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Texas Advanced Computing Center
Little Red Dots: New Clues from the Early Universe
Volker Bromm used TACC supercomputer simulations to shed light on the mysterious origins of these enigmatic cosmic objects.
UT News
5 Questions for Edoardo Baldini
The award-winning physicist discusses his quantum materials research, what inspires his work and how it could impact the future.
Find Science and STEM Camps and Summer Offerings from UT Austin
Each year, programs at UT have offerings for high schoolers and school children with an interest in science and technology.
New Bite-sized CRISPR Molecule May Open Doors for Therapeutic Genome Editing
NIH-funded UT team and colleagues from Metagenomi Thereapeutics discovered highly efficient enzyme could enable targeted gene editing within the human body.
Two UT Students Win Prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
The pair are the latest STEM students from The University of Texas at Austin to be selected.
UT News
Inside the Tower’s Herbarium
The Billy L. Turner Plant Resources Center, a research collection, holds a vast array of Texas specimens.
Texas Science & Natural History Museum
Lead Gift Establishes the Sarah and Ernest Butler Dinosaur Trackways Building
A UT museum received a generous gift to help conserve and exhibit 113-million-year-old dinosaur trackways.
5 Questions with Public Health Senior Ammad Hasan
The Class of 2026 graduate works to boost heart health, with a legacy that will endure on the Forty Acres.
Computing, Sciences, Math at UT Among Best in U.S. for Graduate Study
In 2026-2027 rankings, all UT computer science programs rank in the top 10, while math and more are in the top tier.
McDonald Observatory
Astronomers Thought the Early Universe Was Full of Hydrogen. Now They’ve Found It.
Astronomers using data from the Hobby–Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) based at UT made the discovery.
