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Crossing Boundaries: James Chelikowsky Reflects on Six Decades of Materials Science Discovery

The physicist and Oden Institute faculty member has been at the cutting edge of materials science for years.

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UT’s Mark Raizen on Quantum Mechanics and the Future of Medicine

Researchers at Raizen’s UT lab are searching for new possibilities in health and medicine linked to quantum mechanics.

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Department of Computer Science

UT Austin Villa Finishes Strong at RoboCup 2026

The award-winning robot soccer team from Texas Robotics returned were semifinalists at competition in South Korea.

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Summer at CERN

A group of undergraduate students spent their summer at the world’s largest particle physics laboratory.

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From Introvert to Innovator

A biotech startup. A big journal publication. Research lab friendships. This Texas Science grad fit it all in.

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Science vs. Screwworms: How UT Research Inspired Our Best Weapon

Key to earlier eradications of the threat was a University of Texas discovery that’s still proving useful today.

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Department of Computer Science

On the Road to RoboCup 2026 with UT Austin Villa

The award-winning robot soccer team from Texas Robotics is heading to South Korea to compete in RoboCup 2026.

Young men with laptops, one wearing a Texas Robotics shirt, consult with one another while sitting on what looks like a soccer field in front of three humanoid robots.

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Can This Scientist’s Proposal Save Coral Reefs in Our Hemisphere?

Evolutionary expert Misha Matz makes a splash with a controversial proposal that could save Caribbean coral reefs.

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Oden Institute

A Match Made in the Cosmos

Thanks to the NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins (CosmicAI), astronomy and AI are solving each other’s problems.

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Meet Graduate of Distinction and Biology Researcher Halimot Badmus

One of more than 180 graduates of distinction, she has researched all four years and seeks clues for new antibiotics.

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