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Accolades

Vernita Gordon Receives 2025 Regents Outstanding Teaching Award

The ROTA recognize extraordinary classroom presence and innovative teaching methods.

Vernita Gordon

Research

“Rival” Neutrino Experiments NOvA and T2K Publish First Joint Analysis

The results add to physicists’ understanding of neutrinos and validate collaboration between major experiments.

Research

More Dark Star Candidates Found in JWST Data

A growing list of dark star candidates could help explain why some early galaxies were so big, so early in the universe.

Texas Quantum Institute

Quantum Leap for STEM Graduate Training at UT

A new initiative will prepare graduate students in the rapidly evolving field of quantum science and technology.

Research

Stephen Hawking Was Right: Black Holes Always Grow in Area

Researchers celebrate 10th anniversary of gravitational wave discovery, announce verification of a Hawking theorem.

Accolades

Three College of Natural Sciences Faculty Win NSF CAREER Awards

The award, recognizing early-career faculty, will support research in computer science and physics.

Accolades

Edoardo Baldini Awarded Ludwig-Genzel-Prize 2025

The UT Austin physicist won for “exceptional contributions to the field of condensed-matter spectroscopy.”

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Research

UT Scientists Spied a Skyrmion. What is That?

This, and six other questions about a recent first in physics, answered.

Research

Physicists Reveal Muscles’ Molecular Secret to Balancing Strength and Stamina

The findings could have implications for robotics, prosthetics and energy efficient machines.

Research

University of Texas-led Team Solves a Big Problem for Fusion Energy

Their method to speed up the design of “magnetic bottles” offers an answer to a complex 70-year-old challenge.