Particle accelerators hold great potential for semiconductor applications, medical imaging and therapy, and research in materials, energy and medicine. But conventional accelerators require plenty of elbow room — kilometers — making them expensive and limiting their presence to a handful of national labs and universities.

Scientists have discovered that bacteria can create something like memories about when to form strategies that can cause dangerous infections in people, such as resistance to antibiotics and bacterial swarms when millions of bacteria come together on a single surface.

The Pharr Memorial Library is proud to announce the opening of a thought-provoking new exhibition, "Looking to the Future: Youth Perspectives on the Environment," presented by the Coalition for Youth, Health, and the Environment, in collaboration with Texas Children in Nature (TCiNN) and The…

A new scientific technique could significantly improve the reference frames that millions of people rely upon each day when using GPS navigation services, according to a recently published article in Radio Science.

The Office of the Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors and the University Co-operative Society are pleased to announce and congratulate the 2023 winners of the University Co-op Research Excellence Awards and the winners of the 2023 Robert W. Hamilton Book Awards.

Congratulations to the recipients of the inaugural Planet Texas 2050 + Humanities Institute Faculty Learning Community awards. These awards are the result of a recent open call that Planet Texas 2050 (PT2050) — an interdisciplinary program focused on climate resilience, population growth, and…

"From the moment I learned about Whole Communities–Whole Health, I was excited to join this team," Michael Mackert says. Now, five years later, the health communication professor is the steering committee chair of Whole Communities–Whole Health (WCWH), UT Austin’s grand challenge dedicated to…

Research administrators usually work behind the scenes of the research enterprise, they were in the spotlight at the National Research Administration Day Celebration. The event is held annually by the UT Austin Association of Research Administrators and the Office of the Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors.

Good Systems has awarded funding to five projects that investigate the ethical implications of AI technologies in society in the areas of racial justice, surveillance and privacy, smart cities, and community-robot interaction. The awarded projects, led by faculty who span four colleges at UT Austin…

Good Systems would like to thank Dr. Sharon Strover (School of Journalism and Media) for her leadership as chair of the Good Systems Executive Team in 2022-23. Strover will continue to serve on the Executive Team. The grand challenge now welcomes Prof. Sherri Greenberg (LBJ School of Public Affairs…