UChicago students use historic maps, state-of-the-art technology to bring Chicago neighborhood history to life

The Chicago Urban Heritage Project​ is filling in blanks for the history of entire neighborhoods and Chicago as a whole, ...

Python scales host microstructures that block bacterial biofilms—revealing potential for antimicrobial materials

Materials inspired by nature, or biomimetic materials, are nothing new. Scientists have designed water-resistant materials ...

Property owner defends plan to raze Deer Park bowling alley, build storage: 'It's business'

Joseph Giaquinto, owner of the lot where Strike 10 Lanes sits, addressed residents at a meeting of the Deer Park Community ...
Science News

How snakes defy gravity to stand tall

Limbless tree snakes can lift most of their body into the air without toppling. They manage this by focusing all their ...
MIT Technology Review

This startup wants to change how mathematicians do math

Axiom Math is giving away a powerful new AI tool. But it remains to be seen if it speeds up research as much as the company ...