Researchers from UT-Austin and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have teamed up to develop a new technique, called Deep TAMER, to teach robots and computer programs how to perform tasks with feedback from...
Although astronomy is normally an observational science, meaning that scientists can only take measurements from existing phenomena, UT’s new Center for Astrophysical Plasma Properties is designed...
This past week, an update released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that influenza-like illness activity has reached 7.7 percent. To put this in perspective, the 2009 H1N1 pandemic...
Scientists like to think they know at least some things about the galaxies we live in, but researchers such as Dr. Michael Boylan-Kolchin, an astronomy professor at UT, are changing some of those perspectives.
Earlier...
Two programs at UT are activating student curiosity with real-life, hands-on learning.
The “Shadow a Scientist” and “Present your Thesis to a 12 year Old” programs aim to connect...
People fear failure because they don’t want to be judged poorly by their peers, but research suggests that failing is the key to learning.
According to Veronica Yan, assistant professor of educational...
Two UT postdoctoral fellows will shoot for the moon, thanks to a prestigious fellowship.
Ya-Lin Wu and Aaron Rizzuto from the UT Department of Astronomy received the prestigious 51 Pegasi b Fellowship....
In case you missed last week’s new episode of “Grey’s Anatomy,” the fictional doctors of Seattle Grace Hospital praised a very real ground-breaking invention from UT researchers. ...
A new competition is encouraging undergraduates to share images of their research in order to practice communicating that research to the public.
The Images of Research Competition is accepting submissions...
Community hospitals, academic medical centers and other sites that participate in clinical trials could save time and resources with a standardized system of certification.
A recent article co-authored...
First, it was the internet, then came social media. Now, journalism has found another innovative way of captivating an audience’s attention through a new level of immersive technology: virtual reality.
Virtual...
An award-winning journalist came to UT and examined the power of Texas in a Tuesday discussion about energy.
Journalist and author Lawrence Wright joined the Texas Political Union to discuss the influential...
