AUSTIN, Texas — Eleven faculty members at The University of Texas at Austin, including leading artificial intelligence and quantum research experts, have been elected fellows of the American Associati

2024-04-18

For the April 8 total solar eclipse, the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences will feature the installation “From COASTLINE to INLINE,” which integrates arts and techn

2024-04-05

AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin is boosting its commitment to research and education in quantum science and engineering by establishing the Texas Quantum Institute. This expanded inv

2024-04-05

AUSTIN, Texas — Although many visitors to Texas Science & Natural History Museum are familiar with exhibits featuring towering fossils of dinosaurs from millions of years ago, the museum’s newest

2024-04-03

Once upon a time there was light in your life, but soon there’ll be two minutes of dark. Thousands of people across the Forty Acres are gearing up for this unique opportunity to see a total sola

2024-04-03

AUSTIN, Texas — Imagine playing a racing game like Mario Kart, using only your brain to execute the complex series of turns in a lap. This is not a video game fantasy, but a real program that engineer

2024-03-29

In 1919 two British scientists conducted an experiment intended to verify Albert Einstein’s controversial theory of general relativity. This physical theory, that had been published four years prior,

2024-03-29

AUSTIN, Texas — A new partnership among The University of Texas at Austin, Austin Community College District and Texas Institute for Electronics (TIE) will make Central Texas a premier hub for compreh

2024-03-28

AUSTIN, Texas — Researchers working in the Horn of Africa have uncovered evidence showing how Middle Stone Age humans survived in the wake of the eruption of Toba, one of the largest supervolcanoes in

2024-03-20

AUSTIN, Texas — Dinosaurs get all the glory. But aetosaurs, a heavily armored cousin of modern crocodiles, ruled the world before dinosaurs did. These tanks of the Triassic came in a variety of shapes

2024-03-18

Let’s talk about heliophysics! Don’t worry, we were intimidated too. That’s why we talked with Jarrod Bianco and Maile Marriott, two graduate students working with Anna Tenerani, an assistant professo

2024-03-14

AUSTIN, Texas — Most babies begin recognizing themselves in mirrors when they are about a year and half old. This kind of self-recognition is an important developmental milestone, and now scientists a

2024-03-12