Using the computing powers of the Texas Advanced Computing Center, TACC, at UT-Austin, researchers are making progress on the biological mechanisms of West Nile virus. The computational heavy lifting was...

Texas doctors and researchers are reaching across the pond to collaborate with British healthcare companies. Dell Medical School is partnering with the Association of British Healthcare Industries,...

Researchers at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work found that untreated depression and physical health issues are to blame for greater suicide among older Americans in a recent study published in The...

Scientists are making waves in brain research. Researchers involved in a multi-institutional Texas project are developing a new, non-invasive neuromodulation tool to enhance cognitive function in the...

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,...

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...

UT astronomers are now one step closer to discovering the secrets of the skies. Over the next two years, the McDonald Observatory will be receiving a new one-meter telescope, expanding the Las Cumbres...

Doctors are only a text message or video chat away for Hurricane Harvey victims who need medical attention. A new program at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center called Texas Docs Care is...

A Dell Children’s Medical Center and Dell Medical School collaboration is remodeling a program targeting childhood obesity in January 2018. The Dell Medical School Department of Population Health...

Climate change poses a serious threat to reef-building corals, but researchers found that corals can adapt to these current events if humans can adapt too. An international group of 22 researchers published...

Dell Medical School is now offering a new opportunity for UT students of all majors to participate in the health care field. This past summer, Dell Medical School launched its first formalized internship...

A pilot program launched by Dell Medical School, CommUnityCare Health Centers and Community Care Collaborative, has reduced wait times for women in Travis County who have no insurance or low incomes.  The...

Opioids are prescribed by doctors for chronic pain management; however, according to the Department of Health and Human Services, 78 people die per day from an opioid-related overdose.  UT chemistry...

Five hundred people lose limbs in the United States every day, yet there is no government agency to protect amputees’ interests, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Earlier...

UT researchers are spending their days studying video games to solve issues in healthcare, education and the environment.  UT’s Simulations and Game Applications Lab, or SAGA, is focused...

Fifty percent of all cancer cases are completely preventable, yet according to experts in the field, health care in Texas is not translating this number to real life. A panel of cancer experts and policy...

Microscopic biological materials are ready for their 3D closeup. A new microscopy technique developed by UT researchers can visualize biological materials and other soft samples at the nanoscale level...

Austin is known for entrepreneurship involving the food, music and tech industries, but now it’s emphasizing the medical industry. On Sept. 1, Dell Medical School’s director of humanities,...

In a 1966 episode of Star Trek, Mr. Spock told Captain Kirk: “Invisibility is theoretically possible, Captain, with selective bending of light.” UT researchers are now working to make Mr. Spock’s...

When most people hear the word “design,” they think about fashion or interior design — but now UT students are using design to tackle healthcare. The Model Healthy Campus Internship...

UT researchers have created a drug that can fight inhalational anthrax — the most deadly form of anthrax. Anthrax is a disease caused by a bacterium that releases lethal toxins, according to the...

Rain or shine, good water management is necessary to improve a city’s sustainability.  UT researchers have recently found that when cities store surface water in underground aquifers they...

Dinosaur hearts haven’t pumped blood for millions of years, but thanks to UT researchers, their intact blood vessels are no longer a thing of the past. Scientists at UT and North Carolina State...

The 19th Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. Vivek Murthy, visited UT on Thursday with a call for action: Americans need to change their perception of health. Murthy challenged students to not...

Words per minute is not the only thing researchers can tell from a keyboarding test. UT scientists are analyzing typing patterns to diagnose patients with neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s.  Neuroscience...

Some pens write. Others detect skin cancer.  James Tunnell, Cockrell School of Engineering professor, and Dr. Jason Reichenberg, dermatologist at Seton Medical Center, have combined their expertise...

The human body has the amazing ability to heal itself naturally. However, sometimes even the body could use some help.  The Suggs Lab in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UT-Austin is...