Biologists at UT Austin found a bird that’s the natural result of a green jay & a blue jay’s mating — it may be among the first examples of a hybrid that exists because of recent changing patterns in the climate. #TexasScience #GrueJay #BlueJay #GreenJay #ClimateChange cns.utexas.edu/news/researc...

The Texas Science & History Museum is having free admission from 1 to 5 pm on Sunday, Sept. 21 during Austin Museum Day! Don't miss this great chance to see all the amazing things this museum has been up to! sciencemuseum.utexas.edu?gad_source=1...

🚨 Stephen Hawking was right: when two black holes collide, the resulting black hole has a bigger surface area than the originals. Amazing finding on the 10th anniversary of gravitational wave astronomy!

To kill bacteria, antibodies usually need helpers, but a new method yields antibodies that can kill bacteria directly by busting up their outer membranes. Read more: lcid.utexas.edu/news/researc...

Peter Stone of @utcompsci.bsky.social & @texasrobotics.bsky.social was part of a panel asking an intriguing question:

Introducing the 2025 Stengl-Wyer Scholars, Fellows, and Grant Awardees! Another talented group we are excited to have! Learn about their fascinating research in our first blog posting of the fall semester. biodiversity.utexas.edu/news/feature...

Congrats to Stella Offner on earning a Cottrell Scholar Singular Exceptional Endeavors of Discovery (SEED) Award for 2025! #CottrellScholars #TexasScience @utaustin.bsky.social @texasastronomy.bsky.social @mcdonaldobs.bsky.social

Kudos to Edoardo Baldini, William Gilpin & Daehyeok Kim on earning Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Awards from the National Science Foundation! #NSF #CAREERAwards #EarlyCareerDevelopment #TexasScience @wgilpin.bsky.social @utphysics.bsky.social cns.utexas.edu/news/accolad...

“Everyday acts of support — whether organized or personal — can have lasting cognitive impact.” — Sae Hwang Han, study lead & UT Austin asst. prof. of human development & family sciences #HelpingOthers #CognitiveDecline #CognitiveAging #TexasScience @umassboston.bsky.social @utaustin.bsky.social

Vote to bring our panel “Revolutionizing Astronomy + AI with Next Generation Big Data” to SXSW! Register for a SXSW account & vote by clicking the heart ❤️ - open now til Aug 24! participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx... @stephajuneau.bsky.social @niall2.bsky.social

The most distant black hole ever observed has just been confirmed by astronomers at UT Austin’s Cosmic Frontier Center! #BlackHole @utaustin.bsky.social @astrosteven.bsky.social news.utexas.edu/2025/08/06/m...

UT scientist Misha Matz talked with KXAN News about a radical strategy to help save our coral reefs — which help protect against damage from tsunamis & hurricanes. #CoralReef #CoralReefRestoration @heatshok.bsky.social @utaustin.bsky.social @texas-ib.bsky.social @kxan.com

A foundation of knowledge about AI has never mattered more. With the U.S. NSF, we are doubling down on research and initiatives to help meet demand for a highly skilled AI workforce.

🧬 A new AI tool from @utaustin.bsky.social & Sanofi could speed the development of mRNA-based therapies for viruses, cancers and genetic disorders. RiboNN predicts which mRNA sequences will be most efficiently translated into proteins. cns.utexas.edu/news/researc... @taccutexas.bsky.social

Congrats to our #TexasScience grads Allie Murphy, Thomas Wynn & Miriam Yampuler on earning Fulbright U.S. Student Awards! Learn how they’re using those awards in the link below. #Fulbright @utaustin.bsky.social cns.utexas.edu/news/accolad...

Meet Neha Donthineni, Niels Levy-Thiebaut & Franchesca Untalan, three Texas Science students who won 2025 President’s Leadership Awards! Learn why at txsci.net/StarStudents. Bonus: Niels Levy-Thiebaut was also featured in our Texas Scientist magazine! Read his Q&A at txsci.net/Niels.

This functional knee joint, with flexible ligaments & rigid bones, was 3D-printed via a precise new method seamlessly merging soft & hard properties into a single object by using different colors of light. Learn more at txsci.net/3DBreakthrough #TexasScience #UTAustin #3DPrinting

Check out our latest issue of the Texas Scientist magazine! Learn about futuristic fuels, AI in STEM education & healthcare and much more. Read it now at txsci.net/TexasScientist — or grab a print copy at UT’s Texas Science & Natural History Museum on campus. #TexasScience #TheTexasScientist

An international team of geneticists & archaeologists — including UT’s Vagheesh Narasimhan — used #AncientDNA to reconstruct the prehistoric origins of two major Eurasian language families: Uralic and Yeniseian. #TexasScience #Archaeogenetics @utaustin.bsky.social cns.utexas.edu/news/researc...

A measles outbreak simulator developed at The University of Texas at Austin is helping protect communities across the U.S. by modeling how infections might spread, especially through schools. www.statesman.com/story/news/h... #epiEngage @taccutexas.bsky.social ‪@utaustin.bsky.social

A set of weapons bacteria use to fight each other, called microcins, are much more widespread and diverse than previously thought. They might inspire new ways to combat antibiotic resistant bacteria. Learn more in Nature Communications: rdcu.be/eumkH

COSMOS-Web has released the data and images from over 250 hours of observations from NASA’s Webb Space Telescope — including work by UT Austin astronomers — to the public for their use. @mcdonaldobs.bsky.social @utaustin.bsky.social mcdonaldobservatory.org/news/release...

New, from me in American Scientists: a mind-expanding new book by Afshordi & Halper asks one of the biggest questions out there: did the Universe have a beginning? 🧪☄️

Andy Ellington of @utaustin.bsky.social was a project participant in this new release, which also features research from the lab of UT marine scientist Brett Baker @archaeal.bsky.social

New research challenges the long-held belief that coral reefs are “oases” in marine deserts. While among the world’s most productive ecosystems, their existence in nutrient-deprived oceans is the exception rather than the rule. @gobyone.bsky.social @utmsi.bsky.social cns.utexas.edu/news/researc...

Ancient microbes thrive beneath a Swiss spa—unchanged by the seasons. New research with Dr. Mark Lever reveals deep underground life stays stable, even as Alpine waters shift above. utmsi.utexas.edu/deep-microbi... 📸 Lavey-les-Bains

As part of the Simons Foundation’s Open Interval award, @susanscafati.bsky.social describes her collaboration with Stella Offner & Bobby Garza of @longcenter.bsky.social as “mining light, matter, and meaning.” This collaboration is supported by the Simons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org

CosmicAI Director Stella Offner, artist @susanscafati.bsky.social, & Bobby Garza of the @longcenter.bsky.social, are recipients of the Simons Foundation’s Open Interval award, supporting interdisciplinary exploration across art and science! This collaboration is supported by @simonsfoundation.org

Dr Mavridou, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biosciences, at the University of Texas Austin joins the quality quorum (in person!) @markowenmartin.bsky.social @texasscience.bsky.social

Episode 93 was recorded at the UT Austin! Dr. Despoina Mavridou, joins the #qualityquorum to talk about how her team is improving antibiotic effectiveness by disrupting protein folding—and why that matters in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. @markowenmartin.bsky.social

UT physicists Peter Onyisi & Tim Andeen are two of the scientists working at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) who shared the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. @cern.bsky.social @utphysics.bsky.social @peteronyisi.bsky.social @utaustin.bsky.social #LHC cns.utexas.edu/news/accolad...

There’s got to be an easier way to figure out how much carbon is stored by seagrass! Scientists have found "one weird trick" that involves listening to tiny bubbles. Hear our latest Point of Discovery podcast: cns.utexas.edu/news/podcast... @utaustin.bsky.social l‬ @cockrellschool.bsky.social

Can AI help us do a better job balancing the economy, environment and human wellbeing? Researchers at @utaustin.bsky.social are developing decision making tools to do just that. cns.utexas.edu/news/researc...

⚛️ Fusion energy breakthrough: Physicists solved a 70-year-old problem, speeding up the design of “magnetic bottles” that are a key part of fusion reactors called stellarators. cns.utexas.edu/news/researc... @utaustin.bsky.social @type-one.energy

Commencement 2025 is in the books, & we couldn’t be prouder of our Texas Science graduates! These world-changers, trailblazers, discovery-makers & innovators made a difference on the Forty Acres. And they’re all set for what comes next: making a difference in our wider world. #CNSGrad25 #UTGrad25

There’s still time to double your impact as we match donations to our CNS Student Success Fund dollar for dollar until 10 p.m. during 40 for Forty: txsci.net/CNSStudentSuccess #StudentSuccess #40forForty

Meet the Dean’s Honored Graduates of 2025!⁠ The DHG Award recognizes individuals that have demonstrated excellence in research, academics & improving the community. #CNSGrad25 #UTGrad25 #UT25 #TexasScience #UTAustin #STEMExcellence cns.utexas.edu/news/accolad...

Meet Shriya Bengre, a junior whose double-major in psychology and textiles & apparel at UT Austin have helped her explore interdisciplinary interests by weaving together a passion for art & psychology. #CNSInsiderInsights @utaustin.bsky.social cns.utexas.edu/news/feature...

A new study by researchers from Brazil, Germany & UT Austin shows that nearly half of frog & toad species in Latin America may lose their habitat range by 2050. #ClimateChange #NeotropicalFrogs #ConservationBiology @utaustin.bsky.social @kzutaustin.bsky.social cns.utexas.edu/news/researc...

ICYMI - nice paper with a new perspective on the "obstetrical dilemma" from @utaustin.bsky.social's Vagheesh Narasimham.

A big range might not save animals from climate change. The Bohemian waxwing (left) lives across a vast swath of the Arctic, yet it might be at higher risk than the chestnut-crowned laughingthrush, which has a much smaller range. Find out why: cns.utexas.edu/news/researc...

Meet three exceptional seniors among our 2025 Graduates of Distinction. Biochemistry major Sanjana Kumar, biochemistry major Hayden Stegall and public health major Miriam Yampuler. Learn more about them at txsci.net/3CNSGrads2025 #TexasScience #CNSGrad25 #UTGrad25 #UT25

Congrats to Dr. Kate Calder!

Congrats to UT computer scientist Swarat Chaudhuri & UT physicist Feliciano Giustino who were named as Guggenheim Fellows for 2025! #GuggFellows2025 @guggfellows.bsky.social @utaustin.bsky.social @swarat.bsky.social cns.utexas.edu/news/accolad...

A common idea in evolutionary biology about birth canal size and a baby’s head size at birth comes under new scrutiny with help from a big medical dataset, AI and a multi-institution team led by UT scientist Vagheesh Narasimhan. @utaustin.bsky.social #HumanEvolution cns.utexas.edu/news/researc...

Curiosity about the natural world, a thirst for technology & interest in health & science span all ages. Nurture that spark with a wide range of offerings in summer camps, academies & programs at UT Austin. Discover how to inspire your young scientist at txsci.net/SummerSTEM! #STEMEducation

The 2025 Technology & Science Undergraduate Research Forum just wrapped up and here are a few scenes from the event. Kudos to these outstanding students for their hard work, innovation and creativity! #TexasScience #UndergraduateResearchForum #UndergraduateResearch #UndergraduateResearcher

Why were there so many galaxies and stars in the early universe? Astronomer Mike Boylan-Kolchin (@mbkplus.bsky.social) proposes a novel answer: dark matter was dense enough then to overcome feedback that normally slows star formation. academic.oup.com/mnras/articl...

From advancing sustainability to enhancing efficiencies, learn how curiosity-driven undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Natural Sciences are pursuing exciting new breakthroughs related to energy. #EnergyResearch #TexasScience #UTAustin cns.utexas.edu/news/feature...

🏅Congrats to UT molecular bioscientist Ken Keiler, one of the newest AAAS fellows! @utaustin.bsky.social @kkeiler.bsky.social @aaas.org