The intersection of science and faith can be a diverse and storied discussion. This fall, the two met constructively in a sermon series held by Rev. John Elford at the University United Methodist Church...
Some students misuse prescription stimulants like Adderall and Ritalin, known as “study drugs,” to get better grades. A new University Health Services campaign aims to inform and educate students...
You can find them in the corners of the track at Gregory Gymnasium and on the mats outside the Recreational Sports Center weight room: gym-goers laying on a leg, clutching an ankle or stretching to prepare...
Tucked away in a fourth-floor office, psychology research coordinator Eunjung Lee-Furman holds an aged binder containing documents that detail the history of student subjects in UT psychology research...
A new laser tool will help advance our understanding of the mechanisms behind cancer and aid researchers in finding drugs to kill dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria.
A group of UT chemists have combined...
Republicans and democrats disagree on a lot of things, but they both distrust the carbon tax. Yet a UT study concludes a carbon tax is the best way to kill coal and promote renewable energy.
A carbon...
Gym junkies set on sexy pecs and biceps might pay for it in posture problems later in their lives.
Brian K. Farr, clinical associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education,...
Getting used to college is almost always stressful, but according to research by psychology graduate student Hae Yeon Lee, students experience less stress if they believe they can get smarter.
Lee and...
A UT researcher received $40,000 from Facebook for advancing research in online security.
Wing Cheong Lau, a UT-Austin electrical and computer engineering graduate and associate professor at the Chinese...
Armed with an upgraded telescope aimed at the dark West Texas sky, UT astronomers are peering billions of years back in time to search for answers to dark energy.
Modern science understands a lot about...
Finding fresh, healthy food can be an issue in the Austin area, particularly in lower-income communities. Economics senior Joy Youwakim is working to change that.
Youwakim grew vegetables on a municipal...
Just one pill of a new flu drug, the product of a research discovery at UT from almost 40 years ago, could be more effective than Tamiflu.
Robert Krug, molecular biosciences professor emeritus, discovered...
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...
Bugs can’t play basketball but nature sure makes them weird.
Escape the busted brackets and basketball mayhem, and vote for your favorite bizarre bug on Texas Science’s Instagram story now...
An Austin startup has taken advantage of the commercial value hidden in a common food waste.
SioTex is an Austin startup that manufactures an eco-friendly silica powder made from rice hulls. The hulls...
Burning fossil fuels does more than put carbon into the atmosphere: It also disperses excess nitrogen into forests. Plants need this nitrogen to grow, but too much of it can disrupt the balance between...
Wood can take us a step closer to a sustainable future.
That future is wrought with substantial difficulties, such as that expressed by UK architect and speaker Andrew Waugh when he described the coming...
Two programs at UT are activating student curiosity with real-life, hands-on learning.
The “Shadow a Scientist” and “Present your Thesis to a 12 year Old” programs aim to connect...
Before construction started on the Dell Medical School, inaugural Dean Clay Johnston halted progress and insisted on the addition of a green roof.
Green roofs are small plots of soil planted on urban...
