News: Chemistry

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

Accolades

Eric Anslyn Receives Royal Society of Chemistry’s Centenary Prize

Chemistry professor honored for his work in chemical sensors and his teaching skills.

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Podcast

The Next 50 Years: A Model of Life on the Atomic Scale

Can we simulate life — in all its messy complexity and at the scale of each individual atom — in a computer?

Illustration of a biological cell

UT News

Cancer Drug with Better Staying Power and Reduced Toxicity Shows Preclinical Promise

The texaphyrin molecule is designed to be more easily absorbed by cancerous cells than healthy human cells, reducing the drug’s side effects.

The drug candidate, called OxaliTEX, is made of two parts.

The Texas Scientist

20/20 Foresight

So what will the next 50 years bring? Absent a crystal ball, your best bet would be to ask a scientist.

Illustration by David Steadman.

Features

12 Ways Texas Science Innovators Made the Most of this Year

Here are a handful of ways that members of our science and mathematics community brandished their entrepreneurial spirit this year.

3 Students wearing t-shirts celebrating 1,000+ patents jump for joy in front of the UT Austin tower

UT News

Researchers Discover New Way to Split and Sum Photons with Silicon

Image shows a green laser passing through a glass vial of a chemical solution

Accolades

Michael Krische Receives American Chemical Society Award

The award comes from the largest scientific society in the world.

Michael Krische

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.

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