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Research

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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Features

2015 Summer Blockbusters: Meet Our Science Truth Detector

With summer movie season in full swing, cinema-goers are leaving theaters with one big question in mind: “Wait, could that really happen?”

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Features

Researchers Tackle the Dark Side of Moore's Law

To mark the 50th Anniversary of Moore's Law, we'll explore how much computing power has improved and how much farther it can go.

Illustration of Moore's Law

Accolades

Physics Student wins Young Scientist Award

Patrick Ponath has won the 2015 PCSI Young Scientist Award for his research on integrating ferroelectrics with germanium, published in Nature Communications and covered by...

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Features

Peter Onyisi is Having a Smashing Time Hunting Particles

After the excitement of discovering the Higgs boson, what comes next for particle physics?

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Accolades

Keji Lai Wins Award From the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics

Keji Lai has been awarded the 2015 IUPAP C10 Young Scientist Prize for his groundbreaking work in nanoscale impedance imaging of quantum materials.

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Features

Visualizing Science 2014: Beautiful Images From College Research

This past spring, we asked faculty, staff and students in the College of Natural Sciences community to send us images that celebrated the extraordinary beauty of science and the scientific process. We were looking for that moment where science and art collide and we succeeded.

Polarized light microscopy image of a copepod

Accolades

Professor Emeritus J. David Gavenda Honored by AAPT

John David Gavenda, Professor Emeritus at UT Austin, has been named a Fellow of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) for his exceptional contributions...

Emeritus J. David Gavenda

UT News

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.