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Read the latest news from the Department of Physics
Peering Inside a Quantum Computer Creates New Phases of Information
Physicist Matteo Ippoliti helped explore how measurements can alter information states in an innovation created by Google.
Lang Work on PET Featured in Physics World
A team led by Karol Lang at UT Austin is exploring the use of positron emission tomography (PET) to advance clinical FLASH therapy, an emerging...
James Webb Telescope Catches Glimpse of Possible First-Ever ‘Dark Stars’
Stars powered with dark matter still need proving but could reveal clues about the nature of one of the universe’s great mysteries.
Scientists use Exotic Stars to Tune into Hum from Cosmic Symphony
A team of astrophysicists has found evidence for gravitational waves that oscillate with periods of years to decades.
Scientists Demote a Potential Wonder Quantum Material
An international research team, including UT Austin's Edoardo Baldini, has disproven that Ta2NiSe5 is an excitonic insulator, resolving a long-standing debate on its phase transition...
New Simulation Reveals Secrets of Exotic Form of Electrons called Polarons
Feliciano Giustino leads effort to turn computational predictions into new materials.
Inspired by Biology, Physicists Make More Efficient Motors
Learn about how UT Austin physicists are using human muscles to design more efficiently designed robots.
Department of Energy Selects Timothy Liao for Graduate Student Research Program
UT Austin's Timothy Liao has been selected to participate in a research program where he will develop computational tools for material design and discovery.
Seven Natural Sciences Faculty Receive NSF CAREER Awards
Learn about faculty members from UT Austin's College of Natural Sciences who have been awarded CAREER Awards from the National Science Foundation.
New Phononic Crystal Might Enable Better Mobile Communications
UT Austin researchers' new acoustic component, made of aluminum nitride and configured into periodic phononic crystals, allows engineers to direct high frequency elastic waves along predefined paths, including sharp turns and splits, without losing signal.