make up the familiar world. Yet, it is still unknown what this dominant dark component actually is. 

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Novel Scalable Software Helps In Silico Discovery of Materials for Energy

Monday, September 28, 2015

Software that greatly improves the accuracy and efficiency of calculations of materials' properties from basic quantum principles has been released by scientists at the University of Chicago and the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory.

UChicago researchers co-led experiments that produced glass with an organized molecular structure, a material previously thought to be entirely amorphous and random. Copyright Wokandapix

Molecular Scientists Unexpectedly Produce New Type of Glass

Friday, August 14, 2015

 “Randomness is almost the defining feature of glasses. At least we used to think so." 

Chris Eidsmoe. Photo courtesy RCC.

Staff Comes Together for Demo Day

Friday, July 31, 2015

The Research Computing Center’s staff gathered for the inaugural RCC Student Demo Day, a chance for everyone to come together and learn about the projects RCC’s student workers are spending their summer on.

Jeffrey Heer. Courtesy Research Computing Center.

Better Living through Data Visualization

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Visualizations are interesting from an intellectual point of view, but they can have serious real-world consequences.

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