Research
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UT Austinās McCombs School of Business Part of $50M Blockchain Innovation Program Launched by Ripple
The McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin will participate in a new blockchain research and innovation program founded by the distributed-ledger currency exchange company Ripple.
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Life Recovered Rapidly at Impact Site of Dino-Killing Asteroid
New research led by UT Austin has found that an impact crater created by the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was home to sea life less than a decade after impact.
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Solar Energy Storage Problem May be Solved in New Single-System Technology
The DOE has awarded $3 million to UT engineers to overcome the Achillesā heel of the solar power story: efficient energy storage.
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Eric T. Meyer Appointed Dean of UT Austinās School of Information
Eric T. Meyerās appointment will begin Aug.1, and he will hold the Louis T. Yule Regents Professorship in Library and Information Science and the Mary R. Boyvey Chair for Excellence.
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Caffarelli Receives 2018 Shaw Prize in Mathematics
Professor Luis Caffarelli received one of the worldās biggest prizes for mathematics, the 2018 Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences, which includes $1.2 million.
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Rapid Evolution Fails to Save Butterflies from Extinction in Face of Human-Induced Change
New research confirms that wild species can adapt quickly to human-induced change, but that the adaptation can cause deadly āeco-evolutionary trapsā when humans introduce new resources and then quickly take them away.
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Coal Plants Get New Life in the Sun
Cheaper renewable energy is reshaping how electricity is generated and consumed. But is there a way to still make use of all those old coal plants and mines?
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Student Entrepreneurs Will Pitch Ideas at āShark Tankā-Style Longhorn Startup Demo Day
Longhorn Startup Demo Day, where student entrepreneurs pitch their startup business ideas to the community, is May 3.
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Park Rangers from Across the Country Look to the Bright Stars in Texas
Where do park rangers from across the country go to learn about one of our greatest natural resources ā the night sky? They go to the McDonald Observatory in West Texas.
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Gap in Financial Literacy Widens for Couples the Longer the Relationship Lasts, Study Suggests
As couples mature together, they often grow apart in their level of interest and skill in handling their finances, according to researchers at UT Austin and the University of Colorado-Boulder.
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Creating Truly Autonomous Systems is the Goal of New $7.5 Million Engineering Project
Thanks to a $7.5M DOD grant, Texas Engineers are developing AI for UAVsĀ to learn “on the fly.”
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Nationās Largest Student Fashion Show Will Spotlight Sustainable Clothing
The University of Texas Student Fashion Show, Dimension, will take place April 26, 2018.
