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Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
Chemistry Professor Receives Sloan Research Fellowship and Mark Young Scholar Award
UT Austin’s Zachariah Page was selected as a Sloan Research Fellow and won a top ACS young scholar award for 2024.
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Giant Magellan Telescope Expands Global Science Impact with Taiwanese Partner
GMT's consortium expands to 14 institutions with addition of Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
UT Entomologists Collaborate on Insect-Inspired Album
An award-winning composer came to class and had scientists lend an ear, resulting in music that’s all the buzz.
Scientists Develop New Theory to Understand Why Our Perception is Biased
Researchers examined decades of data to create a unifying theory to explain biases in perception.
Remembering Electrochemistry Pioneer and Texas Science Legend Allen Bard
The 'Father of Modern Electrochemistry' won the National Medal of Science, King Faisal International Prize, Wolf Prize and the Priestly Medal.
Scientists Uncover Technique to Cut Off Cancer’s Fuel Supply
The discovery could lead to better treatments for acute myeloid leukemia in vulnerable populations.
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Discovery of Ultra-Massive Galaxies May Not Rewrite Cosmology, But Still Leaves Questions
Based on the most widely accepted cosmological model, they shouldn’t have been able to evolve until much later in the history of the Universe.
Inaugural Class of AI Master’s Students Tackle a Transformative Moment in Tech
The University of Texas at Austin has welcomed its first cohort of students in the new, affordable, online artificial intelligence graduate degree program.
MacDonald Announced as Winner of Inaugural Hill Prize in Physical Sciences
Allan MacDonald of The University of Texas at Austin received the award for research with high-impact potential.
Excavation of Colossal Caverns for Neutrino Experiment Completed
The caverns in Lead, South Dakota, will house the gigantic particle detectors of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.
