What is carbon-14 dating? The invention of radiocarbon dating elegantly merged chemistry and physics to develop a scientific method that can accurately determine the age of organic materials as old as approximately 60,000 years. It is based on the fact that living organisms—like trees, plants, people, and animals—absorb carbon-14 into their tissue. When they die, the carbon-14 …

How does sleep affect human health? All human beings — and almost all animals — need sleep. We spend a third of our lives asleep, and it’s as important as food, water or air to our survival. Typically, sleep is defined as an altered state of consciousness or a condition of the body and mind wherein the nervous system is less active, the body is relaxed, and consciousness is …

Sep 19, 2022 · The origin of life on Earth stands as one of the great mysteries of science. To find out if we are alone in the galaxy, we will need to better understand what geochemical conditions nurtured the first life forms. Several seminal experiments in this topic have been conducted at the University of Chicago, including the Miller-Urey experiment that suggested how the building …

Video series explores impacts of coronavirus—from health care to international relations Coronavirus is changing life as we know it on a daily basis. But what will our world look like in the next five years? How will the pandemic permanently reshape our lives? In the video series “COVID 2025: Our World in the Next 5 Years,” leading scholars at the University of Chicago …

Show Notes For centuries, death has been seen as a final, inescapable line—a moment when the heart stops and the brain ceases to function. But revolutionary research asks: What if everything we thought we knew about death was wrong? Sam Parnia, an associate professor of medicine at NYU Langone, is the author of Lucid Dying: The New Science Revolutionizing How We …

Nicknamed “Chicago Pile-1,” the world’s first nuclear reactor was created on Dec. 2, 1942 at the University of Chicago.

Jul 25, 2024 · Chicago Quantum Exchange partner PsiQuantum joins Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park Palo Alto-based startup PsiQuantum is coming to Chicago to build and operate quantum computers—bringing as many as 150 jobs in the next five years and anchoring a massive quantum campus to be built at the former U.S. Steel South Works plant on Chicago’s …

Jun 16, 2022 · Law School’s Global Human Rights Clinic, ACLU examine coercion, exploitation in prison labor Incarcerated workers generate billions of dollars worth of goods and services annually but are paid pennies per hour without proper training or opportunity to build skills for careers after release, according to a comprehensive nationwide report released by the …

May 20, 2024 · Parents aren't born to be types of parents: rather, parenting is characterized by the decisions parents make about how, and how often, they invest in their children to help them flourish. These decisions are shaped by an array of factors and subject to another array of constraints. As a developmental psychologist, this is how I think about what parents do. Was …

Oct 14, 2024 · Prof. James A. Robinson has been awarded a share of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024 for his research on the root causes of global inequality, including the pivotal roles of institutions.