News: Physics
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
Allan MacDonald Wins Kavli Prize in Nanoscience
MacDonald and two colleagues were honored for “foundational work that established the field of twistronics.”
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Faculty Members Awarded ‘New Directions’ Seed Funding To Explore Emerging Research Opportunities
College of Natural Sciences researchers embarking on bold new research directions are receiving new seed funding.
UT Scientists Help Measure Universe’s Expansion with Gravitational Waves
An era of precision gravitational astronomy has arrived, and UT physicists are helping lead the way.
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5 Questions for Edoardo Baldini
The award-winning physicist discusses his quantum materials research, what inspires his work and how it could impact the future.
Three CNS Faculty Receive UT President’s Associates Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Awards
John Chisholm, Jonathan Perry and Ann Thijs were recognized for their commitment to curricular reform and educational innovation.
Physicists Discover Long-Predicted ‘Clock Magnetism’ in an Atomically Thin Crystal
Observation of BKT and six-state clock phases reveals how magnetism behaves in two dimensions and may inspire ultracompact technologies.
Kimberly Boddy Named a Sloan Research Fellow
The two-year fellowships are awarded annually to early-career researchers seen as emerging leaders in their fields.
Two UT Austin Faculty Members Selected as 2026 Cottrell Scholars
William Gilpin in physics and Devleena Samanta in chemistry each were selected for the honor.
Superfluids are Supposed to Flow Indefinitely. Physicists Just Watched One Stop Moving.
Researchers may have glimpsed a supersolid, an enigmatic quantum version of a classical solid.
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Study Reveals Hidden Topological Structure in Polarons
UT physicists found an unexpected layer of structure in one of solid-state physics’ most common quasiparticles.