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...
More than six months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, much of the U.S. territory remains without power and the island struggles to rebuild its destroyed institutions.
The Category 4 storm...
Imagine a future where humans could casually control their own health at the cellular level with light. Mechanical engineering assistant professor Yuebing Zheng is working on different types of “nanotweezers”...
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....
First, it was the internet, then came social media. Now, journalism has found another innovative way of captivating an audience’s attention through a new level of immersive technology: virtual reality.
Virtual...
Now that Austin is on the short list for the second Amazon headquarters, UT’s tech talent may make the city appealing to Amazon, according to Donald Fussell, computer science department chair.
If...
