Some of the most revolutionary ideas for powering our society sound a bit like science fiction, requiring only cheap, abundant resources like sunlight, plants or water.
Tiny Bubbles
One weird trick for measuring how much carbon is stored by seagrasses.
A Healthy Partnership
How AI, big data and genetics could help solve entrenched health challenges.
The Alumnus
Chris Mihealsick
The Graduate Student
Eman Alasadi
The Undergraduate
Niels Levy-Thiebaut
The Faculty Member
Sonia González
Year of Quantum
As the quantum revolution turns 100, UT scientists are writing the next chapter.
Postcard from the Treetop
To study threats to rainforest frogs, an amphibian ecologist climbs to great heights.
Professors are using artificial intelligence to help students think more deeply about their learning and overcome struggles.
Science Gets Real
With a new makerspace, students show science’s functional and artistic sides.
The Beauty of Chaos
A deceptively simple mathematical formula spawns a sprightly dance.
A Festival for Science Lovers
There’s something for everyone at the annual Texas Science Festival.
Oversized Galaxies?
Reports of the standard model of cosmology’s death are greatly exaggerated.
Play with a Purpose
Some types of movement appear to help babies develop the skill of self-recognition.
Combating Blood Cancer
Researchers hit cancer where it hurts: an enzyme it needs for metabolism.
Totally Random
Spoof-proof random numbers may be the first practical use for a quantum computer.
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A digest of the people and groundbreaking discoveries that make the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin one of the most creative and interesting places on Earth.
