New findings on the tactile sensitivity of fish fins and the search for solar flares.

First-in-class forecasters.

The Chicago school of meteorology found and made waves.

Meteorologist Tetsuya Theodore Fujita (1920–1998) led a tempestuous career.

At Fermilab, artist in residence Adam Nadel, AB’90, used high-energy electrons to capture portraits of the invisible natural world.

The mysteries of coloration, revealed.

Chicago teens search the bottom of Lake Michigan for a meteorite.

Professor and entrepreneur Maryellen Giger, PhD’85, brings computer-aided breast cancer detection and diagnosis from bench to bedside.

Microbiologist Maurice Hilleman, PhD’44, and his feathered friends.

Chemist Bozhi Tian illuminates pacemaker technology.

Computer scientist Pedro Lopes integrates technology with anatomy to reimagine the role of “human” in human-computer interaction.

Physicist David McCowan, SM’08, PhD’14, explains food science to lay readers in the Takeout.