MasSpec Pen Shows Promise in Pancreatic Cancer Surgery

AUSTIN, Texas — A diagnostic tool called the MasSpec Pen has been tested for the first time in pancreatic cancer patients during surgery. The device is…

Solar Power Innovator Named Director of Energy Institute

AUSTIN, Texas — Brian Korgel, a professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, will be the next director of the Energy Institute at The…

Optical Tweezer Technology Tweaked to Overcome Dangers of Heat

AUSTIN, Texas — Three years ago, Arthur Ashkin won the Nobel Prize for inventing optical tweezers, which use light in the form of a high-powered laser…

A Lab for Innovation

UT’s Austin Technology Incubator supports local businesses, prepares student leaders of the future…

Jason McLellan Named 2021 Texas Inventor of the Year

New Training Videos Help Police, Prosecutors and Advocates Respond to Sexual Assault

AUSTIN, Texas — Law enforcement officers, prosecutors and victims services professionals have a new set of tools to better understand and respond to…

Fight Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Has a Glowing New Weapon

AUSTIN, Texas — In the perpetual arms races between bacteria and human-made antibiotics, there is a new tool to give human medicine the edge, in part by…

Our Immune Systems Blanket the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein with Antibodies

AUSTIN, Texas — The most complete picture yet is coming into focus of how antibodies produced in people who effectively fight off SARS-CoV-2 work to…

UT Student Startup Wheelist Helps the Automobile Industry Ramp Up for the Future

With assistance from the LaunchPad’s summer accelerator and UT’s Student Entrepreneur Acceleration and Launch, entrepreneurs Connor Phelps and Javier Huerta started Wheelist….

A look at UT’s essential role in addressing the global COVID-19 pandemic

Five Longhorn Startups Launch Futuristic Solutions for the Challenges of Today

From reducing food waste to improving the quality of life for the elderly, five student tech-focused startups from UT Austin were accepted into the global Blackstone LaunchPad & Techstars Spring Fellowship program for their novel and future-facing solutions….

UT Hydrogen Startup Celadyne Receives Investment from Shell Ventures

AUSTIN, Texas — Celadyne Technologies, a University of Texas at Austin spinout that makes materials to improve hydrogen fuel cells and electrolyzers, has…