Science & Medicine

Chicago empathy researchers test how far rats will go to rescue a cage mate in distress.

A composer and an astrophysicist embrace feeling lost in space.
Every year malaria infects hundreds of millions around the globe. Geneticist Thomas Wellems, PhD’80, MD’81, tries to stay one step ahead of the parasite.

A UChicago pediatric surgeon dies as he lived—helping children.

Six bison calves at Fermilab show that the laws of nature, as well as physics, always apply.

Physicist Joe Incandela shows graphic evidence of the Higgs boson’s existence.

Photographer Adam Nadel, AB’90, captures images of malaria’s causes and effects, both scientific and social.

July–Aug/12

Before Sho Yano, Fred Solomon, now 75, was the Doogie Howser of the Pritzker School of Medicine.

06.08.2012

As fans flock to new music, some surprising cities lead the way.