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Feb 21 2025

ECE Seminar- "The Edge of Tomorrow: Real-time Artificial Intelligence for Science" with Dr. Nhan Tran (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)

2/21/25, 11:00 am–3/21/25, 11:00 am
LC C1
Feb 26 2025

LAS Faculty Research Symposium: From Atoms to Astronomy

Wednesday, 9:00 am–6:00 pm
Illinois Rooms, Student Center East
Feb 28 2025

Biophysics Seminar- TBA

Friday, 2:00 pm–3:00 pm
SES 2214
Mar 4 2025

HEP-HEN Seminar- "Road to Minimal WIMPs" with Dr. Rodolfo Capdevilla (Fermilab)

Tuesday, 11:00 am–11:00 am
SES 2214
Mar 5 2025

CDAC Webinar- "Quasicrystals Shift Nature’s Boundaries" with Prof. Luca Bindi (University of Florence)

Wednesday, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm
Mar 5 2025

Colloquium- TBA with Prof. Michael Miller (University of Toronto)

Wednesday, 3:00 pm–4:00 pm
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Researchers used a diamond anvil cell to subject sulfur to over 1 million atmospheres of pressure in order to analyze its superconductive properties. (Graphic/Image: Kui Wang)
Elemental superconductor reveals new physics under pressure
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Superconductivity, in which electrons flow with zero resistance, has long defied simple explanation. In 1997, a team led by UIC scientist Russell Hemley showed that under pressure, sulfur becomes an elemental superconductor, making it an ideal…
Mark Schlossman Named University Scholar
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Professor Mark Schlossman has been named a 2024-2025 University Scholar. The program provides a three-year award to faculty members who have demonstrated superior performance in scholarly activities in both research and teaching and…
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How one UIC student is proposing to advance science of superconductivity
Thursday, November 14, 2024
New materials designed by a University of Illinois Chicago graduate student may help scientists meet one of today’s biggest challenges: building superconductors that operate at normal temperatures and pressures. Superconductors are used widely…

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Feb 12 2025

Colloquium- "Revealing nuclear secrets: how polymer dynamics and protein diffusion control gene expression" with Prof. Arpita Upadhyaya (University of Maryland)

Wednesday, 3:00 pm–4:00 pm
238 2SES
Feb 6 2025

CM Seminar- "Quantum Functionality in 2D materials: From Moiré Structures to Quantum Confined Devices" with Prof. Adina Luican-Mayer (Argonne National Laboratory)

Thursday, 10:00 am–10:00 am
SES 2214
Feb 5 2025

Colloquium- "Welcome to the Jungle: making sense of the landscape of quantum phases in condensed matter" with Prof. Ian Hayes (UIC) and "Studying emergence with the strong force" with Prof. Austin Baty (UIC)

Wednesday, 3:00 pm–4:00 pm
238 2SES
Feb 5 2025

CDAC Webinar- "Quantum Crystallography" with Prof. Krzysztof Wozniak (University of Warsaw)

Wednesday, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm
Jan 31 2025

Biophysics Seminar- "In vivo Single Particle Tracking in Diffraction-sized Biomolecular Condensates" with Alisha Budhathoki (Spille Lab, UIC)

Friday, 2:00 pm–3:00 pm
SES 2214
Jan 29 2025

Colloquium- "Quantum Phases at Zero Temperature" with Prof. Meigan Aronson (University of British Columbia)

Wednesday, 3:00 pm–4:00 pm
238 2SES
Jan 22 2025

CDAC/CMEC Webinar- "Phase Separation of Planetary Ices Explains Magnetic Disorder on Uranus and Neptune" with Prof. Burkhard Militzer (University of California Berkeley)

Wednesday, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm
Jan 17 2025

Biophysics Seminar- "Measuring bridging forces in protein-DNA condensates" with Vikhyaat Ahlawat (Zhou Lab) and "ATP Converts Protein-Nucleic Acid Aggregates into Liquid Condensates" with Divya Kota (Zhou Lab)

Friday, 2:00 pm–3:00 pm
SES 2214