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Research

Those Toddler Foods on Grocery Shelves? More than 80% Are Ultraprocessed

UT nutritional scientists found that nearly half of the foods exceeded recommended sugar, sodium, fat or calories.

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Research

Teens who Start the Day with Breakfast, Especially Foods with Protein, Eat Better Overall

Teens who ate breakfast took in more nutrients and consumed less daily fat and sugar than those who skipped it.

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Announcements

Computer Scientist Selected for Department of Energy’s New AI-for-Science ‘Genesis Mission’ Award

Volkan Isler, professor of computer science, is among those who will lead UT teams working to harness AI for research.

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Research

One Idea, Two Cosmic Mysteries: Linking Little Red Dots and Globular Clusters

In a preprint publication, John Chisholm and colleagues find that LRDs may be an early form of global cluster.

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Features

Crossing Boundaries: James Chelikowsky Reflects on Six Decades of Materials Science Discovery

The physicist and Oden Institute faculty member has been at the cutting edge of materials science for years.

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Research

Publishing in a Leading Journal as Undergraduates

Three undergraduate researchers published with a team in Nature, shedding new light on a microbe and its host.

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Features

UT’s Mark Raizen on Quantum Mechanics and the Future of Medicine

Researchers at Raizen’s UT lab are searching for new possibilities in health and medicine linked to quantum mechanics.

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Department of Computer Science

UT Austin Villa Finishes Strong at RoboCup 2026

The award-winning robot soccer team from Texas Robotics returned were semifinalists at competition in South Korea.

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McDonald Observatory

Korea Partner Increases Investment in Giant Magellan Telescope

UT is helping build the largest-ever ground-based telescope, with Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute.

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Features

Summer at CERN

A group of undergraduate students spent their summer at the world’s largest particle physics laboratory.

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