News: Research

Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin

UT News

Texas Organization Donates Millions to UT Austin Cancer-Fighting Research

Artist drawing of cancer cells

Research

Kami Hull Seeks to Make Drugs Faster with Less Waste

Learn about Kami Hull's work as an organic chemist and how she won a prestigious Novartis Early Career Award in Chemistry.

Portrait of a woman

UT News

When Research and Education Cross-Pollinate

Freshmen learn how to do research while increasing our understanding of biodiversity

A scientist points out into a natural field site while a student holds a butterfly net

Research

5 Tips to Get the Most Out of Four Years of Undergrad Research

We asked graduating seniors from across the college to share their best tips for research success.

Three students in blue lab coats and goggles gather around a computer screen

The Texas Scientist

Imaging, Reimagined

Rachel Ward is exploring ways to produce faithful high-resolution MRI images more quickly and at a lower cost with the help of artificial intelligence.

In a traditional MRI image (left), each pixel represents a type of tissue.

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Alma Solis’s Research Helps Protect Farms from Pests and Control Invasive Plants

Field trips to a biological station in a cloud forest in northeastern Mexico sparked her interest in biology

Portrait of a woman in front of a cicular tree of life

UT News

How the Brain Fights Off Fears That Return to Haunt Us

Artist's rendering of the brain with a highlighted section representing the hippocampus

Research

Undergraduate-Led Team Discovers Two New Planets Using Artificial Intelligence

Undergraduate astronomy student Anne Dattilo and colleagues used artificial intelligence to discover two exoplanets in data collected by the Kepler space telescope.

Artist’s rendition of the Kepler Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, Wendy Stenzel, Daniel Rutter.