Efficient carbon capture is one of the best ways to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions, but it could cost energy companies more than they’re willing to spend.
A new UT study has found that coal-burning...
Faculty and students from the Jackson School of Geosciences and the Moody College of Communications traveled to Antarctica in search of dinosaur fossils Tuesday as part of a seven-week expedition.
This...
The creation of Project Catapult will launch research into a new era of quick results. These servers use only 10 percent of the energy of previous technology and operate 40 times more quickly.
Project...
When it comes to learning about how glaciers change and move, scientists have only scratched the tip of the iceberg, according to one UT researcher.
Timothy Bartholomaus, glaciologist and postdoctoral...
Earlier this month, the Center for Disease Control confirmed the first Texas case of the Zika virus, a tropical disease that can cause birth defects if women are infected while pregnant. UT researchers...
Eight years of feces reveals a lot about a primate: what it eats, its general health — and even how many friends it has.
In a recent study published in the journal Science Advances, UT professor...
With stunt men, tornado clouds and a 13–foot long T-Rex puppet named Manny, “Hot Science — Cool Talks,” lecture series held on campus six times a year, will be celebrating its 100th...
Students might wonder what’s going on in their heads when they can’t stop watching Netflix, or how their minds relay the balance between bitter and sweet in their favorite beverage. Optogenetics...
Medical researchers from the University have partnered with Synthetic Biologics Inc. to engineer two antibodies that could potentially treat and prevent pertussis in the developing world.
Pertussis,...
Editor's note: This article is part of a package about diversity on campus. Click here to read the other stories.
There was no way to distinguish one ethnicity from another when scientist J....
Before entering college, petroleum engineering freshman Karan Jerath won the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF). Jerath’s success in the science field has garnered...
Salt may be more permeable than previously thought, raising questions about whether salt isolates nuclear waste effectively, according to a new study released by researchers at UT.
Soheil Ghanbarzadeh,...
