News Highlights
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
Celebrating the 2025 College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Honored Graduates
Meet the graduating seniors being recognized for excellence in research, academics and improving the community.
University of Texas-led Team Solves a Big Problem for Fusion Energy
Their method to speed up the design of “magnetic bottles” offers an answer to a complex 70-year-old challenge.
Guggenheim Foundation Names 3 at UT in 100th Class of Fellows
Swarat Chaudhuri, a computer scientist, and Feliciano Giustino, a physicist, are among this year’s fellows.
Top Prize Image for Visualizing Science Shows a Logistic Map’s Chaotic Portion
A mathematics undergraduate took first place alongside other winners of the college’s 2025 contest.
Improved Brain Decoder Holds Promise for Communication in People With Aphasia
Restoring some language for aphasia sufferers, like Bruce Willis and a million other Americans, could involve AI.
Some Bacteria Evolve Like Clockwork With the Seasons
The longest natural metagenome time series ever collected reveals a startling evolutionary pattern on repeat.
In This Lab, Students Dig Into Antibiotic-Resistance Research
Meet the team behind a newly transformed experiential-learning biology course, reaching hundreds of UT students.
UT Austin Math and Computing Named Among Best in Global Ranking of Academic Subjects
UT Austin ranked fifth in mathematics and eighth in computer science and engineering worldwide in a new report.
Turbocharging Protein Engineering with AI
Biotech advances from UT’s new Deep Proteins group are changing the game with help from artificial intelligence.
New AI Institute Led by UT Researchers Will Accelerate Cosmic Discovery
Stella Offner and Arya Farahi are among the leads of a new multi-institution institute focused on AI and astronomy.
