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Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
The Biodiversity Center
Announcing the 2024 Stengl-Wyer Scholars, Fellows and Grant Awardees
UT postdocs, graduate students and faculty receive prestigious awards linked to sustainability and biodiversity.
Dark Matter Experiment Sets New Sensitivity Record
The world’s most sensitive dark matter detector still hasn’t found evidence of weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs, but the search continues.
Early Galaxies Weren’t Too Big for Their Britches After All
It got called the crisis in cosmology. But now astronomers can explain some surprising recent discoveries.
Observatory Remembers Harlan J. Smith on His 100th Birthday
Smith was director of McDonald Observatory from 1963 to 1989 and supported the launch of the StarDate radio program.
Exciting News: Neurons Rely on Glial Cells to Become Electrically Excitable
Husniye Kantarci was part of a team that discovered the role of glial cells in controlling neural development, learning and numerous diseases.
Next Time You Beat a Virus, Thank Your Microbial Ancestors
Two of our key defenses against viruses have persisted for billions of years, arising before complex life.
The Algorithm Will See You Now
Scott Graham helps tease apart the hype and the reality around artificial intelligence and healthcare.
McDonald Observatory Welcomes New Assistant Director for Research Support
B-G Andersson is McDonald Observatory's new assistant director for research support.
Marine Science Institute
Digging into the Soil: Shedding Light on Unknown Players in Methane Production
A new study looks at metabolic processes in the previously understudied microbes called Asgard archaea in the soils of freshwater wetlands.
Department of Molecular Biosciences
Forever Chemical Pollution Can Now Be Tracked
Professor of molecular biosciences David Hoffmann helped develop a new way to fingerprint a type of forever chemical.
