All material science

A cube-shaped structure made up of purple and green circles connected by thin lines.

November 5, 2024

How one UIC student is proposing to advance science of superconductivity 

Materials called cubic rare earth hydrides could be superconductors in everyday conditions

Liz Marai, associate professor of computer science at the UIC College of Engineering

April 12, 2024

Pilot research institutes kindle interdisciplinary activity across UIC

New pilot institute will tackle AI bias in health care, joining three ongoing research efforts

A 3-D molecular structure forms against a dark blue background.

February 14, 2024

Researchers generate a carbon capture breakthrough using AI, physics and supercomputers 

A collaboration between UIC and Argonne harnesses artificial intelligence to find promising new materials.

November 28, 2023

Bidding adieu to sticky ice, but with a grain of salt

Experiments find that impure ice is less sticky than ice made with pure water

Experimental determination of the melting curve of iron to 1000

January 13, 2022

Measuring the melting curve of iron at super-Earth core conditions

New study appears in Science

National Nuclear Security Administration logo

April 27, 2020

$8M to UIC to lead DOE materials research center

Center will study materials in extreme conditions

Phase switching liquids show heat-trapping abilities.

March 18, 2019

Materials could delay frost up to 300 times longer than existing anti-icing coatings

Could PSLs be the next-generation materials to prevent frost and ice development on surfaces?