Research
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Captive Breeding Could Transform the Saltwater Aquarium Trade and Save Coral Reefs, Marine Biologists Say
Marine biologists at The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute are developing means to efficiently breed saltwater aquarium fish, seahorses, plankton and invertebrates in captivity in order to preserve the biologically rich ecosystems of the world’s coral reefs.
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Hogg Foundation Funds New Initiative to Provide Safer, More Effective Alternatives to Seclusion and Restraint
The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health at The University of Texas at Austin is funding a new statewide initiative to help residential treatment centers adopt safer, more effective tools than traumatic and potentially deadly seclusion and restraint practices commonly used to manage the behavior of children and youth.
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Faculty Awarded NIH Grants to Study Prevention and Treatment of Neurodegenerative and Vascular Diseases
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded researchers at The University of Texas at Austin two highly competitive research grants to create novel therapeutics for treating heart disease as well as to develop technology that significantly reduces the time and costs required to test drugs for neurodegenerative disease.
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University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Advanced Computing Center and National Science Foundation to Announce Major Grant to Advance Scientific Research
EVENT: News conference to announce National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded grant for The University of Texas at Austin WHEN: 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 22. Representatives of the media invited.
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NSF Grant to Help Identify New Teaching Methods to Retain Women in Computing and IT
Dr. Lecia Barker, research associate professor in the School of Information at The University of Texas at Austin, received a grant of $442,000 from the National Science Foundation to study the adoption of teaching practices for retaining women in computing and information technology (IT) degrees and fields.
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Older Adults Make Smarter Decisions That Lead to Long-Term Gains, Study Shows
Many people believe getting older means losing a mental edge, leading to poor decision-making, but a new study from psychologists at The University of Texas at Austin and Texas AandM University suggests older adults are far better at making choices that lead to long-term gain.
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Statoil Signs $5 Million Partnership with The University of Texas at Austin
International energy company Statoil has signed an agreement with The University of Texas at Austin to fund $5 million of research over five years focusing on geology, geophysics and petroleum engineering.
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AustinWoman Publisher Melinda Garvey Named Entrepreneur-in-Residence at McCombs School
Melinda Garvey, owner and publisher of AustinWoman magazine, has been named Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin, a yearlong appointment that began Sept. 1.
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Shell Partners with UT Austin to Pursue New Solutions to Unlock Gas Resources
Shell and The University of Texas at Austin today signed a five-year agreement to invest $7.5 million to address short- and long-term challenges facing the growing worldwide unconventional oil and gas industry.
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One of the Largest Facilities For Growing Algae for Biofuels Opens at The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, in partnership with AlgEternal Technologies and Georg Fischer Piping Systems, has officially opened one of the largest of-its-kind algae growth demonstration facilities for biofuels in the country.
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Protecting bridges from terrorist attacks
In the decade since 9/11, Engineering Associate Professor Eric Williamson has been designing structures that are safer and more resistant to collapsing.
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Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly A Hybrid Species Of Two Other Swallowtails, Scientists Find
Flitting among the cool slopes of the Appalachian Mountains is a tiger swallowtail butterfly species that evolved when two other species of swallowtails hybridized long ago, a rarity in the animal world, biologists from The University of Texas at Austin and Harvard University have found.
