August 21, 2024
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The State of the Supercomputers

The University of Texas at Austin operates some of the world’s fastest and largest computers. Take a look inside the Texas Advanced Computing Center at the processors that drive some of the world’s most important discoveries.
August 7, 2024
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Drug Trial for Rare Fetal Blood Disease Shows Promise for Less Invasive Approach

Data from a new investigational drug that could alter the standard treatment for a rare blood disease suggests it has the potential to delay or prevent anemia and the need for intrauterine blood transfusions in babies who are at high risk for the condition, according to a clinical trial conducted by The University of Texas at Austin.
July 31, 2024
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Astronomers Use AI To Find Elusive Stars ‘Gobbling Up’ Planets

By using a novel form of artificial intelligence, a team at University of Texas at Austin has accelerated the process of identifying "polluted" white dwarf stars that are actively consuming planets in their orbit,
July 18, 2024
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UT-Austin awarded $840M to advance Department of Defense technology

The University of Texas at Austin will receive $840 million to build a facility for manufacturing “the next generation” of microelectronics used in Department of Defense systems.
July 18, 2024
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UT’s Texas Institute for Electronics Awarded $840M To Build a DOD Microelectronics Manufacturing Center, Advance U.S. Semiconductor Industry

Seeking to ensure America’s national security and global military leadership, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency has selected the Texas Institute for Electronics at The University of Texas at Austin to develop the next generation of high-performing semiconductor microsystems for the Department of Defense.
July 17, 2024
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Paving the Way to Extremely Fast, Compact Computer Memory

In a study published in Nature, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) demonstrated that the layered multiferroic material nickel iodide (NiI2) may be the best candidate yet for devices that are extremely fast and compact.
July 11, 2024
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Texas Advanced Computing Center To Lead Groundbreaking NSF Computing Facility

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin as the nation’s Leadership-Class Computing Facility (LCCF), which will revolutionize America’s computational research for the next decade.
July 8, 2024
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New Carbon Storage Technology is Fastest of Its Kind

A new way to store carbon captured from the atmosphere developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin works much faster than current methods without the harmful chemical accelerants they require.
July 5, 2024
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Cultivating Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Bridging Barriers has taken a structured, proactive approach to interdisciplinary collaboration, and now, almost eight years after its creation, it has developed a network of over 300 scholars that spans nearly every college and school and research support units across The University of Texas at Austin campus.
July 2, 2024
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New Imaging Technique Uses Earth’s Warped Surface to Reveal Rocky Interior

Surface mapping technology such as GPS, radar and laser scanning have long been used to measure features on the Earth’s surface. Now, a new computational technique developed at The University of Texas at Austin is allowing scientists to use those technologies to look inside the planet.