Timelapse of plastic degradation. A new enzyme variant can break down plastics that typically take centuries to degrade in just a matter of hours to…
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This schematic shows the various ejecta and winds (red and purple) given off by the exploding star (left, yellow). The common-envelope disk (blue) surrounds both…
Azimuthal anisotropy (black dashed lines showing the fast direction of wave speeds) in the mantle at 200 km depth plotted on top of vertically polarized…
An artist’s interpretation of liquid water on the surface of the Europa pooling beneath chaos terrain. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Salt water within the icy shell of…
Extinct dinosaurs may have had bright color on their skin, scales and beaks in a manner similar to modern birds, according to research led by…
Left: Subsurface CO2 storage. Right: CO2 migration pattern in a digitized rock sample obtained from pore-scale two-phase flow simulation. The simulation was carried out on…
New method from Clemson University researcher, enabled by Frontera supercomputer, helps explain role of phonons in copper-based superconductivity. Researchers have known about high-temperature superconducting copper-based…
A view of Mars’ south pole. Research led by The University of Texas at Austin found that a 2018 discovery of liquid water under the…
An artist’s interpretation of Quetzalcoatlus northropi wading in the water. The latest research describes this species of Quetzalcotalus as having a lifestyle similar to today’s…
Researchers including The University of Texas at Austin have published a study in Nature that says subducting tectonic plates become segmented like a slinky snake,…
Using the hydrogel tablet to purify water requires zero energy input and doesn’t create harmful byproducts. Credit: The University of Texas at Austin As much…
Twenty years ago, a handful of computing experts with a hand-me-down Cray computing cluster began the journey of building the Texas Advanced Computing Center, or…
Corals found in an area of the ocean with extremely high levels of Carbon Dioxide in the Verde Island Passage in the Philippines. Credit: University…
Capturing and burying carbon is one of the most promising ways to blunt the pace of climate change University of Texas and ExxonMobil researchers found…
A colored topographical image showing river valleys on Mars. The outlet canyon Loire Vallis (white line) formed from the overflow of a lake in Parana…
Oak tree rooting into bedrock at the Jackson School’s White Family Outdoor Learning Center. Credit: Erica McCormick You can’t squeeze water from a rock. But…
Figuring out the density and locational dynamics of iron atoms unlocks a level of efficiency in the fuel cell oxidation reaction never before realized. Credit:…
A transparent 3D model of the fossil bird skull and brain (in pink). Credit: Christopher Torres / The University of Texas at Austin Today, being…
The team’s experimental water-splitting apparatus. Credit: Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin For decades, researchers around the world have searched for…
(Top panel, from left to right) July 12, 2012 coronal mass ejection seen in STEREO B Cor2, SOHO C2, and STEREO A Cor2 coronagraphs, respectively.…