As a freshman, I wandered into an info session for The Daily Texan and ended up joining the inaugural Science & Technology section. I didn’t exactly intend to stay for three years, but I had...
Iron Man suits, robot firefighters and robots on Mars — these are just a few of the projects associated with UT-led robotics company Apptronik Systems.
In 2016, UT-Austin alumni and one faculty...
A new drug combination discovered by researchers at UT-Austin and Korea University could prevent drug resistance during cancer treatment.
Jonathan Sessler, a UT chemistry professor and cancer survivor,...
The discovery of two very salty lakes underneath an ice cap in the Canadian Arctic may assist scientists in the search for extraterrestrial life, according to a study published this month in Science Advances....
Scientists are trying to imitate nature by applying electrical engineering principles to biological systems.
A multi-institutional team of researchers has developed a method of programming DNA molecules...
The acoustics of champagne bubbles may provide important information on the beverage’s quality, according to a study published November in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. The findings...
A recent study details a new technique that facilitates safer gene-editing therapies.
A multidisciplinary team of researchers developed a new technique, CHAMP, for catching mistakes made by the genome-editing...
Scientists’ findings on how ancient microbes store their genomes may shed light on how more complex organisms came to pack their DNA.
According to new research from several institutions, microbes...
Miguel Nicolelis discussed the brains behind smart prosthetics in a Dean’s Scholars Distinguished Lecture Series talk Thursday.
Titled “Brain-Machine Interfaces: From Basic Science to Neurological...
Computers can read between the lines of classical literature in a way humans cannot.
Humanities researchers, computer scientists and biologists from UT Austin and collaborating institutions have...
Forget flattery. Imitation is the biggest predictor of one’s communication skills.
Researchers from UT and collaborating institutions have found that for children with autism spectrum disorder,...
Texas is shaking things up with its new earthquake-monitoring system.
As part of the TexNet Seismic Monitoring Program, scientists and engineers at UT’s Bureau of Economic Geology are installing...
When UT chemistry professor Stephen Martin encounters chemical compounds in nature, he can envision their synthetic twins.
On April 4, Martin was awarded the Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry of...
Things are heating up as UT engineers find new ways to test spacecraft heat shields.
Philip Varghese, aerospace engineering professor, and Noel Clemens, aerospace engineering department chair,...
According to Bette Loiselle, evolutionary changes in the tropical rainforest planted the seed for creative bird mating rituals.
Loiselle, a professor of wildlife ecology and conservation at the University...
Despite its name, undergraduates participating in UT’s Directed Reading Program can get a taste of the life of a mathematics graduate student.
For the program, around 100 undergraduate students...
A team of engineering undergraduate students at UT-Arlington are rolling in praise after patenting a smart bandage that can ease the pain of recovery.
The team created the bandage, which is capable...
Speakers from NASA, the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI) and the Space Telescope Science Institute talked at South by Southwest on Tuesday about the new WFIRST telescope. Specifically,...
(Update: 3:30 p.m.): Apollo 11 astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, and Editor at Large, Jeff Kluger, sat down today for a conversation about everything from the future of human space exploration to holographs.
–Mae...
Former Vice President Joe Biden spoke Sunday at SXSW about the White House Cancer Moonshot program’s progress in the fight against cancer, and called for innovators in the audience to use their ingenuity...
As keynote speaker of South by Southwest’s Interactive track, Jennifer Doudna, UC Berkeley professor, spoke Saturday about the gene editing tool, called CRISPRCas9, she helped develop.
Scientists...
Update (3:30 p.m.): Rainn Wilson and Justin Baldoni discussed the importance and power of empathy in entertainment media and their respective side projects, the SoulPancake and the Wayfarer.
-Mae Hamilton
Update...
The cost of food and energy may provide a clue for how economics affects the environment.
Carey King, assistant director of the UT Energy Institute and geosciences researcher, gave a talk discussing...
The atomic makeup of Earth’s iron may shatter previously-held theories about how the planet formed.
Geologists from UT and several other institutions discovered that the unusual ratio of Earth’s...
Researchers are using paper to devise an easier, more environmentally-friendly way of harnessing the power of the sun.
UT chemical engineers, biologists and artists recently collaborated to develop...
Who someone hangs out with may influence the bacteria found in their gut.
Researchers from UT Austin and collaborating institutions recently studied 32 black howler monkeys in the jungles of Mexico...
A new approach to studying space may reveal more about the history of the universe.
Astronomers from UT and the Space Telescope Science Institute recently developed a new method for looking at distant...
A new, inexpensive breathalyzer aims to change the way the flu is diagnosed.
Researchers at UT Arlington and State University of New York, Stony Brook created a sensor capable of detecting the flu virus...
April showers aren’t the only thing that bring May flowers — a new study by UT researchers reveals how flowers know when to bloom.
The study, published Feb. 6 in Developmental Cell, discovered...
During his talk on Monday, Eric Schmidt taught UT students to make their dreams a reality sooner rather than later.
Schmidt, CEO of Google from 2001 to 2011 and current executive chairman of Alphabet,...
Longhorn Energy Club exerts all of its energy planning one of the largest student-run energy conferences.
The club was formed three years ago, with the intention of connecting the UT community to energy-related...
Nearly two-thirds of astronauts, after returning from space, have reported having vision problems. UT Southwestern researchers may have found the cause.
A team from UT Southwestern recently discovered...
A new UT research review sheds light on novel ways to train your brain.
The multi-institutional review focuses on the concept of neurofeedback, which uses measurements of an individual’s...
When dealing with homophobic bullies, a less punishment-based approach may yield better results.
In a study published in Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, researchers at UT and...
A study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers provides insight into why people are more susceptible to cancer as they age.
According to the study, which was published on Dec. 15 in PLOS Biology,...
If it seems like men and women want different things out of a relationship, it’s because they do. In psychology professor David Buss’ recently published fourth edition of “The Evolution...
A new study published by UT Southwestern researchers may provide insight into ethnic differences in cardiovascular health.
According to the study, African-Americans have more rigid aortas than whites...
Less than 25 percent of science, technology, engineering and math — or STEM — jobs are held by women, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. Researchers at UT, Cornell University and...
At the 2016 Inventor of the Year ceremony on Nov. 9, chemistry professor Jonathan Sessler and chemical engineering associate professor Hal Alper received awards from the UT Office of Technology Commercialization...
A drug that singles out and starves cancer cells is entering clinical trials for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia.
Patients with acute myeloid leukemia have bone marrow that creates abnormal...
A new program that offers majors to high school students will allow Austin 9-12th graders to get a taste of UT before they graduate.
Next year, UT will partner with Austin Independent School District...
A group of researchers has established a protocol for designing a chip that mimics the microenvironment of the human intestine.
This protocol, which was developed by researchers at UT and the Wyss Institute...
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a glucose-monitoring device called FreeStyle Libre Pro, co-invented by UT chemical engineering professor emeritus Adam Heller, for treating hospitalized...
After detecting some strains of the flu virus, human body cells keep the disease from spreading by making the ultimate sacrifice: They kill themselves through programmed cell death.
Scientists have...
Scientists believed that diatoms, a type of one-celled plankton, were only able to sink through the water, but new research suggests that they have more control over their movements than previously thought.
Marine...
A team of scientists, including researchers from UT Southwestern and UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, have found a vulnerability in a form of lung cancer previously thought to be untreatable.
Selinexor,...
Ann Gates, professor and computer science chair at UT El Paso, has received almost $300,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation, or NSF, to increase diversity in computational fields.
The...
Creating sets of truly random numbers may be harder to accomplish than people think, but that hasn’t stopped UT computer science professor David Zuckerman from trying.
Computers can obtain randomness...
Forget sneaking out and partying. Rebellious teens can fight the system by cutting out processed foods and eating more fruits and vegetables.
A team of psychologists found that teenagers’ desires...
New workshops at UT will better equip teachers to teach students programming skills.
The Raspberry Pi Foundation, a UK-based educational charity, recently opened four Picademies in the U.S., including...
A startup launched by two UT students is giving its customers inner peace through outer space.
The company, called Orbital Memorials, will launch customers’ loved one’s ashes into low-earth...
A team of American chemists, including a UT professor, recently discovered that differences in brain protein structures can contribute to the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
Alzheimer’s...
Last year, Harvard instated a ban on all gender-segregated groups such as fraternities, sororities and single-gender clubs. UT research shows that this ban is well-founded — separation by gender...
A survival mechanism may keep Zika alive across generations of mosquitoes.
Researchers at the UT Medical Branch in Galveston have found that female mosquitoes are capable of passing the Zika virus onto...
UT researchers have resolved the mystery of how humanity’s most famous ancestor died.
In a study published Aug. 29 in the journal Nature and led by UT anthropology professor John Kappelman,...
Imagine a bandage capable of rapidly healing patients’ wounds, then dissolving into their skin.
Guillermo Ameer, UT chemical engineering alumnus and biomedical engineering professor at Northwestern...
Aggies and Longhorns are putting aside their differences and teaming up to harness the power of the sun.
UT is collaborating with A&M’s main campus, the Central Texas campus and their Engineering...
Fans of J.K. Rowling’s popular book franchise can now talk to Harry about butterbeer, their favorite Bertie Bott’s flavor or how it feels to cast a spell. This new trick isn’t magic —...
Surgeons at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston have brought 3-D printing into the operating room.
Cancer patients sometimes have body parts removed as part of treatment, but doctors have...
New Audi vehicles will use vehicle-to-infrastructure communication similar to technology developed by a group of UT computer science researchers.
Starting in 2017, Audi will manufacture cars equipped...
Texas supercomputer Hikari is going green.
Hikari, named after the Japanese word for “light,” switches to solar power this week in an effort to make supercomputing more sustainable.
The...
3D printing? Plasma cutters? High-power lasers? UT has your back.
“One of the things that’s really special here is that the first day you show up — the first hour you’re here...
Researchers have made a gel capable of growing new blood vessels.
The U. S. Department of Defense has awarded UT associate biomedical engineering professor Aaron Baker with a $2.7 million grant...
The long and complicated process of breast reconstruction for breast cancer survivors may soon be a thing of the past.
Many women undergo mastectomies and then breast reconstruction after being diagnosed...
Women with long hair and lipstick may receive signals that they don’t belong in STEM.
A study has found that research participants are less likely to identify women with feminine features as scientists...
UT astronomers and a flash of blue light revealed the story behind some exploding stars.
While working at Harvard in 2012, UT research scientist Howie Marion and his team of astronomers found evidence...
Cement technology is not set in stone.
Civil and environmental engineers at UT are researching how to make better living cement. This biocement is capable of healing its own cracks, according...
Mellie Price has founded tech companies, nurtured Austin’s startups and brought music to the masses. Her next project is the Dell Medical School.
Price, a UT alumna and longtime Austinite,...
Collaborative space research shows that Longhorns and Aggies can get along.
As part of the LONESTAR project, UT and Texas A&M have launched their own small satellites from the International Space...
A UT graduate student has helped reduce hepatitis C treatment from 18 pills a day to just one.
Angela Wagner, a chemical engineering Ph.D. candidate and member of UT professor Nicholas Peppas’...
Researchers have found that 3-D printing may be harmful to our health.
In a study published in the journal “Environmental Science & Technology,” Neil Crain, an environmental engineering...
Rats are not renowned for their smarts. However, rat brains recently helped UT scientists make an important discovery about human memories.
In a study published in the journal “eLife,”...
