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Research

Q&A with Peter Stone: Where is Artificial Intelligence Headed?

A new study looks at how specialized applications of AI might affect life in a typical North American city by the year 2030.

A man leans against a desk beside a robotic arm

Research

Experts Forecast the Changes Artificial Intelligence Could Bring by 2030

Academic and industrial thinkers look ahead to 2030 to forecast how advances in AI might affect life in a typical North American city.

A new study, titled “Artificial Intelligence and Life in 2030,” looks at the likely effects of AI technologies on urban life.

Features

A Peek Into the Minds of Award-Winning Educators

The College of Natural Sciences is currently celebrating Discovery Education Week to promote and discuss science education throughout the college.

Fatima Fakhreddine, Calvin Lin and Theresa O'Halloran

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

UT News

Scientists Glimpse Inner Workings of Atomically Thin Transistors

Research led by Keji Lai used a microwave microcope to see inside of a transistor so thin it is essentially two-dimensional.

A chip with transistors

Podcast

Looking Forward ... and Back: Podcast Updates

In case you missed it, here are some Point of Discovery podcast highlights from the past year, plus a preview of new episodes coming soon

Logo with a microscope in front of an abstract blue background and the words "Point of Discovery"

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.

Accolades

Neuroscientist Receives 2016 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award

The Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award is the Board of Regents’ highest honor.

Regents Award

Accolades

UT Computer Scientist Named Simons Foundation Investigator

Computer scientist David Zuckerman of The University of Texas at Austin has been selected as a 2016 Simons Investigator in Theoretical Computer Science by the...

David Zuckerman

UT News

Rare, Blind Catfish Never Before Found in U.S. Discovered in Texas

An extremely rare eyeless catfish species previously known to exist only in Mexico has been discovered in a National Recreation Area in Texas.

A pair of eyeless catfish