News: Physics
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
Visualizing Science 2016: Beautiful Images From Researchers in CNS
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 simulation of subsurface waves crashing.](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/vissci2016-01-1st_allshouse_0.jpg)
New Superconductor Could Pave Way to Practical Quantum Computers
New Superconductor Could Pave Way to Practical Quantum Computers
![Artist’s conception of a Majorana fermion floating at the surface of the Fermi sea](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/majorana-2400x1600.jpg)
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Scientists Glimpse Inner Workings of Atomically Thin Transistors
Research led by Keji Lai used a microwave microcope to see inside of a transistor so thin it is essentially two-dimensional.
![A chip with transistors](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/b2ap3_large_schematic-cs.png)
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UT Austin Scientist Keji Lai Wins Presidential Early Career Award
Physicist Keji Lai and a faculty member in engineering have been selected to receive Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers.
![Keji Lai stands in front of a chalkboard with equations](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/lai-keji.jpeg)
Physics Alum a Lead on Gravitational Waves Discovery
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...
![An artist's rendition showing a person looking out at four celestial bodies](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/window-to-the-universe-animation-1200x800-c-default.jpeg)
Pyramid Probe
How particle physics can help explore the insides of ancient Mayan pyramids without digging
![A large cylinder-shaped piece of scientific equipment hangs from chains](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/maya-muon-detector2400x1350.jpg)
Testing General Relativity
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...
![A man stands on a ladder outside a white hut in the desert](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/mauritania-observatory2400x1350.jpg)
Can General Relativity, at 100, Withstand Some Holes?
Answering some of the biggest questions in astrophysics—for example, about black holes and the origin of the universe—might require overhauling general relativity.
![Illustration of a black hole](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/black-hole-outflows2400x1350.jpg)
Researchers Win $2 Million Grant to Develop Atomically Thin Semiconductors
Xiaoqin Elaine Li's team could help enable bendable computer screens and wearable electronics
![A scientist works with a set of scientific equipment](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/elaine_li.jpg)
2015 Summer Blockbusters: Meet Our Science Truth Detector
With summer movie season in full swing, cinema-goers are leaving theaters with one big question in mind: “Wait, could that really happen?”
![Cartoon characters representing different feelings stand around a control console](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/inside-out2400x1350.jpg)