UTexas Research

10/14/2015

John B. Goodenough will receive the Samson Prize, totaling $1 million. It is the world’s largest monetary prize awarded in the field of alternative fuels and is granted to scientists who have made critical advancements.

07/08/2015

Previously on Science Times Q&A, the subject was ants.

On a recent morning, Dr. Lawrence E. Gilbert, a professor of integrative biology at the University of Texas and director of its Brackenridge Field Laboratory, was standing over a glass tank at in his office, watching a swarm of Brazilian phorid flies make buzzing attacks on some very unhappy South A…

07/08/2015

Hook 'em.

David M. Hillis, an evolutionary biologist, has employed genetics, biochemistry and computation to figure out how those horns got so long.

06/10/2015

At UT, research isn't exclusively for faculty and graduate students. Need proof? Just take a look at this impressive list of undergraduate research from this year. "Unfeminist Coalition in Game of Thrones," anyone?

06/10/2015

On May 19, President Barack Obama announced new steps to protect pollinators, bees in particular. Researchers on the Forty Acres, meanwhile, have been studying bees and protecting pollinations. Here's a quick look at some of the bee-related projects on which Longhorns are working.

03/21/2015

HIV Not As Infectious Soon After Transmission As Thought March 17, 2015 AUSTIN, Texas — People who recently have been infected with HIV may not be as highly infectious as previously believed, a finding that could improve global efforts to prevent HIV transmission and save lives. In particular, the f…

03/21/2015

New Cystic Fibrosis Research Takes Aim at Deadly Pathogen March 16, 2015 AUSTIN, Texas — A new method of testing the most common cause of life-threatening infection in people with cystic fibrosis could improve efforts to study and combat the illness. The bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a leading…

03/21/2015

East Antarctica Melting Could be Explained by Oceanic Gateways March 16, 2015 AUSTIN,Texas — Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) in the Jackson School of Geosciences have discovered two seafloor gateways that could allow warm ocean water to reach the ba…

03/07/2015

U.S.-Born Children of Undocumented Parents Report Anxiety and Depression Symptoms March 5, 2015 Dean Luis Zayas, School of Social Work. AUSTIN, Texas — U.S.-born children of undocumented parents experience elevated levels of anxiety, and if their parents were detained or deported, those children are…

03/07/2015

New Protein Booster May Lead to Better DNA Vaccines and Gene Therapy March 5, 2015 Tetanus shot. Photo by Blake Patterson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/blakespot/) AUSTIN, Texas — Scientists have discovered a new way to manipulate how cells function, a finding that might help advance an experimenta…

02/11/2015

For John Goodenough, it's never good enough.

02/10/2015

Drought and Flood Prediction Gets Boost from New Texas Network and NASA Satellite Feb. 2, 2015 Image: Richard Casteel AUSTIN, Texas — A new network of underground sensors in the Texas Hill Country will arm those responsible for managing the state’s finite water supply with vital information for dete…