News: Physics

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...

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...

A new superconducting material might allow the construction of quantum computers that are more resistant to outside noise.

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...

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

Scientists from UT Austin once traveled to the Sahara Desert to observe a rare eclipse and used computers to model ripples in space and time...

Answering some of the biggest questions in astrophysics—for example, about black holes and the origin of the universe—might require overhauling general relativity.

Xiaoqin Elaine Li's team could help enable bendable computer screens and wearable electronics