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Announcements

UT Austin Mourns Passing of George Sudarshan, Titan of 20th Century Physics

E.C George Sudarshan made many contributions to theoretical physics, including the foundations of quantum optics and the proposal of new particles called tachyons.

Research

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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Features

Visualizing Science 2017: Finding the Hidden Beauty in College Research

Five years ago the College of Natural Sciences began an annual tradition called Visualizing Science with the intent of finding the inherent beauty hidden within scholarly research.

Podcast

Eyewitness to a Cosmic Car Wreck

What is the sound of two neutron stars colliding over 1 billion light years away?

Research

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.

UT News

Texas Engineers and Scientists to Launch $15.6 Million Center for Materials Research

The NSF grant, distributed over a six-year period through its Division of Materials Research, will launch a new Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) headquartered at UT Austin and aimed at advancing materials through fundamental science.

Accolades

Three Alumni to be Inducted into Hall of Honor

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Features

UT Austin Mourns Death of Groundbreaking Physicist Cécile DeWitt-Morette

“Cécile DeWitt-Morette left an indelible mark, both because of her research in mathematical physics and her leadership in founding a powerhouse school for physical scientists in the French Alps.”

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Tamura Symposium on Lepton and Baryon Symmetry

The 12th Tamura Symposium, co-hosted by UT Austin and Osaka University, honors the late nuclear theorist Taro Tamura and focuses on recent particle physics discoveries...

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Meet Six Incredible Women from UT Austin Science History

From the first woman mathematician inducted into the National Academy of Science to an astronomer who helped us understand how galaxies evolve, the women of the Texas Science community have helped change the world—and our understanding of the universe.