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UT Biodiversity Center
Announcing the 2025 Stengl-Wyer Scholars, Fellows and Grant Awardees
Stengl-Wyer Endowment-supported researchers and research at UT Austin will explore life in a variety of forms and environments.
The Oden Institute
Transforming the Use of AI in Drug Design
With support from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, molecular bioscientist Dima Kozakov joins UT.
This Protein Slows the Aging Brain, and We Know How to Counter It
The findings raise the possibility of new treatments for aging-related cognitive decline.
Helping Others Shown To Slow Cognitive Decline
Regular volunteering or helping others outside the home can reduce the rate of cognitive aging by 15-20%.
Three College of Natural Sciences Faculty Win NSF CAREER Awards
The award, recognizing early-career faculty, will support research in computer science and physics.
McDonald Observatory
The Universe’s Secret Harvest: UT Astronomers Shed Light on “the Cosmic Grapes”
The galaxy contains far more star-forming clumps than current theoretical models can explain.
McDonald Observatory
Some Young Suns Align with Their Planet-forming Disks, Others Are Born Tilted
Lauren Biddle, a UT postdoc, finds about one-third of young Sun-like stars are born with misaligned protoplanetary disks.
UT News
Meet the Universe’s Earliest Confirmed Black Hole: A Monster at the Dawn of Time
A team of astronomers from UT’s Cosmic Frontier Center have identified the most distant black hole ever confirmed.
UT Expands Research on AI to Support Breakthroughs in Science, Technology and the Workforce
Renewal of National Science Foundation AI support will boldly extend research and workforce development efforts.
New AI Tool Accelerates mRNA-Based Treatments for Viruses, Cancers, Genetic Disorders
UT Austin and Sanofi partner to build tool that predicts translation efficiency of mRNA sequences.
