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Not All Superheroes Wear Capes, Some Wear Lab Coats

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April 28, 2025

National Superhero Day, celebrated April 28th, honors heroes—real and fictional—who inspire others by making the world a better place.

A collage of four hydrogen images with the text, Blue Hydrogen Student Design Competition.

Blue Hydrogen the focus of a Multi-University Student Design Competition

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April 24, 2025

Fourth-year McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering students take on a capstone project in CHE 473K, known simply as “Plant."

Dr. Zheng works with researchers in the Crystalline Materials for Energy & Sustainability (CMES) lab.

Smoothing Over Rough Edges in Batteries

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April 14, 2025

Texas Engineers have discovered a new phenomenon in modern batteries, one that could be used to improve their life cycles.

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New Research Boosts Future Whooping Cough Vaccines

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April 3, 2025

Whooping cough, or pertussis–once a leading cause of death for children in the U.S. and worldwide before the introduction of vaccines in the 1940s–has made a troubling comeback in recent years as vaccine coverage declined after the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Texas ChE lab students, Green Fund spotlight.

Green Fund Grant Energizes Texas ChE Labs

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March 10, 2025

Engineering practices promoting sustainable development–widely defined as development that meets present-day needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs–are gaining traction.

A rendering (pending approval by Board of Regents) of the future Emerson lab inside the Engineering Discovery Building. Courtesy CO Architects.

Emerson Partnership Bolsters UT Expertise in Semiconductors and AI

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February 25, 2025

A new partnership between industrial technology leader Emerson and The University of Texas at Austin will support advanced research into artificial intelligence, automation, energy, semiconductors and more.

Long-Term, Multi-Institutional Study on Health Impacts of Los Angeles Wildfires Launched

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February 3, 2025

In an unprecedented collective scientific effort to understand the short- and long-term health impacts of wildfires, researchers from four universities have launched a 10-year study of the Los Angeles fires.

Biomanufacturing Blasts Off: Collaborative Effort Sends Radiation-Resistant Samples to International Space Station

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January 29, 2025

Engineers from The University of Texas, in collaboration with Rhodium Scientific, America’s first space biotechnology company, launched microorganisms into space.

Texas ChE Professors Brennecke and Chelikowsky named 2025 TAMEST Hill Prize recipients.

Texas Engineers Take Home Hill Prizes

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January 15, 2025

Chemical engineers Joan Brennecke, Benny Freeman and James Chelikowsky are among the recipients of the TAMEST (Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology) and Lyda Hill Philanthropies 2025 Hill Prizes.

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Carbon Reduction Gets a Spark in New Research

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January 10, 2025

As carbon capture and sequestration gains momentum as a strategy to combat greenhouse gas emissions, scientists are exploring ways to use the captured carbon.

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