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UT News

Common Weed Killer Linked to Bee Deaths

The world’s most widely used weed killer, Roundup, causes honey bees to lose some of their beneficial bacteria and are more susceptible to infection and...

Honey bee.

Research

Could a Digital Version of this Part of the Brain Be Coming Soon?

Michael Mauk and his team have made a discovery that adds an important detail to a computer simulation of the part of our brains called...

Two semi-transparent illustrations of a brain with the cerebellum highlighted in red

Podcast

When Science Communication Doesn’t Get Through

Climate change, vaccinations, evolution. Scientists sometimes struggle to get their message across to non-scientists.

A person holds their hands over their ears as a graph showing global warming moves by like an audio wave

Research

Cracking the Code: Why Flu Pandemics Come At the End of Flu Season

Graduate student Spencer Fox and his colleagues found strong evidence that the late timing of flu pandemics is caused by two opposing factors.

Hypothetical seasonal flu epidemic spread (not based on real or simulated data) is depicted here

Announcements

UT Austin Offers Its First Online Master’s Degree in Nutritional Sciences

The program is designed to provide a rigorous education to working professionals in nutrition or health education as they seek to advance in careers in...

Two grocery shoppers compare nutritional values on products with a graphic of molecules

Features

Grad Students Lead the Greatest Show in Classical Physics

Glowing electric pickles, flaming money, and flying toilet paper help the Physics Circus at The University of Texas at Austin teach science to non-physicists, especially...

Tess Bernard demonstrates what happens when air in a balloon is cooled in liquid nitrogen.

Podcast

Some Bacteria Have Lived in the Human Gut Since Before We Were Human

New study suggests that evolution plays a larger role than previously known in people's intestinal-microbe makeup.

Illustration of green and purple microbes enlarged under a microscope

Accolades

UT Austin Villa Wins at 2016 World RoboCup

The RoboCup competition challenges participants to program intelligent robotic systems to operate on their own in dynamic environments.

Five of the SPL team members at the 2016 RoboCup US Open, which the team won. From left to right, they are Katie Genter, Sanmit Narvekar, Josiah Hanna, Josh Kelle and Jake Menashe.

Research

Supporting Pollinators Could Have Big Payoff for Texas Cotton Farmers

Researchers at UT Austin find the secret to increasing cotton production.

A bee hovers near a pink flower

Features

The Unexpected Journey of a Veteran Student and Astronomer

The educational journey of one exceptional student has taken her from translating Arabic in the Air Force to learning the secrets of the stars.

Rebecca Larson