UT researcher Brian Korgel plans to build something that’s only been seen in science fiction — technology that will allow the user to feel what others feel.
Korgel, a UT chemical engineer,...
Bad news for students who suffer through boring classes: New research has confirmed that students who are interested in course material are better able to engage in class.
The study, which was led by...
New Audi vehicles will use vehicle-to-infrastructure communication similar to technology developed by a group of UT computer science researchers.
Starting in 2017, Audi will manufacture cars equipped...
New research from UT’s College of Liberal Arts suggests that factors influencing a student’s academic performance may be more “nature” and less “nurture.”
The research...
Researchers at UT have found a series of methane-filled canyons spanning the northern pole of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, which reach a depth of up to 2,000 feet.
The researchers hypothesize...
Texas supercomputer Hikari is going green.
Hikari, named after the Japanese word for “light,” switches to solar power this week in an effort to make supercomputing more sustainable.
The...
With no cure for Zika available yet, scientists at the UT Medical Branch at Galveston have been trying to find a cure for the virus using medications that are already on the market.
The team,...
The humble baker’s yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is one of the best-studied organisms on the planet. By 1996, scientists had sequenced the entire yeast genome and have been using it as a model...
3D printing? Plasma cutters? High-power lasers? UT has your back.
“One of the things that’s really special here is that the first day you show up — the first hour you’re here...
Large-scale climate models sometimes depend on very small dust and sand particles.
A recent study involving research completed at UT’s Jackson School of Geosciences concluded that the more...
Earlier this month, ExxonMobil announced that it will provide $15 million of funding to the UT Energy Institute to further research in areas such as renewable energy, battery technology and power grid...
A group of UT astronomy fans will set up a telescope on Sept. 10 and invite people to do what generations of parents have warned their children not to — look directly at the sun.
Telescopes...
