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Powering the Energy Transition: Texas knows oil and gas, and it's been that way for a long time. Researchers and businesses are leveraging this knowledge and infrastructure to help advance low-carbon energy, including hydrogen fuel, geothermal power and carbon capture and storage.
Out of the Shadows: A new fossil photography technique is helping scientists discover overlooked details in ancient specimens and advancing the conversation on how fossils should be prepared and displayed so as to tell what's natural from human-made.
Women in UT Geology: Women have been part of the geosciences program at The University of Texas at Austin since its start in the 19th century. The rich history includes many examples of women finding success and camaraderie, despite being overlooked and underestimated in many ways.
UT Research on Methane Hydrate Could Transform the Energy Landscape: An energy-rich form of natural gas is trapped under the seafloor as methane hydrate. Some people want to tap it for energy. Others are worried about its climate change potential. But few people have studied the substance in its natural conditions. In 2023, UT researchers set off to collect pressure cores of the substance from deep beneath the Gulf of Mexico so they could do just that.
Drilling into Dino Doomsday: In 2015, scientists set off to collect core samples from Chicxulub, the crater left behind by the asteroid that wiped out all non-avian dinosaurs. These samples could reveal what happened in the moments, days and years after the impact that changed the course of natural history and set the stage for human evolution.
Quolls!: Having direct access to offspring as they develop would be a whole new world for us humans. For quolls, it comes naturally
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World's Largest Pterosaur Leapt Aloft to Fly
North America is Dripping from Below, Geoscientists Discover
Profile: Stephen Grand, Professor Emertius
How Much Water Does Texas Hydrogen Need?
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Powering the Energy Transition: Texas knows oil and gas, and it's been that way for a long time. Researchers and businesses are leveraging this knowledge and infrastructure to help advance low-carbon energy, including hydrogen fuel, geothermal power and carbon capture and storage.
Out of the Shadows: A new fossil photography technique is helping scientists discover overlooked details in ancient specimens and advancing the conversation on how fossils should be prepared and displayed so as to tell what's natural from human-made.
Women in UT Geology: Women have been part of the geosciences program at The University of Texas at Austin since its start in the 19th century. The rich history includes many examples of women finding success and camaraderie, despite being overlooked and underestimated in many ways.
UT Research on Methane Hydrate Could Transform the Energy Landscape: An energy-rich form of natural gas is trapped under the seafloor as methane hydrate. Some people want to tap it for energy. Others are worried about its climate change potential. But few people have studied the substance in its natural conditions. In 2023, UT researchers set off to collect pressure cores of the substance from deep beneath the Gulf of Mexico so they could do just that.
Drilling into Dino Doomsday: In 2015, scientists set off to collect core samples from Chicxulub, the crater left behind by the asteroid that wiped out all non-avian dinosaurs. These samples could reveal what happened in the moments, days and years after the impact that changed the course of natural history and set the stage for human evolution.
Quolls!: Having direct access to offspring as they develop would be a whole new world for us humans. For quolls, it comes naturally
Shortform
World's Largest Pterosaur Leapt Aloft to Fly
North America is Dripping from Below, Geoscientists Discover
Profile: Stephen Grand, Professor Emertius
How Much Water Does Texas Hydrogen Need?