Glowing electric pickles, flaming money, and flying toilet paper help the Physics Circus at The University of Texas at Austin teach science to non-physicists, especially school children. Now a new matching gift will make it possible to maintain the program and its legacy, so that thousands more young students can benefit from the Circus fun.

Physics professor emeritus Alfred Wilson Nolle passed away on February 11 at 97. A UT Austin alum who also researched at MIT and Harvard, Nolle...

Larry C. Shepley, Associate Professor Emeritus of Physics at UT Austin, passed away on December 30, 2016. Renowned for his work in cosmology and classical...

As part of an ongoing tradition, this past spring we invited faculty, staff and students in the College of Natural Sciences community to send us images that celebrated the wondrous beauty of science and the scientific process. We were searching for those moments where science and art meld and become one.

New Superconductor Could Pave Way to Practical Quantum Computers

Philip Morrison, a professor at UT Austin's Institute for Fusion Studies, has won the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Humboldt Research Award. This honor allows him...

Research led by Keji Lai used a microwave microcope to see inside of a transistor so thin it is essentially two-dimensional.

Physicist Keji Lai and a faculty member in engineering have been selected to receive Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers.

UT Austin alumnus David Reitze talks about an event that happened in September or more than a billion years ago, depending on how you look at it.

How particle physics can help explore the insides of ancient Mayan pyramids without digging