Using a new kind of "shrink ray", UT Austin scientists can alter the surface of a hydrogel pad in real time, creating grooves (blue) and other patterns without disturbing living cells, such as this fibroblast cell (red) that models the behavior of human skin cells.

Biomedical engineering assistant professor Hyun Jung Kim with the gut-on-a-chip. Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin AUSTIN, Texas - The first study investigating the mechanism of how a disease develops using human organ-on-a-chip technology has been successfully completed by engineers at The University of Texas at Austin.

James P. Allison, chair of immunology and executive director of the Immunotherapy Platform at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and alumnus of UT Austin.

AUSTIN, Texas - With rising demand and dwindling supply, water is perhaps Earth's most critical natural resource. One way to get more of it is to find more creative approaches - and new materials - to use and reuse existing water and improve upon existing water purification methods.

An artist's interpretation of giant, nocturnal elephant birds foraging in the ancient forests of Madagascar at night John Maisano for the University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences.

The recent release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report offered some grim warnings. But it also serves as a reminder and opportunity that we can solve climate change. But to do so, we need to deploy the two most powerful engines in the history of humankind: 1) the scientific process that can deliver innovations, and 2) capitalism.

An ultra-sensitive new method for identifying the series of amino acids in individual proteins (a.k.a.

Livia S. Eberlin, chemistry professor at the University of Texas at Austin, has won a MacArthur "genius award." Wyatt McSpadden/University of Texas at Austin AUSTIN, Texas - Livia Schiavinato Eberlin , an assistant professor of chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin, has won a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, sometimes called a "genius" award.

AUSTIN, Texas - When walking in a crowded place, humans typically aren't thinking about how we avoid bumping into one another. We are built to use a gamut of complex skill sets required to execute these types of seemingly simple motions.

In addition to producing oil and gas, the energy industry produces a lot of water, about 10 barrels of water per barrel of oil on average.

AUSTIN, Texas - The world's most widely used weed killer may also be indirectly killing bees. New research from The University of Texas at Austin shows that honey bees exposed to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, lose some of the beneficial bacteria in their guts and are more susceptible to infection and death from harmful bacteria.

AUSTIN, Texas - The longest running nationally aired science program is marking a major milestone. "StarDate" radio, produced by The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory, celebrates 40 years on the nation's airwaves.