Research
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New Material Could Save Time and Money in Medical Imaging and Environmental Remediation
New material enables cheap, fast and portable sensors for a wide range of chemicals that right now cost government and industries large sums to detect.
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Professor and Biomaterials Expert Nicholas Peppas Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Professor Nicholas Peppas has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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New Center Introduces Entrepreneurship to Wider Population at UT Austin
The Blackstone LaunchPad at UT Austin will be a cross-campus effort to introduce entrepreneurship as a career path for all students.
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Human Cognitive Map Scales According to Surroundings
A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences refines our understanding of a human skill — the ability to instantaneously assess a new environment and get oriented.
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UT Energy Poll Shows Support for Efforts to Revive U.S. Coal Industry
New UT Energy Poll shows support for efforts to revive U.S. coal industry.
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Upgraded Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dedicated; Dark Energy Survey To Begin
The Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory has completed a multiyear $40 Million upgrade to enable it to take on the biggest challenges in astronomy today.
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National Science Foundation Honors Eight UT Austin Professors with Early CAREER Awards
Eight faculty members from The University of Texas at Austin have been selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to receive Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Awards.
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Why is Texas Shaking?
UT is leading a state-funded seismic monitoring program to identify the sources of Texas earthquakes.
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Social Bees Have Kept Their Gut Microbes for 80 Million Years
Bacteria living in the guts of social bees have been passed from generation to generation for 80 million years, evolving into unique strains that can only live in their specific hosts.
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Human Skull Evolved Along with Two-Legged Walking, Study Confirms
Researchers confirm that the evolution of bipedalism in fossil humans can be detected using a key feature of the skull.
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Recovery after “Great Dying” Was Slowed by More Extinctions
Researchers studying marine fossil beds have found that the world’s worst mass extinction was followed by two other extinction events, a conclusion that could explain why it took ecosystems millions of years to recover.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: UT Austin Researchers Celebrate 15th Anniversary of NASA’s GRACE Twin Satellite Mission
The Center for Space Research at The University of Texas at Austin is celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE).
