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Frontier Fellows Tackle Humanity’s Biggest Question: Where Do We Come From?
The inaugural class of Cosmic Frontier Center postdoctoral fellows will study black holes in early galaxies and the formation of the first stars.
Remembering Turing Award Winner E. Allen Emerson
Emerson was a pioneer of a computer science technique called Model Checking that has become a standard approach in hardware and software development.
Ultra-Processed Foods Pose Unique Dangers for People With Type 2 Diabetes
Researchers found ultra-processed foods, even diet ones, bring distinct risks for people with diabetes.
Samanta Receives Packard Fellowship
Devleena Samanta is the first faculty member from the University of Texas at Austin to receive the early-career award in the chemistry category.
Giant Magellan Telescope Begins Primary Mirror Support System Testing
The milestone marks the start of a six-month optical testing phase at the University of Arizona.
Researchers Identify Promising Combination Therapy for Common Blood Cancer
By exploiting the metabolism of cancer cells, researchers can make hard-to-treat cancers more susceptible to existing drugs.
Gift From Love, Tito’s Helps Build Instrument To Track Ultrafast Electrons in Nanomaterials
The new instrument could lead to better materials for quantum computers and solar cells.
UT Astronomers Find JWST Data Conflicts with Reionization Models
Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope spawned a new tension around when a major change in the universe happened.
Live with Kara Swisher
The award-winning author of “Burn Book” shares her perspectives on artificial intelligence, social media, big tech and government regulation.
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UT Astronomers Race To Capture Image of Exoplanet Near Star
Brendan Bowler was part of a team to help find the lowest-mass/closest-to-its-host-star distant planet ever found.