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Dozens of graduate and undergraduate students of UT Austin's College of Natural Sciences were honored this year by the National Science Foundation.

A newly renovated and reimagined space for exploring the science of marine life and ecosystems is now open to the public, free of charge, on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas, Texas.

The winners of our most recent Visualizing Science contest include an image related to “smart” material research, simulations of a meeting between a neutron star and a black hole and the connection between two wildly different areas of mathematics.

Leaving the comfort and safety of home to explore the world is a difficult decision. However, in a tiny coral reef fish called a neon goby, dads help their offspring take the plunge by pushing them out the door when the time is just right.

Salt marshes are a hot but unpredictable commodity in the carbon market.

Ed Buskey, formerly the interim director of the UT Austin Marine Science Institute, has been selected to serve as director.

Marine microbiologists discovered five new bacteria phyla with unique proteins from deep-sea sediments, potentially redefining oceanic nutrient cycles.

The first discovery of viruses infecting a group of microbes that may include the ancestors of all complex life has been found.

Nielsen will use her expertise to investigate how climate change is altering the potential for dietary contaminant exposure in remote Alaskan communities.

Instead of focusing entirely on biomass and one-size-fits-all solutions, researchers recommend finding which fish provide the most useful functions in each reef system and protecting them.