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The little black box that could

<b>The little black box that could</b> […]

Alex Demkov receives 2011 IBM Faculty Award

UT Physics Professor Alex Demkov has received a 2011 IBM Faculty Award. He is one of only two physicists to receive it this year. […]

Cécile DeWitt-Morette named Officer in French Legion of Honor

Cécile DeWitt-Morette, the Jane and Roland Blumberg Professor of Physics, was recently promoted to the rank of Officer in the French Legion of Honor. The Order is the highest decoration in France, and her promotion within the Order is a major honor. While the exact reasons for receiving the honor are never specified, it recognizes Cécile’s continuing contribution to French science and culture. […]

Texas students explore nanoworld at UT

The 5th Annual Summer Nanoscience Academy took place July 7–9 in the Center for Nano-Molecular Science and Technology building for a hands-on approach to learning about nanoscience. […]

Professor Downer joins UT Academy of Distinguished Teachers

The Department of Physics is pleased to announce that Dr. Mike Downer has been elected to the UT Academy of Distinguished Teachers. This is one of the highest awards this University offers for teaching excellence. […]

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February 14 14:00 RLM 7.104
Axion inflation and a new window on primordial non-Gaussianity
February 14 15:30 RLM 7.104
Manifestations of Broken Symmetry: Surfaces of Correlated Electron Materials
February 15 12:00 RLM 9.166
Seiberg-Witten theory and its checks (or) Why Nekrasov-Okounkov?
February 15 16:15 RLM 4.102
Emerging Functionality in Complex Oxides Driven by Spatial Confinement
February 15 18:00 RLM 7.104
Learn about your physics career options from the expert!
February 16 11:00 RLM 11.204
A Ph.D. is not enough: life in industry
February 16 12:30 RLM 9.202
Members of the Theory Group discuss their work
February 16 13:00 RLM 11.204
Experimental High Field Physics in Transparent Overdense Plasmas: Plasma dynamics, particle acceleration and coherent photon sources
February 16 15:30 RLM 9.202
Members of the Center for Relativity meet to discuss their work
February 16 15:30 RLM 7.104
Photodetachment of Dynamics and Dissociative Photodetachment of Molecular Anions
February 17 13:00 RLM 11.204
Body sculpting: Collective phenomena in development, regeneration, and asexual reproduction
February 17 14:00 RLM 11.204
High energy, high efficiency laser-driven Ion acceleration in the Break-Out Afterburner Regime
February 17 16:00 RLM 7.104
Thin Film Photo-electrodes for Solar-to-Chemical Energy Conversion
February 20 16:00 RLM 11.204
Seeing is believing: Four-dimensional visualization of electronic and structural dynamics
February 21 14:00 RLM 7.104
The gravity dual of hte Ising Model
February 22 13:00 RLM 11.204
Strong control through weak bonds: new strategies for specific recognition, self-organization and self-replication in man-made materials
February 22 16:15 RLM 4.102
Elasticity on the edge of stability: soft matter physics inspired by the cell
February 23 11:00 RLM 11.204
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February 23 12:00 RLM 11.238
Optically Induced Spin Hall Effect
February 23 15:30 RLM 9.202
Members of the Center for Relativity meet to discuss their work
February 28 15:00 RLM 11.204
Megagauss, MegaAmps for Magnetized Plasma Experiments
February 29 16:15 RLM 4.102
The Impacts of Space Weather on Society and the Economy