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Oct 4 2024

Biophysics Seminar- "Base-Pair Disruption Facilitates DNA binding of an Arginine-Rich Disordered Protein" with Anshika Dhiman and "Determinants of tetrapeptide condensates morphology" with Yi Zhang

Friday, 10:30 am–11:30 am
SELE 2101
Oct 9 2024

CDAC Webinar- TBA with Dr. Gilberto Fabbris

Wednesday, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm
Oct 9 2024

Colloquium- "Decoding Mechanical Signals at the Subcellular Level " with Prof. Zheng Shi

Wednesday, 3:00 pm–4:00 pm
SES 238
Oct 23 2024

CDAC Webinar- TBA with Dr. Andrew Campbell

Wednesday, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm
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Effect of increasing pressure on electron localization in the body-centered cubic structure (top) and face-centered cubic structure (lower) of elemental sodium from 0 to 110 GPa (effectively 1 atmosphere to 1.1 million atmospheres). The electronic changes drive the formation of more complex structures under pressure in this and other elements.
New institute bonds UIC and Argonne National Laboratory on research and education
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Just 20 miles separate Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois, and the downtown campus of University of Illinois Chicago. But starting this year, the research mission of the two Chicagoland institutions that formed…
Precipitate forms in the aqueous layer of a liquid-liquid extraction. (Photos from Pan Sun and Mark Schlossman)
UIC physicists find hidden flaw in century-old, common chemical extraction technique
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
For nearly a century, a technique called liquid-liquid extraction has been standard practice in science and industry. It’s used to purify rare earth metals, treat nuclear waste and make perfumes and other consumer…
Effect of increasing pressure on electron localization in the body-centered cubic structure (top) and face-centered cubic structure (lower) of elemental sodium from 0 to 110 GPa (effectively 1 atmosphere to 1.1 million atmospheres). The electronic changes drive the formation of more complex structures under pressure in this and other elements.
Robert Klie is named UIC Distinguished Researcher of the Year
Monday, March 25, 2024
As an undergraduate, Robert Klie wanted to be an astrophysicist, studying cosmic objects with the world’s most powerful telescopes. But he soon became fascinated with the galaxies closer to home: the atomic particles that make…

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Sep 26 2024

Condensed Matter Seminar- "Altermagnetism in the intercalated transition metal dichalcogenide CoNb4Se8" with Prof. Nirmal J. Ghimire

Thursday, 10:00 am–11:00 am
SES 3182
Sep 25 2024

Colloquium- "New Materials in Extreme Environments" with Prof. Russell Hemley and "Topological Superconductivity, Majorana Zero Modes and Quantum Algorithms" with Prof. Dirk Morr

Wednesday, 3:00 pm–4:00 pm
SES 238
Sep 25 2024

CDAC Webinar- "Developments and Applications of 3D Nondestructive Tracking of Microstructures" with Dr. Robert Suter

Wednesday, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm
Sep 20 2024

Biophysics Seminar- "A lecture on writing abstracts and papers and making presentations — toward achieving clarity in scientific communication" with Prof. Huan-Xiang Zhou

Friday, 10:31 am–11:30 am
SELE 2101
Sep 11 2024

Colloquium- "Molecular modeling of biological system and materials" with Prof. Fatemeh Khalili-Araghi and "Thermonuclear burning and nucleosynthesis in stars" with Prof. Claudio Ugalde

Wednesday, 3:00 pm–4:00 pm
SES 238
Sep 11 2024

CDAC Webinar- "Potential High-Tc Superconductivity at Modest Pressures in Doped Rare-Earth Hydrides" with Dr. Adam Denchfield

Wednesday, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm
Jul 31 2024

CDAC Webinar- "In Search of High-Pressure Energetic Materials Metastable at Ambient Conditions" with Dr. Stanimir A. Bonev

Wednesday, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm
Jul 17 2024

CDAC Webinar- "Adventures in Tabletop Shock Compression: More Powerful Detonations and Tiny Hypersonic Missiles" with Dr. Dana Dlott

Wednesday, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm