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Governor Abbott Announces Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund Grant To Texas Quantum Institute
The announcement notes: “UT Austin is where world-changing discoveries in quantum research and development are being made.”
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Quantum Leap for STEM Graduate Training at UT
A new initiative will prepare graduate students in the rapidly evolving field of quantum science and technology.
Texas Quantum Institute Secures NSF NRT Award: Q‑CAT for Future Innovators
Texas Quantum Institute (TQI) is thrilled to announce a new graduate training initiative. Q‑CAT will prepare a diverse cohort of graduate researchers to lead the...
Gift From Love, Tito’s Helps Build Instrument To Track Ultrafast Electrons in Nanomaterials
The new instrument could lead to better materials for quantum computers and solar cells.
New Advanced Quantum Science Institute Will Bridge Basic Research and Applied Science
Elaine Li and Xiuling Li will co-direct the new Texas Quantum Institute.
New Quantum Sensing Center Aims to Transform Disease Diagnostics and Prevention
Mark Raizen is part of a new effort focused on translating discoveries from the physics lab to the clinic.
With New Grant, Physicist Explores Using Sound to Transmit Data in Quantum Computers
UT Austin’s Keji Lai has received a Moore Foundation award reserved for the country’s top experimental physicists.
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Texas Engineers and Scientists to Launch $15.6 Million Center for Materials Research
The NSF grant, distributed over a six-year period through its Division of Materials Research, will launch a new Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) headquartered at UT Austin and aimed at advancing materials through fundamental science.
Researchers Win $2 Million Grant to Develop Atomically Thin Semiconductors
Xiaoqin Elaine Li's team could help enable bendable computer screens and wearable electronics