Research
-
Snow Data from Satellites Improves Temperature Predictions, UT Researchers Show
Researchers with The University of Texas at Austin have found that incorporating snow data collected from space into computer climate models can significantly improve seasonal temperature predictions.
-
UT Austin Innovators to Receive O’Donnell Awards from The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas
One recipient studies fish for clues to how our immune systems work and the other is using lasers to see what’s happening in our brains.
-
MEDIA ADVISORY: UT Austin Energy Institute to Release Comprehensive Study of Electricity Costs
Researchers with The University of Texas at Energy Institute will release a new study, “The Full Cost of Electricity,” at the Platts Energy Podium in Washington, D.C., at 10 a.m. (ET) Thursday, Dec. 8.
-
Human Ancestor ‘Lucy’ Was a Tree Climber, New Evidence Suggests
A new analysis using CT scans of the world-famous, ancient human fossil, Lucy, suggests she was a tree climber.
-
UT Austin Engineers Develop First-Ever Capsule to Treat Hemophilia
Thanks to a breakthrough led by researchers at UT Austin, a treatment for hemophilia can now be administered via a biodegradable system, a capsule.
-
Mars Ice Deposit Holds as Much Water as Lake Superior
Frozen beneath a region of cracked and pitted plains on Mars lies about as much water as what’s in Lake Superior, largest of the Great Lakes, a team of scientists led by The University of Texas at Austin has determined.
-
Five Fellows Named to the American Association for the Advancement of Science
The world’s largest general scientific society honors five distinguished UT Austin scientists in the ntural sciences and liberal arts.
-
5 Tweets That Tell You What You Need to Know About the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs
66 million years ago, a giant asterioid slammed into Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. These five tweets sum up the latest research from the impact crater in Mexico.
-
Insurers Use High Drug Costs to Deter Some Obamacare Patients, Economist Says
A UT Austin economist will brief members of Congress on how insurers are using high out-of-pocket prescription drug costs to deter certain chronically ill patients from joining their plans in the individual markets.
-
Dino-Killing Asteroid Made Rocks Behave like Liquid and Could Have Provided Habitat for New Life
A study of the massive crater that formed when an asteroid crashed into Earth 66 million years ago is giving insights into how impacts can help shape planets.
-
U.S. Army Research Laboratory announces establishment of ARL South at UT
The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is partnering with UT Austin and The University of Texas System in an expansion of its open campus initiative, establishing ARL South on the campus of UT Austin.
-
Flu Vaccine’s Effectiveness Can Be Improved, New Findings Suggest
A team at The University of Texas at Austin is reporting new findings that suggests that the conventional flu vaccine can be improved.
