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September 26, 2024
OVPR
Research Administrators Celebrated for Essential Role in Advancing World-Changing Discoveries
Behind every world-changing discovery made at The University of Texas at Austin is a research administrator who navigated administrative complexities and hurdles required of a sponsored research project. Two exemplary research administrators were recently honored at the National Research Administration Day Celebration.
September 25, 2024
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AI Trained on Evolution’s Playbook Develops Proteins That Spur Drug and Scientific Discovery
A new artificial intelligence model developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin paves the way for more effective and less toxic treatments and new preventive strategies in medicine. The AI model informs the design of protein-based therapies and vaccines by leveraging the underlying logic from nature’s evolutionary processes.
September 18, 2024
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New AI Institute Led by University of Texas Researchers Will Accelerate Cosmic Discovery
The University of Texas at Austin has been chosen to lead a new institute that harnesses artificial intelligence to explore some of the leading mysteries of the universe, including dark matter and the fundamentals related to the search for life. Housed in UT’s Oden Institute for Computational Sciences and Engineering, the NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins will be funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Simons Foundation.
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
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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 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’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 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.