Research
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Artificial Intelligence and Supercomputers to Help Alleviate Urban Traffic Problems
Researchers developed a tool that uses artificial intelligence and supercomputers to automatically recognize objects in raw traffic camera footage and characterize how they move and interact.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: UT Austin Astronomer to Announce Major Discovery in NASA Teleconference
Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and Google will participate in a NASA media teleconference to announce their discovery involving the planet-hunting Kepler space telescope.
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UT Bureau of Economic Geology Granted $4 Million to Run Carbon Capture Partnership
UT has been tapped to lead a $4 million partnership to explore how carbon dioxide emitted from industry on the Gulf Coast can be safely stored deep under the Gulf of Mexico.
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Texas Astronomers Will Lead Early Studies with $8 Billion James Webb Space Telescope
UT Austin professor Steven Finkelstein leads one of the first projects using NASA’s successor to the Hubble Space Telescope to discover the most distant galaxies ever seen.
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A Student Explains How Milkshakes and Drilling Disasters Are Connected
Mitchell Johnson, the 2017 Texas Student Research Showdown winner, explains the properties of measuring fluids in oil and gas wells.
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Ancient Enzyme Could Boost Power of Liquid Biopsies to Detect and Profile Cancers
Scientists are developing a set of medical tests called liquid biopsies that can rapidly detect the presence of cancers, infectious diseases and other conditions from only a small blood sample.
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New Research Could Predict La Niña Drought Years in Advance
New studies improve predictions on the strength and duration of La Niña droughts.
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Cockrell School To Serve as New Home for State’s Leading Oil and Gas Industry Training Program
Texas Engineering Executive Education is the new home for the Petroleum Extension (PETEX) program.
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Study of Secret Sex Lives of Trees Finds Tiny Bees Play Big Part
When it comes to sex between plants, tiny bees the size of ladybugs play a critical role in promoting the genetic diversity that protects against disease, climate change and other threats.
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Stone Named Emerging Inventor of the Year
Everett Stone, a research assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Biosciences, has been named the 2017 Emerging Inventor of the Year by the university’s Office of Technology Commercialization.
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Williams Named 2017 Inventor of the Year
The award honors a researcher whose discoveries have made a significant impact in commercialized technologies. Dr. Williams commands an impressive list of 35 patents in the fields of drug delivery, processing and biotechnology.
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Data-Informed Debate
How one researcher uses data to inform one of Texas’ most heated policy debates.
