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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.

A chip with transistors

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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...

vernita gordon and more

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Improved Method for Isotope Enrichment Could Secure a Vital Global Commodity

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have devised a new method for enriching a group of the world’s most expensive chemical commodities, stable isotopes, which are vital to medical imaging and nuclear power.

An artist's rendering of the MAGIS Device (magnetically activated and guided isotope separation) by Marianna Grenadier.

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Trapping a Bacterium in a Laser Beam Aids Study of Biofilms

Biofilms are responsible for most chronic infections and are notoriously resilient and hard to treat.

Two-channel fluorescence image of a stamped pattern of P. aeruginosa in an isotropic background of S. aureus at t = 6 h, after the initial pattern has developed into a localized cluster.