More than one million genomes helped identify DNA variants linked to extroversion, agreeableness, neuroticism and more. Researchers measured how those traits influenced how people lived.

The center will study secure interaction as robots become more common in hospitals and workplaces. It's led by UT Associate Professor Joydeep Biswas.

Researchers at the University of Texas' Center for Electromechanics developed a sensor that clips onto live power lines to catch hidden threats to the power grid before outages or wildfires are sparked.

Texas’ booming data center industry could add more strain the state’s already stressed water supply, with the operations projected to account for up to 9% of statewide water use by 2040, according to a University of Texas study.

A chimp group’s success may have led to its violent downfall, a new study suggests.

They found remains of animals that have never been uncovered in Central Texas. The fossils hint that the region was warm, moist and forested 100,000 years ago.

New research by Smithsonian scientists suggests that preferences for certain sounds might be evolutionarily conserved.

A newly identified dinosaur species is offering scientists a rare glimpse into prehistoric life.

A team of scientists from UT Austin say they've successfully grown chickpeas using lunar regolith, the dirt that's found on the surface of the Moon.

Learn how oxygen’s early rise could have given complex life the energy boost it needed to evolve.