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Regular volunteering or helping others outside the home can reduce the rate of cognitive aging by 15-20%.

A team of astronomers from UT’s Cosmic Frontier Center have identified the most distant black hole ever confirmed.

Renewal of National Science Foundation AI support will boldly extend research and workforce development efforts.

UT Austin and Sanofi partner to build tool that predicts translation efficiency of mRNA sequences.

Seagrasses store a lot of carbon in their tissues, making them a potential counterweight to rising levels of atmospheric CO2.

Meet the graduating seniors being recognized for excellence in research, academics and improving the community.

Dat Duong, a 2025 graduate from the College of Natural Sciences, made key contributions while studying in the UT School of Human Ecology.

Their method to speed up the design of “magnetic bottles” offers an answer to a complex 70-year-old challenge.

Swarat Chaudhuri, a computer scientist, and Feliciano Giustino, a physicist, are among this year’s fellows.

The online, synchronous Fundamentals of Nutrition course proves to be as worthwhile as it is engaging for UT undergraduates across all majors and rank years.