Technology
Sep 29, 2025
McDonald Observatory continues drive to dim light pollution with the Dark Skies Initiative
As you look up into the almost pitch-black sky over West Texas on the clearest of nights, nothing stands between you and the stars glimmering brightly overhead. The sparkling sky…
Sep 29, 2025
AI to the rescue? UT research team develops multilingual emergency messaging bot
For Austinites facing future weather disasters, lifesaving information could be provided by artificial intelligence, and according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, you might even trust it…
Aug 30, 2024
Geologists test the use of AI in predicting Earthquakes
As the world continues to reckon with the future of artificial intelligence, researchers and educators at The University of Texas at Austin are exploring the possibilities for the technology. Recently,…
Aug 30, 2024
Video game project aims to bring ancient Syria back to life
Spending time in the sands, immersing herself in a world of ceramics and ancient pottery at an archaeological dig site — for 12 years, this is how Stephennie Mulder spent…
Aug 30, 2024
JapanLab students learn through game development
The year is sometime between 1945 and 1952. Japan is under U.S. occupation. A new bureaucrat has been appointed as a censor, and already he has a complaint. A woman…
Aug 29, 2024
Researcher uses data from Erwin Center demolition to make future construction projects more sustainable
The roof is gone, and the walls have been stripped away. The 12 primary support columns hold the last of the building together, resembling a rib cage on a carcass.…
Apr 21, 2024
Engineering researcher and team hope water disinfecting cup can help during weather disasters
In recent years, natural disasters and human error have temporarily left the people of Austin without clean water, sometimes for days at a time. In both Hurricane Harvey in 2017…
Apr 21, 2024
Following through on the University’s strategic plan, Change Starts Here
In May 2022, The University of Texas at Austin rolled out Change Starts Here, an ambitious 10-year plan to make UT the highest-impact public research university in the world. The…
Dec 05, 2023
University Risk and Compliance Services races to get ahead of artificial intelligence as it sweeps across campus
Universities are currently grappling with integrating AI into various aspects of campus life, such as teaching, administrative tasks, student work, intellectual property rights, plagiarism detection, and even admissions. Jeffery Graves,…
Dec 05, 2023
Alex Huth and his team create an AI system that can translate brain activity into text
Science fiction has been heralding the advancement of artificial intelligence for decades. Through characters ranging from Samantha in “Her” to C-3PO in “Star Wars” and Data in “Star Trek,” creatives…
Dec 01, 2023
Assistant professor ‘pulseCoder’ inspires students to combine art and technology
Ghostly pale lines produced by a high-powered projector flicker across a wall as the glitching scratch of static intermittently seeps from a row of black speakers. Gradually, a throbbing bass…