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To understand climate change and vulnerable ecosystems, University of Texas at Austin field researchers go where nature finds itself at a crossroads. In doing so, scientists discover places that teem with possibility.
A Solar Wind Mystery
What blasts out from the sun’s corona can bring beauty—and a bit of chaos.
Technology Leapfrogs
A new way to 3D print based on chemistry is safer, cheaper and efficient.
Postcard from a Physics Frontier
A dispatch from the search for exotic new particles and dark matter at the Large Hadron Collider.
The Year of AI
In 2024, join The University of Texas at Austin to engage with the latest in science and technology.
Galactic Ghost
It vanishes from a telescope’s view, then reappears. Is a galaxy playing peek-a-boo?
Combating Pain
Progress on a non-addictive painkiller comes from a novel way to fight inflammation.
Taking on an Evasive Threat
Scientists created a drug to help restore immune cells’ ability to battle cancer.
Perceiving is Believing
We all have biases. Now decades of data power a unifying theory that can explain them.
Nutritional scientists at UT Austin are championing a shift in how we relate to our food. It’s happening in schools, households, medical settings and workplaces across communities nationwide.
From Chatbots to Antibiotics
Artificial intelligence helps in the quest for new, effective antibiotic drugs.
Peering in a Stellar Nursery
AI lets astronomers get a glimpse of how our sun formed 5 billion years ago.
