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Seventeen Research and Innovation Milestones in 2017 | UChicago News

Published on January 16, 2018
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This past year brought us the invention of an oil-soaking sponge, the detection of gravitational waves from two colliding neutron stars, innovative methods for making thinner semiconductors, the launch of several research-based startups, insight into how the developing brain forms memories, and a look back at the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. Here is a look back at 17 highlights in research and innovation at the University and its national and affiliated laboratories in 2017:

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Source: Seventeen research and innovation milestones in 2017 | UChicago News

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