Some of the most revolutionary ideas for powering our society sound a bit like science fiction, requiring only cheap, abundant resources like sunlight, plants or water.
Beachcombing Goes High Tech
One weird trick for measuring how much carbon is stored by seagrasses.
Global Tree Census
How AI, big data and genetics could help solve entrenched health challenges.
The Graduate Student
Audrick Pyronneau
The Faculty Member
Stella Offner
The Alum
John “Chip” Breier
The Undergraduate
Ananya Tirumala
Peeking into Young Minds
As the quantum revolution turns 100, UT scientists are writing the next chapter.
Postcard from Kalathupatty
To study threats to rainforest frogs, an amphibian ecologist climbs to great heights.
Professors are using artificial intelligence to help students think more deeply about their learning and overcome struggles.
Meet the Texas Grue Jay
With a new makerspace, students show science’s functional and artistic sides.
Serendipitous Splendor
A deceptively simple mathematical formula spawns a sprightly dance.
Futhering Fusion
Reports of the standard model of cosmology’s death are greatly exaggerated.
Helping Minds
Some types of movement appear to help babies develop the skill of self-recognition.
Locating Linguistic Origins
Researchers hit cancer where it hurts: an enzyme it needs for metabolism.
Patented Protein Design
Spoof-proof random numbers may be the first practical use for a quantum computer.
