University of Chicago professor Daniel Holz is one of the people who moved the Doomsday Clock forward last month. He's the ...

The iconic clock is set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists ... Katrina Miller is a science reporter for The Times based in Chicago. She earned a Ph.D. in physics from the University of ...

Scientists at UChicago PME develop a new atomic-scale data storage method Their approach uses crystal defects to store data ...

The clock hands are set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a group formed by Manhattan Project scientists at the University of Chicago who helped build the atomic bomb but protested using it ...

Al Capone’s “Sweetheart” pistol, a Colt 1911, is on public display for the first time in “The First Public Enemy.” ...

We are on the path to a new era of quantum computing. We must now prepare for the exponential benefits and risks of quantum ...

An international research collaboration has overturned the long-standing belief that the atomic nucleus of lead-208 is perfectly spherical. The discovery challenges fundamental assumptions about ...

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists’ puts clock at 89 seconds from nuclear apocalypse, closer to ‘midnight’ than even during the Cuban Missile Crisis ...

It feels like a dark time is ahead. We’re going to try to weather it, but we’re not optimistic that it’ll pass soon,“ lamented one biomedical researcher.

Scientists have discovered a way to use single missing atoms in crystals as memory cells, packing terabytes of data into a ...

Researchers have developed a battery that can convert nuclear energy into electricity via light emission, a study suggests.