New research from Simon Brandl at The University of Texas at Austin challenges a long-held belief about coral reefs.

Seagrasses store a lot of carbon in their tissues, making them a potential counterweight to rising levels of atmospheric CO2. Seagrasses are more efficient at storing carbon in the soil or sediment, ...

The museum will also build a 2,000-square-foot building to house the conserved dinosaur tracks. An artist's rendering of the proposed building to house the conserved dinosaur trackways. A treasured 85 ...

Researchers say the AI system can lead to better decision-making around a wide range of complex policy choices. Using global land use and carbon storage data from the past 175 years, researchers at ...

Meet the graduating seniors being recognized for excellence in research, academics and improving the community. Every year, the College of Natural Sciences recognizes a select group of graduating ...

Their method to speed up the design of “magnetic bottles” offers an answer to a complex 70-year-old challenge. Predicted motions of hundreds of particles in a fusion reactor. The motions predicted ...

UT has provided opportunities for pursuing interdisciplinary interests. From making papier-mâché outfits for her Barbie dolls to playing around with her mom’s Indian clothes, Shriya Bengre has been a ...

A common idea in evolutionary biology comes under new scrutiny with help from a big medical dataset and AI. Certain genes in a mother determine both her birth canal size and her baby’s head size at ...

A team including Scott Aaronson demonstrated what may be the first practical application of quantum computers to a real world problem. Using a 56-qubit quantum computer, researchers have for the first ...

Matouschek, previously associate dean for research and facilities, will lead the College of Natural Sciences. David Vanden Bout, interim executive vice president and provost of The University of Texas ...

The new model is called WIFI, which stands for dark matter production during Warm Inflation via Freeze-In. According to a new model, dark matter particles (black dots) began forming as the universe ...

Leveraging a unique statistical analysis and applying it to ancient DNA extracted from human skeletal remains, a team of researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and the University of ...