Research

A partnership among the National Science Foundation (NSF) and 17 institutions, including the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), today announced the debut of the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), the most advanced and powerful collection of integrated advanced digital resources and services in the world.

The moon puts on a great show before dawn next week as it passes by a bright star and planet, according to the editors of StarDate magazine.

The University of Texas Marine Science Institute officially opens its newest campus building, the Estuarine Research Center, this weekend in Port Aransas.

Latina teens would benefit from expanded sexual education programs in schools and increased flexibility in education beyond high school to prevent unplanned pregnancies, according to a report by social scientists at the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin.

Biochemistry Professor Andy Ellington writes about cannibalism, prions, mad cow disease and yet one more way in which civilization may be “hosed.”

People who see the “glass as half empty” may be more willing to contribute to a common goal if they already identify with it, according to researchers from The University of Texas at Austin, University of Chicago and Sungkyunkwan University.

The University of Texas at Austin has announced an agreement with Canada-based Hydro-Quebec for lithium-ion material technology invented and patented by Dr. John Goodenough, a world-renowned scientist at the university.

Current and proposed border fences pose significant threats to wildlife populations, with those animals living in border regions along the Texas Gulf and California coasts showing some of the greatest vulnerability, a new study from The University of Texas at Austin shows.

Event: “Cyberinfrastructure to Feed the World,” presented by Dr. Dan Stanzione and Dr. Matthew Vaughn from the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC).

Ten thousand miles away on the island of Madagascar, anthropologist Rebecca Lewis studies primates and boosts the local economy.

Beginning July 5, the Flawn Academic Center will be the new home for the Office of the Vice President for Research and the Office of Research Support.