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Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
McDonald Observatory
HETDEX Opens Massive Cosmic Dataset to Scientists, Novices, and AI
The largest survey ever of the early universe contains 600 million spectra, covering part of the sky equal to 2,000 full Moons.
Scientists Map Proteins From Ancient Organism and Discover New Links to Rare Diseases
New ‘treasure map’ of ancient life holds clues to modern human diseases.
McDonald Observatory
Black Hole Found that Formed Before Its Galaxy
Findings help explain how black holes millions to billions of times the mass of the sun formed so soon after the Big Bang.
UT Scientists Help Measure Universe’s Expansion with Gravitational Waves
An era of precision gravitational astronomy has arrived, and UT physicists are helping lead the way.
Scientists Find Blood-based Biomarkers for Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is highly aggressive, but extremely difficult to tell apart from other breast cancers.
McDonald Observatory
IGRINS Confirms Long-Suspected Link Between the Composition of Exoplanets and Their Host Stars
A UT Austin spectrograph measures for the first time the magnesium-to-silicon ratio of an "ultra-hot Jupiter."
Cockrell School of Engineering
The Secret Ingredient Is Salt
Eric Anslyn co-led a study revealing how salt can be used to control the formation and aging of nanocrystal gels.
Researchers Disable Antimicrobial Resistance in Cystic Fibrosis-Associated Bacteria
New findings could improve treatment options for people with hard-to-treat infections.
Texas Advanced Computing Center
Little Red Dots: New Clues from the Early Universe
Volker Bromm used TACC supercomputer simulations to shed light on the mysterious origins of these enigmatic cosmic objects.
Department of Computer Science
The Research Path from Whimsy to Better Spacecraft Fabrication
That is not a bunny in The University of Texas at Austin computer science space but a showcase of algorithms for designing complex 3D structures.