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UT News

5 Questions About Dark Matter — the Universe’s Biggest Mystery

Katherine Freese shares what we know (and don’t) about the invisible substance shaping the cosmos.

The blackness of space is punctuated by bright stars and galaxies

Features

Now 50 Years Old, One of the World’s Most Diverse Collections of Organisms Lives On at UT

David Nobles Jr., curator of the UTEX Culture Collection of Algae, looks back and explains why algae matter in research.

A rack of clear test tubes containinig clear liquid and green algae

UT News

Moonshot Funding for Dementia

Karen Fingerman, director of the Texas Institute on Dementia, Aging and Longevity, looks ahead to a new era of aging and dementia research.

An illustration of a brain surrounded by abstract shapes

School of Computing

Getting to Know Peter Stone: Curiosity, AI and the Future of Computing

The question that drives the head of UT Austin’s School of Computing.

Peter Stone has been tapped by Sony Corp. to head up the U.S. branch of its new global artificial intelligence research division, called Sony AI.

Texas Connect

UT Wine Initiative provides research opportunities for undergraduates

Students in a Freshman Research Initiative stream get experience in scientific studies of the chemistry of wine.

A pair of students in lab coats, goggles and gloves hold a pipette and look at a readout on a computer screen.

Texas Connect

Neuroscience Program Brings Live Music to Your Lunch Hour

Musical Memories concerts take place in the Norman Hackerman Building most months.

An overhead view of a man in a colorful shirt playing a grand piano

Department of Physics

We Make Them Tougher in Texas

Need electronics that can survive the harshest radiation on Earth? Texas has got y’all covered.

Three scientists working in a lab with electronics

Features

Meet Iris Schmeder, Undergraduate Frog Researcher

A chance encounter in a hallway and hands-on learning opportunities sparked her passion for research.

A woman wearing a headlamp holds a dark gray amphibian in her hand

Features

Six Lessons from a Legendary UT Science Teacher

On moving day, a veteran scientist and teacher looks back on lessons learned in the college.

A scientist and teacher sits at her desk, behind her wooden shelves overflow with papers and books

Features

5 Questions with Archer Graduate Fellow Christina Lildharrie

A Ph.D. student in neuroscience, she is exploring science, service and public policy in the nation’s capital.

A young woman stands in front of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.