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UT researchers make advances in carbon dioxide reduction technology

UT researchers make advances in carbon dioxide reduction technology

Diego Hernandez, Senior News Reporter January 22, 2025

Smaller ions in liquids with high saline contents can improve efficiency in the transformation of carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals, UT and University of Copenhagen researchers found in a Jan. 10...

UT research study finds patients with heart disease might be at greater risk for advanced breast cancer 

UT research study finds patients with heart disease might be at greater risk for advanced breast cancer 

Kendall Meachum, General News Reporter January 14, 2025

Individuals with cardiovascular disease might have an increased risk of advanced breast cancer, according to a Jan. 2 MD Anderson Cancer Center study.  The study suggests patients with more advanced...

Dark matter could have been created much earlier than previously thought, UT Department of Physics researchers revealed in a new model published in Physical Review Letters on Nov. 18.

UT researchers develop new model for the production of dark matter

Samantha Reimers, General News Reporter December 4, 2024

Dark matter could have been created much earlier than previously thought, UT Department of Physics researchers revealed in a new model published in Physical Review Letters on Nov. 18. The model, named...

University surpasses $1 billion in research funding, according to federal survey 

University surpasses $1 billion in research funding, according to federal survey 

Matthew Gomez , Senior News Reporter  December 2, 2024

The University announced in April that it surpassed $1 billion in research funding during the 2023-24 fiscal year. The National Science Foundation released its annual survey on Nov. 25, analyzing funding...

UT professor to help lead NASA-funded water quality research in Puerto Rico

UT professor to help lead NASA-funded water quality research in Puerto Rico

Diego Hernandez, General News Reporter December 1, 2024

A UT associate professor is helping lead part of a NASA-funded research project in Puerto Rico aimed at studying water quality and its impacts on local communities and marine life.  The project,...

UT report finds many community college students struggle with mental health

UT report finds many community college students struggle with mental health

Caroline McConnico, Senior News Reporter November 12, 2024

A UT research initiative found many community college students struggle with mental health challenges such as anxiety disorder and depression, often due to obligations outside of school, according to an...

New fellows at Cosmic Frontier Center explore early universe

New fellows at Cosmic Frontier Center explore early universe

Diego Hernandez, General News Reporter November 7, 2024

The Department of Astronomy is a step closer to mapping the final frontiers of space with a research center, which announced its inaugural class of fellows on Oct. 23, that studies the early history of...

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Linguistics professor discusses research on medical text summarization following $300,000 grant award

Samantha Reimers, General News Reporter November 5, 2024

An associate linguistics professor discussed her preliminary research on medical text summarization that laid the groundwork for the $1.3 million grant she and her team received to continue her research...

To determine if one of Jupiter’s moons is habitable, NASA launched a spacecraft called the Europa Clipper on Oct. 14, utilizing technology designed in the 1990s by researchers at the Jackson School of Geosciences.

NASA spacecraft to Jupiter’s moon uses UT research to determine if it’s habitable

Asya Ardawatia, General News Reporter October 29, 2024

To determine if one of Jupiter’s moons is habitable, NASA launched a spacecraft called the Europa Clipper on Oct. 14, utilizing technology designed in the 1990s by researchers at the Jackson School of...

A UT graduate student helped lead a project to capture an image of an exoplanet, a planet outside of Earth’s solar system that orbits around a star, according to an Oct. 9 press release.

UT graduate student co-leads team to capture images of exoplanet

Kendall Meachum, General News Reporter October 23, 2024

A UT graduate student helped lead a project to capture an image of an exoplanet, a planet outside of Earth’s solar system that orbits around a star, according to an Oct. 9 press release.  Kyle...

The momentum microscope that tracks ultrafast electrons in nanomaterials as a part of the Love, Tito's Quantum Materials Characterization Laboratory is pictured on Oct. 18, 2024.

New shipment funded by Love, Tito’s allows progress in UT lab

Genevieve Britten, General News Reporter October 20, 2024

A UT research effort funded by a $1.4 million donation from Love, Tito’s received its first material shipment in early October for a new machine that will allow the group to make progress studying the...

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