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Did the LUX-ZEPLIN Experiment Detect a Dark Matter Particle?
A single particle interaction could be a signal from a dark matter candidate, though further study is needed.
Fusion Energy Seed Grants Launch New Interdisciplinary Collaborations at University of Texas at Austin
The projects bridge physics, engineering and computational sciences to tackle big challenges for fusion energy.
McDonald Observatory
UT Austin Astronomers to Play Leading Role in Newly Launched Roman Space Telescope
For its first year, the university won more resources to use the telescope than any other university in the country.
Marine Science Institute
New Theory on Why Some Carbon in the Ocean Sticks Around for Millennia
Some of the dissolved organic matter in the oceans is tightly bound to water, making it harder for microbes to break down.
New Study Could Lead to Safer, More Effective Antibody Therapies
Jessie Zhang, George Georgiou and others are learning how to keep antibody drugs from binding to an unintended receptor.
UT News
UT To Lead NSF Center Studying How Robots and People Learn To Live and Work Together
A 5-year collaboration between 6 universities and industry partners will place assistive robots in everyday human environments.
Six Lessons from a Legendary UT Science Teacher
On moving day, a veteran scientist and teacher looks back on lessons learned in the college.
Students Win Science Award for Bio-Inspired Fabric Sealant
College of Natural Sciences students developed an innovation that could mean safer ways of making clothing water-resistant.
Physicists Reconstruct the Collision That Launched a Runaway Black Hole
When two black holes became one, it was launched out of its galaxy at astonishing speed
UTeach Institute
The University of Texas at Austin Launches National Center for STEM Education
A 20-year success with UTeach expands to address persistent STEM teacher shortages and improve U.S. STEM education.