Research
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Scientists Successfully Harvest Chickpeas From ‘Moon Dirt’
New research provides a giant leap in understanding what it will take to grow food on the lunar surface.
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New UT Venture Studio Accelerates Market-Ready Startups To Treat Patients Using Digital Twins
The studio builds startups from research, starting with medical digital twins, by addressing real-world needs with ventures that benefit society, the economy, and future industries.
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After a Decade of Pioneering Digital Twin Research, UT Emerges as a Global Leader in AI for Science
After more than a decade of advances in AI, mathematics and supercomputing, UT is shaping the future of digital twins — bringing together researchers across campus to deploy physics‑informed, AI‑powered models for energy, healthcare, national security and natural hazard mitigation.
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UT To Enhance U.S. Space Force Detection, Response to Security Threats
UT Austin is the first university to receive funding from the Texas Space Commission, using an integrated approach that combines academic research, industry partnerships, and high-performance computing to rapidly detect and respond to threats in orbit.
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College of Natural SciencesA Break in a Longstanding Mystery about Origin of Complex Life
Breathe easy. It appears our microbial ancestors used oxygen, too.
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6 Longhorns Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Two faculty members and four alumni were selected to the prestigious academy.
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College of Liberal ArtsSociety for Affective Science Grants Early Career Award to UT Psychologist
The Society for Affective Science (SAS) has awarded Desmond Ong, assistant professor of psychology, the SAS Early Career Award, an award granted annually to an emerging scholar whose work demonstrates exceptional promise.
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UT Researchers Map the Path to Viable Carbon Capture
Cross-disciplinary team proposes a systems approach to make carbon management economically viable.
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UT Startup To Recover Rare Earth Minerals From Industrial and e-Waste, Strengthen U.S. Supply Chain
Backed by an investment from UT’s Discovery to Impact Seed Fund, the startup will use a reusable, 3D-printed filtration platform to recover high-purity minerals from mine tailings, industrial byproducts, and electronic waste.
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Oden Institute for Computational Engineering & SciencesNew Findings Reshape How Scientists Understand Microscopic Behavior of Materials Used in Electronics Devices
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), “Symmetry-protected topological polarons,” uncovers an unexpected layer of structure in one of the most common quasiparticles in solid-state physics: the polaron.
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Allan MacDonald Wins Frontiers of Knowledge Award
The UT Austin physicist was one of two scientists to win the international prize in the category of basic sciences.
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Oden Institute for Computational Engineering & Sciences
New Findings Reshape How Scientists Understand Microscopic Behavior of Materials Used in Electronics Devices