Research
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Fuels from the sun
Chemist Allen Bard looks to harness the power of sunlight to produce fuels that can substitute for oil.
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University of Texas-led Team Discovers Unusual Multi-Planet Solar System With NASA’s Kepler Spacecraft
A team of researchers led by Bill Cochran of The University of Texas at Austin has used NASA’s Kepler space telescope to discover an unusual multiple-planet system containing a super-Earth and two Neptune-sized planets orbiting in resonance with each other. They will announce the find today in Nantes, France at a meeting of the American…
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University of Texas Marine Scientists Awarded $5.6 Million for Study of Critical Arctic Environment
A team of Arctic researchers led by the University of Texas Marine Science Institute’s Ken Dunton will embark on a comprehensive study of the Hanna Shoal ecosystem in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska’s northwest coast with a $5.6 million grant from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE).
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Alumnus builds eclectic business off the grid
Industrial Country Market, the business venture of Andrew Bretch, is a solar-power education center, an art gallery and a wacky playground.
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College of Natural Sciences Builds Entrepreneurship Programs Under Direction of New Associate Dean Skip Porter
The College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin is building new entrepreneurship programs to better connect students and faculty to industry under the direction of W. Arthur “Skip” Porter, the college’s new associate dean for innovation and science enterprise.
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Computer Science Student Wins Prestigious Astronaut Foundation Award
Space Shuttle astronaut and University of Texas at Austin graduate Robert Crippen today presented a $10,000 Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) scholarship to Ben Braun, a junior majoring in computer science.
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Researchers Develop Optimal Algorithm for Determining Focus Error in Eyes and Cameras
University of Texas at Austin researchers have discovered how to extract and use information in an individual image to determine how far objects are from the focus distance, a feat only accomplished by human and animal visual systems until now.
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“Free Speech Dialogues” Examines Inflammatory Speech
Event: “Free Speech Dialogues,” featuring former American Civil Liberties Union director, National Public Radio correspondent and civil rights expert. Free and open to the public. When: Tuesday, Sept. 27, 7-9 p.m.
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Trappings of Parenthood Lead to Long-Term Weight Gain, New Study Shows
Parenthood accelerates weight gain over the life course according to a new study from The University of Texas at Austin.
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Texas Advanced Computing Center to Build Supercomputer with Federal Grant
The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin will build and support a world-class supercomputer with comprehensive computing and visualization capabilities as part of a National Science Foundation grant.
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Carolyn J. Heinrich Joins LBJ School Faculty
Renowned scholar and researcher Carolyn J. Heinrich has joined the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs faculty as the Sid Richardson Professor in Public Affairs. Heinrich, whose research focuses on social welfare policy, labor force development, public management, performance management and econometric methods for program evaluation, has also assumed leadership of the LBJ School’s…
