Scientists are searching for ways to detect and stabilize an exotic phase of matter called an excitonic insulator that could pave the way towards superfluid energy...
The inaugural annual meeting of the Theoretical Astroparticle and Cosmology Symposium (TACOS) in Texas was held, and researchers discussed the latest scientific advancements at the intersection...
Physicists have long tried to study how groups of quantum particles interact in the hopes of better understanding elusive phenomena like high-temperature superconductivity and magnetism. Imagine...
Saturday Workshop scheduled for April 4th has been CANCELLED in accordance with university guidelines regarding COVID-19. Please refer to https://www.utexas.edu/coronavirus for additional information regarding UT’s guidelines.
Physics Outreach HornRaiser Supports Elementary Entertainment, Incarcerated Education and Inclusion Community Programs
The UT Physics Outreach committee has organized a HornRaiser to support four of its...
University of Texas at Austin researcher Saeid Houshmandyar will collectively receive roughly $900,000 from the Department of Energy (DOE) over three years to fund fusion and...
Prof. Nergis Mavalvala is giving the 2019 Emmett L. Hudspeth Centinnial Lectureship in Physics on Wednesday, April 24, 2019.
The title of her talk is "Gravitational...
The Saturday Physics Workshop is a free workshop designed for high school Physics teachers and students. The Department of Physics sponsors this workshop to provide...
This month, the Department of Physics lost an esteemed member of its community, former professor James Chilton Thompson, who died July 16 at the age of...
Artistic rendering of acoustic wave interference in lithium niobate domains measured by scanning microwave impedance microscope. Image credit: Ella Maru Studio
Thanks to a chance discovery,...
Fifty years ago this month, UT Austin theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate Stephen Weinberg published a paper that laid out a unified theory of the electromagnetic...
Monday and Tuesday of this week, the Department of Physics with Osaka University in Japan are jointly holding the 12th Tamura Symposium on Lepton and Baryon...
Larry C. Shepley, Associate Professor Emeritus of Physics, died on December 30, 2016, after a long illness.
Larry received his B.A. from Swarthmore College and his...
Dear Physics Community of Alumni, Parents and Friends,
The Fall semester has been going well. We welcomed a new faculty member, Andrew Potter, who joined us...
Phil receiving the Carl Friedrich von Siemens-Forschungspreis der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung in Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin July 7, 2016.
Philip Morrison first studied German as an undergraduate...
The American Physical Society has elected four faculty members from The University of Texas Austin as Fellows for their groundbreaking work in the field of physics....
The University of Texas Department of Physics is sponsoring a free workshop as a means to provide teachers and students with a broad perspective on topics...