Chelikowsky Wins The American Physical Society’s Highest Award In Computational Physics
Physicist-chemist received the award for his computational applications of quantum theories to understand and predict material properties.
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Researchers to Develop Software to Improve Discovery of Low-Cost, Sustainable Energy Materials
Potential uses include economical battery materials to capture solar energy and materials that convert water to hydrogen using sunlight.
Origami-Inspired Paper Sensor Could Test for Malaria and HIV for Less than 10 Cents
Inspired by the paper-folding art of origami, chemists at have developed a 3-D paper sensor that may be able to test for diseases such as malaria and HIV.
Marine Science Institute Receives $7 Million Grant to Study the Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
The grant is the largest in the Marine Science Institute's 70-year history.
Fueled by the Sun: Green Gold
Researchers across the college aim to harvest biofuels from plants and algae. Part 2 of the series, Fueled by the Sun.Building Your Own Spin Zone
When Professor Alex de Lozanne was a boy he made things with Tinker Toys, went on to a mechanical version of Tinker Toys and just kept on tinkering. Even as a physicist at The University of Texas at Austin, he’s built instruments used in his laboratory. For his latest project, de Lozanne and members of his lab are building a spin-polarized scanni...Fueled by the Sun: Mimicking Plants
Chemist Allen Bard looks to harness the power of sunlight to produce fuels that can substitute for oil.
Splitting Light Could Improve Telecommunication Networks
AUSTIN, Texas--A new method for speeding and slowing a pulse of light simultaneously could lead to much faster optical telecommunication networks and more efficient optic-based computers. In a paper published in Physical Review A, University of Texas at Austin physicists Pablo Bianucci, Ken Shih and Gennady Shvets report the first ever demonstrati...
Finding about cellular microtubule rigidity could lead to development of new nano-materials
AUSTIN, Texas—Microtubules, essential structural elements in living cells, grow stiffer as they grow longer, an unexpected property that could lead to advances in nano-materials development, an international team of biophysicists has found. The team, from The University of Texas at Austin, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidel...Read It Now
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