A new study from UT researchers found that delays in COVID-19 contact tracing undermined the effectiveness of preventing further spread of the virus in Austin.
The study describes contact tracing as...
Joelle DiPaolo, Senior News Reporter
• September 2, 2022
Content warning: This article mentions suicide.
Forty-nine years ago, homosexuality was unclassified as a mental illness in the U.S. Seven years ago, same-sex marriage was legalized. Despite U.S....
A study published by UT researchers in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience used brain imaging techniques to find that memory fidelity in older adults is lower, despite both younger and older adults being...
Researchers found that random acts of kindness can affect people’s well-being significantly more than expected, according to a study published Aug. 19.
Based on experiments ranging from giving someone...
UT researchers have developed new biocompatible transistors that mimic brain synapses, an advancement that could potentially help scientists to rebuild neural pathways or create brain implants.
While...
Karley Singleton dreamed of being a filmmaker, but she said she had to push her dream to the side so she could afford insulin.
“What I want to do for my passion would be to get gigs … or work...
UT researchers uncovered that stars form through a self-regulatory process, an answer to the mystery scientists have been studying for decades.
The STARFORGE project is a multi-institutional collaborative...
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest optical telescope in space, UT astronomers along with researchers from other institutions have discovered a galaxy formed roughly 300 million years after...
The growing prevalence of autonomous features in cars has the potential to reduce the number of risk factors associated with driving, but a study from UT researchers found that an increase in time spent...
Editor's note: This article first appeared in the August 9, 2022 flip book.
Growing up in her predominantly low-income Hispanic community near San Antonio, Kollette Zamora saw friends she knew as...
A recent $1 million investment to UT from a nonprofit has sparked a new partnership that ensures more developments can be made in ethical applications of artificial intelligence.
The MITRE Corporation...
A perfect tempo is not something a skilled musician is born with. It’s achieved through years of exposure to music, timing ingrained in memory and lots of repetition. But for a scaly-breasted wren, a...
