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5 Tips to Get the Most Out of Four Years of Undergrad Research

We asked graduating seniors from across the college to share their best tips for research success.

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New Material Might Lead to Higher Capacity Hard Drives

Researchers from the U.S. and Japan have demonstrated that they can store and retrieve information magnetically in a new class of materials.

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Newly Identified Gravitational Waves Help Pinpoint Black Hole

The scientists looking for gravitational waves reported that last year they observed four additional ripples in space-time. During about a nine-month period, scientists including UT Austins Aaron Zimmerman made the observation with the National Science Foundation’s LIGO collaboration.

Artists rendition of two black holes about to collide in space

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New Imaging Technique Could Speed Development of Sound-based Materials and Devices

A team led by Keji Lai at UT Austin has developed a new imaging technique based on acoustic waves, discovered through an unexpected observation in...

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How UT Scientists Contributed to Nobel-Winning Gravitational Wave Discovery

No scientific discovery happens in isolation. See how UT Austin scientists and alumni are changing the world.

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Physicists Improve Key Component of Future Atom Microscope

Learn about how Mark Raizen and his team at UT Austin have developed the world's highest resolution atom lens.

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New Superconductor Could Pave Way to Practical Quantum Computers

New Superconductor Could Pave Way to Practical Quantum Computers

Artist’s conception of a Majorana fermion floating at the surface of the Fermi sea

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Scientists Glimpse Inner Workings of Atomically Thin Transistors

Research led by Keji Lai used a microwave microcope to see inside of a transistor so thin it is essentially two-dimensional.

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Vernita Gordon, Assistant Professor in Physics, Discovers Bacteria Can Block Their Own Growth

Researchers led by UT Austin's Vernita Gordon have found that *Pseudomonas aeruginosa* bacteria can inhibit both their own growth and that of their antibiotic-resistant mutants...

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