COVER STORY

Charging Ahead

Clean energy research from UT Austin scientists holds disruptive potential. It comes just as new technologies are needed most.


Gallery

STEM Starts
Texas offers next-generation science programs.

Science Visualized
This cell structure is key for life on Earth.

Field of Discovery
Meet UT’s newest biological research station.


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FEATURE

A Biological Makerspace

In a little-known Austin tech hub, scientists use robots and AI to find treatments for COVID, fight the war on plastics and much more.


Science in motion

Cosmic Close-up
NASA’s new space telescope opens possibilities.

Rewired for Language
How some brains learn language more easily.

A Supercapacitor in Tent’s Clothing
Fabric technology can hold a charge.


Discovery zone

Supernovae in the Sky
Gravitational waves
continue to reveal new insights about the universe.

Vicarious Effects
Seeing injustices happen to strangers can affect how we parent.

Caught in the Act
What actually happens in the brain when a memory goes wrong?

Picky Eaters Needed
Coral reefs need big fish. They may be at more risk than we knew.

 
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A digest of the people and groundbreaking discoveries that make the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin one of the most creative and interesting places on Earth. #discoverystartshere