Vibranium, a fictional metal that can store and transform more energy than any known substance, is pretty super. It’s so super that it composes Black Panther’s suit and Captain America’s...
Researchers from 13 universities across Canada and the U.S. have gathered at UT’s J.J. Pickle Research Campus this summer to conduct the U.S.’ largest indoor air quality experiment to date.
On...
The McCombs School of Business will receive $2 million from the currency exchange company Ripple over the next five years to fund research in blockchain technology by the school’s Blockchain Initiative.
“Academia...
Blockchain and bitcoin go together like peanut butter and jelly, but blockchain and healthcare are more like peanut butter and pickles. The technology has immense potential, but it should be approached...
A team of German and U.S. researchers, including two UT professors, discovered a way to freeze sand, visualizing the process of forming crystal structures with lasers.
Harry Swinney, UT physics professor...
At the 2017 March for Science, Austin police estimate that over 10,000 people marched to support science. This year, Liz Hostetler, co-organizer of the March, hopes the event will draw an even bigger crowd.
Hostetler...
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly prevalent, some have positive outlooks on where AI could take us, while others are doubtful.
On Tuesday, the Texas Political Union held a debate about...
Virtual reality can teach lessons and serve as an immersive video game platform, but it can also have another purpose: raising awareness about social justice issues, such as human trafficking.
The...
The UT-born MasSpec Pen, a cancer-detecting pen developed by assistant chemistry professor Livia Eberlin and her team, isn’t slowing down anytime soon.
The pen won this year’s SXSW Interactive...
UT chemical engineering professor Brian Korgel has always had a creative side. As the director of education and outreach at UT’s Center for Dynamics and Control of Materials, he has used his creativity...
The city of Austin is on the road to more self-driving cars.
City officials plan to increase Austin’s fleet of autonomous vehicles over the next 20 years to improve its transportation system....
Force sense technology describes the pressure-sensing capability of touchscreen displays, and you might have heard about it in regards to Apple’s relatively new Force Touch and 3D Touch technologies....
