After more than a decade of advances in AI, mathematics and supercomputing, UT is shaping the future of digital twins — bringing together researchers across campus to deploy physics‑informed, AI‑powered models for energy, healthcare, national security and natural hazard mitigation.

UT Austin will become the first university hub to work with U.S. Space Force, integrating research, industry, and high-powered computing to rapidly identify and respond to threats in orbit.

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

As one of only 15 NIA-funded Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging in the United States, the renewal solidifies UT’s role as a national leader in aging and population health research.

The University of Texas at Austin was the top recipient of National Science Foundation grants in fiscal year 2024 – a sign of UT's leadership in AI & computing.

Scientists are using radar to study damaged ice both in Antarctica and, with the help of a NASA spacecraft, on Jupiter’s ocean moon of Europa.

Milit Patel co-led groundbreaking research that used machine learning to identify factors across 185 countries that are most strongly associated with improved cancer outcomes worldwide, publishing the findings in Annals of Oncology.

The Giant Magellan Telescope consortium today announced it has appointed The University of Texas at Austin’s Daniel T. Jaffe as president. He is one of two UT astronomers recently named to key leadership positions.

The University of Texas at Austin is ranked No. 1 among U.S. universities for conducting the most research supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF). UT also ranked No. 5 in the nation in research financed by the Department of Defense (DOD) and No. 6 for Department of Energy (DOE) research.

Researchers have identified a key reason why the batteries used to power everything from smartphones to electric vehicles deteriorate over time, a critical step toward building faster, more reliable and longer-lasting batteries.