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Can Tiny Bubbles Help Save the Planet?

May 22, 2025 • by Marc Airhart

Seagrasses store a lot of carbon in their tissues, making them a potential counterweight to rising levels of atmospheric CO2.

Cockrell School of Engineering

Can AI Make Critical Communications Chips Easier to Design?

May 28, 2025 • by Nat Levy

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Jun

6

2025

Public Event

Astronomy Afternoon

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm • In Person

Jun

12

2025

Community-Building

Staff Celebration Galaxy Brunch

9:30 am – 11:30 am • In Person

Jun

22

2025

Public Event

H-E-B Free Fourth Sunday

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm • In Person

Jun

28

2025

Public Event

Dinosaur Day

10:00 am – 3:00 pm • In Person

Texas Science in the News

Association for Computing Machinery

People of ACM: Peter Stone

June 3, 2025

Scientific American

The Neuroscience of Murderbot’s Cyborg Brain

May 20, 2025

Quanta Magazine

How to 'See' the 4th Dimension with Topology

May 17, 2025

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The people and discoveries of UT Austin Natural Sciences lead to extraordinary impact.

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Podcast

Can Tiny Bubbles Help Save the Planet?

May 22, 2025 • by Marc Airhart

An illustration of a seagrass meadow, with the sediment cross-sectioned to reveal roots. There are two small black microhpones resting on the top of the sediment, connected by a cable running back to a metal box.

Podcasts

An illustration of a seagrass meadow, with the sediment cross-sectioned to reveal roots. There are two small black microhpones resting on the top of the sediment, connected by a cable running back to a metal box.

Podcast

Can Tiny Bubbles Help Save the Planet?

May 22, 2025 • by Marc Airhart

Seagrasses store a lot of carbon in their tissues, making them a potential counterweight to rising levels of atmospheric CO2.

Podcast

AI for the Rest of Us

November 7, 2024 • by Marc Airhart

Two people look at a wall emblazoned with the words "AI for the rest of us"

Podcast

Live Show: AI + Energy

November 7, 2024 • by Marc Airhart

Three speakers at a panel discussion

Podcast

Live with Kara Swisher

October 10, 2024 • by Marc Airhart

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Featuring:

Futuristic Fuels
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.

 

Learning to Learn with AI
Professors are using artificial intelligence to help students think more deeply about their learning and overcome struggles.

 

Making Science More Accessible for Everyone
Q&A with Eman Alasadi, Ph.D.
The Graduate Student, Chemistry

 

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