Official account for the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin.https://bsky.app/profile/texasscience.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/texasscience.bsky.social/post/3ml243taoo22lThe National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Graduate Research Fellowships & honorable mentions to 43 Texas Science undergrads, grad students & recent alumni this spring. Kudos to all of these exceptional students! #TexasScience #GraduateEducation #STEMEducation https://cns.utexas.edu/news/accolades/nsf-awards-graduate-research-fellowships-27-natural-sciences04 May 2026 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:wd522zlskrz75favyzj4ku2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml243taoo22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/texasscience.bsky.social/post/3mkq2uqwebk22Congrats to UT mathematician Nataša Pavlović, who is 1 of 3 UT Austin professors being inducted into the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences this year! https://news.utexas.edu/2026/04/22/3-ut-professors-will-join-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences/30 Apr 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:wd522zlskrz75favyzj4ku2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq2uqwebk22https://bsky.app/profile/texasscience.bsky.social/post/3mko2uon67s2tKudos to Scott Aaronson, professor of computer science at UT Austin & renowned quantum computing expert, who was elected this week to the National Academy of Sciences! @utcompsci.bsky.social @utaustin.bsky.social https://cns.utexas.edu/news/accolades/ut-austin-computer-scientist-elected-national-academy-sciences29 Apr 2026 21:41 +0000at://did:plc:wd522zlskrz75favyzj4ku2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mko2uon67s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/texasscience.bsky.social/post/3mknudjy5x22yMeet the Dean’s Honored Graduates of 2026!⁠ #CNSGrad26 #UTGrad26 #UT26 #TexasScience #UTAustin #STEMExcellence https://cns.utexas.edu/news/accolades/college-natural-sciences-celebrates-2026-deans-honored-graduates29 Apr 2026 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:wd522zlskrz75favyzj4ku2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknudjy5x22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/texasscience.bsky.social/post/3mjmzzwjyu22mIceland was the only Arctic country w/o mosquitoes. Now, thanks to human activities, they’ve made the leap. In a new editorial in Science, UT Austin biologist Amanda Koltz warns of more changes to come and calls for more Arctic research. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aeh9505 @texas-ib.bsky.social16 Apr 2026 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:wd522zlskrz75favyzj4ku2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmzzwjyu22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/texasscience.bsky.social/post/3mjfj437pls2wCheck out our latest issue of the Texas Scientist magazine! Read it now at texasscientist.cns.utexas.edu — or pick up a print copy on your next visit to the Texas Science & Natural History Museum. #WhatStartsHere #DiscoveryStartsHere⁠ #TexasScience #TheTexasScientist13 Apr 2026 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:wd522zlskrz75favyzj4ku2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfj437pls2whttps://bsky.app/profile/texasscience.bsky.social/post/3mj5qk3uyf22sJulian Munoz, a UT Austin astronomer, may have solved a cosmic mystery about why the earliest #galaxies seen by #JWST are much brighter than models predicted. Read the paper: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/547/4/stag415/8507248?login=true #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #Astronomy #Space #ScienceNews #BigBang10 Apr 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:wd522zlskrz75favyzj4ku2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5qk3uyf22shttps://bsky.app/profile/texasscience.bsky.social/post/3miysdrzjh22iHappy #NationalPublicHealthWeek! We asked Ammad Hasan, a graduating public health senior, about co-founding the #UTAustin chapter of the #AmericanHeartAssociation’s “Heart Club” and his time at UT. ❤️‍🩹🏥 https://cns.utexas.edu/news/features/5-questions-public-health-senior-ammad-hasan #PublicHealth #HookEm #HeartHealth #CPR #CPRSavesLives #FirstGen08 Apr 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:wd522zlskrz75favyzj4ku2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3miysdrzjh22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/texasscience.bsky.social/post/3mhqrvlnd222tResearchers at @utaustin.bsky.social have discovered toxic weapons salmonella use to poison other bacteria, offering new ways to limit gut pathogens without relying on broad-spectrum antibiotics. https://cns.utexas.edu/news/research/secret-weapon-salmonella-could-help-us-maintain-healthier-microbiomes #Microbiome #GutHealth #Microbiology #AntibioticResistance #ScienceNews23 Mar 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:wd522zlskrz75favyzj4ku2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqrvlnd222thttps://bsky.app/profile/texasscience.bsky.social/post/3mhixc3siik2zUT senior & triple-major Krithik Vishwanath will receive the highly selective Churchill Scholarship. We asked him five questions about his time on the Forty Acres and what comes next. #ChurchillScholarship #UT26 @cockrellschool.bsky.social https://cns.utexas.edu/news/accolades/5-questions-senior-krithik-vishwanath20 Mar 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:wd522zlskrz75favyzj4ku2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhixc3siik2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/texasscience.bsky.social/post/3mhgvnsdalk2gYou probably like the same sounds as frogs, birds and even bugs! 🐸 @utaustin.bsky.social researchers recently discovered that humans prefer the same mating calls as other animals. Read more here: https://cns.utexas.edu/news/research/which-mating-call-choose-people-are-accord-bugs-bats-and-frogs19 Mar 2026 21:03 +0000at://did:plc:wd522zlskrz75favyzj4ku2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgvnsdalk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/texasscience.bsky.social/post/3mhectgis222nNew research from UT Austin & MD Anderson Cancer Center reveals why some chemotherapy drugs not only eliminate cancer cells directly — but can also trigger the immune system to attack cancer cells as well. #CancerResearch #Chemotherapy @mdanderson.bsky.social https://cns.utexas.edu/news/research/experimental-chemo-drug-may-trick-immune-system-fighting-cancer18 Mar 2026 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:wd522zlskrz75favyzj4ku2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhectgis222nhttps://bsky.app/profile/texasscience.bsky.social/post/3mgv4rqdds223Hantaviruses kill nearly 40% of those infected and there’s no approved treatment or vaccine, making them a concern for future pandemics. The most detailed 3D map yet of a key protein complex on the virus might yield new treatments. https://cns.utexas.edu/news/research/step-towards-needed-treatments-hantaviruses-new-molecular-map12 Mar 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:wd522zlskrz75favyzj4ku2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgv4rqdds223https://bsky.app/profile/texasscience.bsky.social/post/3mgpsxcdwv22fPresenting our 2026 Visualizing Science contest winners! Learn the science & background behind each at txsci.net/VizSci2026. And check out our 3D virtual gallery exhibition, with more than a decade of winning images: txsci.net/VisSciShowcase2026. #ScienceArt #ScientificArt #ArtandScience #SciArt https://txsci.net/VizSci202610 Mar 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:wd522zlskrz75favyzj4ku2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpsxcdwv22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/texasscience.bsky.social/post/3mfu6lizbnc2rStudent researchers in the Supra Sensors stream of the Freshman Research Initiative have been using analytical sensing tools to classify complex biological samples & study their chemical composition — including drops of wine. #HappyFRIday #TexasScience #Enology #Viticulture #WineScience [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Feb 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:wd522zlskrz75favyzj4ku2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfu6lizbnc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/texasscience.bsky.social/post/3mf652fkiy22qSome of our earliest microbial ancestors, the Asgard archaea, were able to use oxygen, says new study in @nature.com. It may solve a mystery about how complex life first arose. #AsgardArchaea #MicrobialEcology #Eukaryogenesis #TexasScience @utmsi.bsky.social @archaeal.bsky.social https://cns.utexas.edu/news/research/break-longstanding-mystery-about-origin-complex-life18 Feb 2026 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:wd522zlskrz75favyzj4ku2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf652fkiy22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/texasscience.bsky.social/post/3mf2qx37fkk2jFollow your curiosity to the Texas Science Festival for two full weeks of science-inspired offerings! #TexasScience #TexasScienceFestival https://news.utexas.edu/2026/02/11/texas-science-festival-invites-community-to-partake-in-the-joys-of-discovery/17 Feb 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:wd522zlskrz75favyzj4ku2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2qx37fkk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/texasscience.bsky.social/post/3mcl32zrtz22sMeet Milit Patel, who got his start in the award-winning Freshman Research Initiative at UT. Now a biochem senior & statistics & data science minor, he is corresponding author on a major paper in the Annals of Oncology. #TexasScience #CancerResearch #HappyFRIday https://cns.utexas.edu/news/features/ut-undergrad-uncovers-country-specific-factors-linked-improved-cancer-outcomes16 Jan 2026 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:wd522zlskrz75favyzj4ku2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcl32zrtz22shttps://bsky.app/profile/texasscience.bsky.social/post/3mbhs3vybwv26What approaches in the classroom create lasting impact for students? Vernita Gordon, a UT Austin physics professor who recently won a UT System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award, has given that a lot of thought. #STEMEducation #TexasScience #UTAustin https://news.utexas.edu/2025/12/04/5-questions-for-vernita-gordon/02 Jan 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:wd522zlskrz75favyzj4ku2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbhs3vybwv26https://bsky.app/profile/texasscience.bsky.social/post/3mb5jk7hifz2gGabriela Livas, chair of UT’s Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, helped create a community health program that reduces mental health symptoms in 80% of participants, erasing clinical symptoms altogether for many. #MentalHealthCare #TexasScience https://cns.utexas.edu/news/research/mental-health-intervention-reduces-severe-depression-anxiety-vulnerable-groups29 Dec 2025 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:wd522zlskrz75favyzj4ku2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb5jk7hifz2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/texasscience.bsky.social/post/3m7lmbr56rs2gPublic voting is now open for our 2026 Visualizing Science contest! See this year’s entries & vote at txsci.net/2026VisSciEntries #SciArt #ArtinScience #ScienceArt #ScientificArt #ArtandScience @texas-ib.bsky.social @utaustinchemistry.bsky.social @texasastronomy.bsky.social @utmsi.bsky.social09 Dec 2025 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:wd522zlskrz75favyzj4ku2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7lmbr56rs2g