News: Quantum

Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin

Features

UT’s Mark Raizen on Quantum Mechanics and the Future of Medicine

Researchers at Raizen’s UT lab are searching for new possibilities in health and medicine linked to quantum mechanics.

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Research

Inside UT’s Quantum Ecosystem: From Breakthroughs to Possibilities

The University of Texas at Austin is charging ahead with quantum innovations, built on a history of quantum science leadership.

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Accolades

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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Accolades

UT Austin Computer Scientist Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Scott Aaronson, a renowned quantum computing expert, joins the country’s most prestigious scientific organization.

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UT News

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.

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Research

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.

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Features

Microplastics in the Sand: Beach Combing Goes High Tech

A UT chemist says it is now time to develop tests for microplastics, similar to tests for other toxic threats.

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Research

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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Oden Institute

Study Reveals Hidden Topological Structure in Polarons

UT physicists found an unexpected layer of structure in one of solid-state physics’ most common quasiparticles.

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Accolades

Allan MacDonald Wins Frontiers of Knowledge Award

The UT Austin physicist was one of two scientists to win the international prize in the category of basic sciences.

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