Austin’s record 31-day streak of consecutive 100-degree days has not only affected its human residents but its animal residents, too. “(Heat) is dehydrating animals a lot quicker,” Hayley Hudnall,...

A study published in July found that authoritarian governments benefit from the secrecy provided by certain messaging applications’ encryption and use it to spread propaganda. Conducted by the...

Awarded at the beginning of the summer, the National Science Foundation gave $18 million in funding to the Center for Dynamics and Control of Materials at UT, one of 20 Materials Research Science and Engineering...

The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs announced the Willie Nelson Endowment for UT faculty and students to research and develop methods to fight climate change’s effects in rural communities.  JR...

A recent study involving UT researchers revealed new insights into the relationship between different factors impacting how birds evolve in the face of warming temperatures.  Traditionally, biologists...

Six UT faculty and students received inaugural funding from the UT Austin-Amazon Science Hub for their research on artificial intelligence and machine learning. Created in April, the Science Hub is...

Social isolation and loneliness is the fifth top reason that students seek care at UT’s Counseling and Mental Health Center. Several departments at UT are doing their best to provide support for...

A new study from UT researcher Timothy Werner brings to light theories of why law-abiding firms often attempt to conceal their corporate political activity from the general public. Business professor...

David Mohrig, geology associate dean for research, said high water use in Austin causes water levels in Lake Travis to decrease significantly.  Rainwater Tech, a geoengineering company, plans on...

UT researchers found evidence of the most distant supermassive black hole to date, revealing new insights into how black holes form.  Discovered by the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science Survey,...

The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board chose four UT staff and faculty members to receive awards from the Fulbright U.S. Scholars Program.  The four selected included...

TFF Pharmaceuticals received a $2.97 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to develop a universal influenza vaccine using a “thin film freezing” technology...