Research Archives - Page 6 of 215

An illustration showing the average daily heat risk during an extreme event in a suburban neighborhood, with dark red signifying higher risk and yellow signifying lower risk.

When Blackouts Occur During Heat Waves, Austin Homes Pose Major Risk

College of Liberal Arts

Society for Affective Science Grants Early Career Award to UT Psychologist

The Society for Affective Science (SAS) has awarded Desmond Ong, assistant professor of psychology, the SAS Early Career Award, an award granted annually to an emerging scholar whose work demonstrates exceptional promise.

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UT Researchers Map the Path to Viable Carbon Capture

Cross-disciplinary team proposes a systems approach to make carbon management economically viable.

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UT Startup To Recover Rare Earth Minerals From Industrial and e-Waste, Strengthen U.S. Supply Chain

Backed by an investment from UT’s Discovery to Impact Seed Fund, the startup will use a reusable, 3D-printed filtration platform to recover high-purity minerals from mine tailings, industrial byproducts, and electronic waste.

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Oden Institute for Computational Engineering & Sciences

New Findings Reshape How Scientists Understand Microscopic Behavior of Materials Used in Electronics Devices

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), “Symmetry-protected topological polarons,” uncovers an unexpected layer of structure in one of the most common quasiparticles in solid-state physics: the polaron.