News: Quantum
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
New Phononic Crystal Might Enable Better Mobile Communications
UT Austin researchers' new acoustic component, made of aluminum nitride and configured into periodic phononic crystals, allows engineers to direct high frequency elastic waves along...
Allan MacDonald Wins Wolf Prize in Physics
UT Austin's Allan MacDonald has received the 2020 Wolf Prize which is generally considered the most prestigious award in physics other than the Nobel Prize.
New Material Might Lead to Higher Capacity Hard Drives
Researchers from the U.S. and Japan have demonstrated that they can store and retrieve information magnetically in a new class of materials.
New Superconductor Could Pave Way to Practical Quantum Computers
A new superconducting material might allow the construction of quantum computers that are more resistant to outside noise.
