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Research

Stacked Layers of Atom-thin Material Reveal Complex Physical Phenomena

A team led by Cornell University, including UT Austin's Allan MacDonald, has successfully demonstrated a two-dimensional Hubbard model simulator using stacked semiconductor layers. Their research...

Monolayers

Accolades

Four Natural Sciences Faculty Receive President’s Associates Teaching Excellence Awards

Michael Drew, Janice Fischer, Marci Gleason and Vernita Gordon received President's Associate Teaching Excellence Awards.

The Texas Scientist

One Photon at a Time

Xiaoqin Elaine Li explores how to control light emission from ultrathin materials stacked at slight angles, a single photon at a time

Accolades

Allan MacDonald Wins Wolf Prize in Physics

UT Austin's Allan MacDonald has received the 2020 Wolf Prize which is generally considered the most prestigious award in physics other than the Nobel Prize.

Announcements

Meet the New Faculty Members in Natural Sciences

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Accolades

Physicist Mark Raizen Named Fellow of AAAS

Mark Raizen, a professor in the Department of Physics, has been named a 2019 AAAS Fellow for his pioneering research.

Texas Advanced Computing Center

Twisted Physics: The Promise of Magic-Angle Graphene

Magic angle graphene produces switchable patterns of superconductivity, UT physicist Allan MacDonald found.

Accolades

Physicist Receives DOE Funding for Fusion Projects

UT Austin researcher Saeid Houshmandyar has been awarded approximately $900,000 by the DOE for fusion and plasma research over three years. The funding will support...

Saeid Houshmandyar