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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...
Lilienfeld Prize Winner Katherine Freese Researches Dark Matter
The winner of the 2019 Lilienfeld Prize, given annually by the American Physical Society for outstanding contributions in physics, develops theories about dark matter and what happened at the start of the universe.
5 Tips to Get the Most Out of Four Years of Undergrad Research
We asked graduating seniors from across the college to share their best tips for research success.
A Love Letter from Texas Scientists to the Periodic Table
We're celebrating the 150th anniversary of the periodic table. Join us as we tour the cosmos, from the microscopic to the telescopic, with four scientists studying the role of four elements—zinc, oxygen, palladium and gold—in life, the universe and everything.
All in the (Scientific) Family
Scientists often talk about the people who mentored them, and the students and postdocs they supervise, in ways that sound like a family.
Bringing Real Science to the Big Screen
Scientist Kip Thorne talks with his former graduate student Bill Press about what it's like to work on a major Hollywood film.
New Material Might Lead to Higher Capacity Hard Drives
Researchers from the U.S. and Japan have demonstrated that they can store and retrieve information magnetically in a new class of materials.
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Newly Identified Gravitational Waves Help Pinpoint Black Hole
The scientists looking for gravitational waves reported that last year they observed four additional ripples in space-time. During about a nine-month period, scientists including UT Austins Aaron Zimmerman made the observation with the National Science Foundation’s LIGO collaboration.
Visualizing Science 2018: Beauty and Inspiration in College Research
Winners of the 2018 Visualizing Science contest include images of nanomaterials, the connection between chaos and electronics and a glimpse into the aural lives of the elderly.