The National Science Foundation has awarded $3 million for a new University of Texas at Austin robotics program that will prioritize ethics education.

Planet Texas 2050 is teaming up with The Drag Audio on a new podcast that will explore topics related to climate change, including everything from flooding to renewable energy.

The information apps collect is extremely powerful because it enables technology to help make our lives better, safer, healthier, and — especially in times like we’ve experienced over the past year — more socially connected. For instance, apps have helped contact tracers with COVID-19 response.

Heat waves are to blame for more deaths in the U.S. than any other type of severe weather, and they're becoming more frequent and unpredictable due to humans-driven climate alterations. Jackson School of Geosciences Professor Dev Niyogi interviews with Texas Public Radio about this topic.

Planet Texas 2050 is teaming up with the Drag Audio on a new environmental podcast that explores topics related to climate change, including everything from flooding to renewable energy. The podcast will feature expertise and interviews with Planet Texas 2050 researchers.

Nursing associate professor Karen Johnson and assistant professor Whitney Thurman explain why they think the CDC was too quick to lift masking requirements post-vaccine.

UT researchers are working with the City of Austin to build a smart mobility hub in the Georgian Acres neighborhood in Northeast Austin, a transit desert.

Check out the top five things you missed in our Week with the World Economic Forum, when industry and academia came together to discuss how governments buy AI technologies.

The University of Texas at Austin is teaming up with the City of Austin to create heat maps for the entire city, working to identify places most at risk and then come up with cooling solutions.

For those reopening their businesses after the pandemic, water system officials say you should flush your pipes. Cockrell School of Engineering Professor and Planet Texas 2050 researcher Mary Jo Kirisits explains why.