September 6, 2024
The Guardian
How the maelstrom under Greenland’s glaciers could slow future sea level rise
A pioneering mission into a mysterious and violent world led by the Jackson School of Geosciences may reveal ‘speed bumps’ on the way to global coastal inundation
September 3, 2024
Featured UT News
Newly Discovered Antibody Protects Against All COVID-19 Variants
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered an antibody able to neutralize all known variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, as well as distantly related SARS-like coronaviruses that infect other animals.
August 21, 2024
Featured UT News
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 9, 2024
Good Systems
Good Systems, Great Policy
As artificial intelligence reshapes society, The University’s Good Systems grand challenge is emerging as a valuable resource for policymakers and national security advisors grappling with AI's ethical implications. The interdisciplinary team of researchers has been engaging with government…
August 7, 2024
Featured UT News
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.
August 1, 2024
Planet Texas 2050
The Power of Participatory Research
You may have recently noticed research groups in Waller Creek, the meandering waterway passing through the Forty Acres. Indeed, it should come as no surprise to find research being conducted anywhere on the campus of one of the leading public research universities in the world. What distinguished…
July 31, 2024
Featured UT News
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
Houston Chronicle
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
MRC
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
Featured UT News
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.