Six months after the Great American Solar Eclipse, the Texas skies will once again host an unusual astronomical event. On Jan. 31, a lunar eclipse will combine a blue moon, a blood moon and a supermoon,...
Autonomous vehicles have the potential to increase or decrease our carbon footprint depending on human behavior, according to civil engineers.
As the advent of autonomous vehicles approaches, many scientists...
Space enthusiasts filled The North Door in downtown Austin Tuesday night to hear from UT astronomers about gravitational waves, dark energy and the tremors of old stars over local brews at the 40th monthly...
Does life exist on other planets? Leading researchers across multiple disciplines at UT-Austin are coming together in an effort to settle this question once and for all.
The Office of the Vice President...
The polarity between nature and regimented design are two seemingly incompatible ideas, but one team is stitching the seams between this unlikely pair with a tool of their trade: typography.
Type Hike,...
In response to the dilemma of bacterial antibiotic resistance, a research laboratory at UT-Austin has developed a novel method of screening named SLAY, for Surface Localized Antimicrobial Display.
“Antibiotic-resistant...
Although fevers and runny noses are often associated with colder weather, a study by UT researchers found why pandemics often emerge during the spring and summer.
A flu pandemic is defined as a global...
Researchers have found that having too much time can cause employees to work more slowly in order to avoid boredom.
UT management professor Andrew Brodsky, along with Harvard business professor Teresa...
One UT professor will travel to France to continue her research on climate change, thanks to a grant from French President Emmanuel Macron.
On June 1, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump announced the...
The acoustics of champagne bubbles may provide important information on the beverage’s quality, according to a study published November in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. The findings...
Researchers at UT-Austin are developing a new diagnostic tool for use in medical tests called liquid biopsies to detect cancers and other diseases.
The researchers are using an ancient bacterial enzyme,...
As burnout rates rise among physicians, the UT system is developing its first large-scale initiative to tackle the issue.
“(Physician burnout) is feeling fatigued, uninspired and exhausted by...
