Pili Saravia, General News Reporter
• January 30, 2023
The City of Austin partnered with the Jackson School of Geosciences to explore the future of Texas’ water and aid in the city’s battle against future droughts.
Led by geological science professor...
When Timothy Beach studies geomorphology, the study of physical features on Earth around the world, he often wonders how humans interacted with their environment, from the ancient Mayan civilizations to...
Using an advanced screening system, UT researchers compiled a library of peptide macrocycles, a type of therapeutic that may hold the key to combating antibiotic resistance.
Peptide macrocycles are...
Tisha Shrestha, General News Reporter
• January 25, 2023
Senior aerospace design students are using this semester to design a propulsive landing method to safely bring rocket engines back to the ground for future launches rather than being discarded.
The...
Sowmya Sridhar, General News Reporter
• January 25, 2023
UT researchers received a $1 million grant from the Bob and Aubyn Howe Foundation to use fitness wearables to study ways to prevent delirium, a risk factor for dementia development.
The study hopes...
UT researchers led a study identifying dinosaur fossils found in Patagonia, a region spanning southern Argentina and Chile, providing new insights into the period of time right before the mass extinction.
The...
Vivien Ayers, Senior News Reporter
• January 19, 2023
The Environmental Science Institute at the Jackson School of Geosciences is initiating a five-year plan researching ways to build climate resilience in East Austin, following environmental concerns about...
Comet strikes on Jupiter’s moon Europa could result in taking the potential for life to a hidden subsurface ocean, UT researchers found in a study published Nov. 28.
According to NASA, Europa is...
Using a do-it-yourself air purifying device, a UT professor emeritus created an efficient yet cost-effective way to clean air in compact environments like dorms, apartments and lecture halls.
The Corsi-Rosenthal...
Sophia Kurz, General News Reporter
• January 18, 2023
Researchers at UT have discovered barred galaxies similar to the Milky Way for the first time at earlier epochs of the universe at only a quarter of its current age.
A bar is an elongated structure...
Two molecular bioscience researchers at UT helped discover a new type of CRISPR protein.
CRISPR is a protein that has the ability to destroy viruses by detecting and killing the DNA within the bacteria,...
A global research team partly consisting of UT-Austin scholars discovered direct evidence of the oldest known Maya calendar dating back to 300 B.C, much older than previously discovered fragments dating...
