Whole Communities–Whole Health Researchers Use Hair To Trace a Detailed Chemical Record of Pollution Exposure

Across the University, researchers are developing the next big breakthroughs in the prevention, treatment or cure of Alzheimer’s and other dementia-related conditions.

Known as near-infrared photothermal therapy, this light-based treatment promises to cause less damage to healthy cells than chemotherapy.

Nine University of Texas Austin faculty members representing a variety of disciplines, colleges and schools have been selected as recipients of the 2025-2026 Research & Creative Grants.

Engineers at The University of Texas at Austin are leading an academic and industry all-star team that aims to revolutionize the production of semiconductor chips with a new 3D printing method. The new approach, which the researchers are calling Holographic Metasurface Nano-Lithography (HMNL), aims for faster, more efficient and environmentally friendly production of advanced electronics.

Eleven faculty members from The University of Texas at Austin have been selected by the National Science Foundation to receive Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Awards.

A research team led by UT Austin professor Omar Ghattas has been awarded the 2025 Association for Computing Machinery Gordon Bell Prize for pioneering real-time tsunami forecasting.

Engagement with technology, far from contributing to “brain rot,” may offer cognitive benefits to older adults.

UT has now acquired more than 5,000 of the company's graphic processing units, creating what the university says is the most AI computing power in academia.

UT Austin has acquired high-performance AI infrastructure, reinforcing its leadership in academic computing and its dominance in public, open-source AI computing power.