News: Physics

Using supercomputer simulations, Feliciano Giustino and his team are revealing why perovskites are so promising for solar cells, lighting and computer memory.

There’s a big debate in cosmology about how fast the universe is currently expanding.

Josíah Garza, Anirudh Sudarshan, Lars Deutz and Nirmal Patel are 2024 UT Co-op George H. Mitchell Award Recipients.

Meet the graduating seniors being recognized for excellence in research, academics and improving the community.

Jaquelin Dudley, Kristen Grauman, Arlen Johnson, Daniel Leahy, Xiaoqin “Elaine” Li and Tanya Paull receive major honor from AAAS.

A panel of physicists and astronomers grapple with possible cracks in our modern creation myth, the standard model of cosmology.

High in a Chilean desert, scientists at the Simons Observatory probe the cosmic microwave background for clues about the history of the early universe.

Elaine Li and Xiuling Li will co-direct the new Texas Quantum Institute.

Astrophysicists and astronomers at UT Austin have used these rare phenomena to help answer fundamental questions about our universe.

Ph.D. student Maile Marriott’s submission illustrates the complexities of the “space weather” generated by our sun.