The National Institutes of Health awarded UT professors Yuebing Zheng and Xiaolu Cambronne with the NIH Director’s New Innovator Awards on Oct. 5, which include a research grant of $2.3 million each.
NIH...
After Hurricane Harvey hit the Gulf coast of Texas in August, researchers from the UT Institute for Geophysics studied what impact the hurricane had on the coast itself.
The researchers collected data...
It’s not often that tattoos are thought of as being as functional as they are decorative, but a group of researchers at UT-Austin are about to change that.
They are developing “e-tattoos”...
Some pens write, others detect cancer.
UT researchers created a device called the MassSpec Pen, which can detect cancer during surgery within 10 seconds.
The device was envisioned by Livia Eberlin,...
Last Friday, neuroscientists gathered at UT to discuss and update the public on the state of brain research at a speaker series called Brainstorms. This month’s topic was Dr. Audrey Brumback’s...
A new study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers is challenging one of the oldest assumptions about how cancer is fueled.
The Warburg effect, or the observation that cancer cells primarily...
Almost as old as the universe itself, the supermassive black holes that form the centers of galaxies and their origin have long puzzled astronomers. However, researchers may have found one possible solution.
One...
Austin is about to be home to a 34,000-square-foot digital powerhouse.
Siemens will invest $14 million annually towards a new Digital Service Center in Austin, which will serve as a hub for their...
A fall project at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is encouraging homeowners and businesses to plant milkweed to serve as monarch caterpillar nurseries in the spring.
In June 2015, the...
Google is expanding its Austin office to 10 floors and revamping the workplace with modern, stimulating architecture.
According to Jason Stanford, communications director for Austin Mayor Steve Adler,...
Next week, the Natural Sciences Council, NSC, is presenting its annual Natural Sciences Week to recognize students, organizations and initiatives within the College of Natural Sciences. Check out these...
A new study found that the reduce-reuse-recycle mantra may make oil drilling more productive.
Researchers at UT-Austin’s Bureau of Economic Geology found that reusing large amounts of water from...
