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Natural defense: Unlocking the brain’s hidden ability to suppress addiction
A UT San Antonio research team investigates how altering gene activity in astrocytes could combat addiction.
Students get a head start on undergraduate research in STEM fields
High school seniors and incoming UT San Antonio freshmen work alongside faculty mentors to engage in hands-on research.
UT San Antonio researcher builds self-powered, smart warning system to catch local floods
Solar-powered sensing nodes with lightweight AI could offer coastal communities and flood-prone towns a low-cost, early defense.
Podcast: Time traveling into Peru’s ancient past through archaeology and virtual reality
Archaeologist Rebecca Bria joins the latest episode of Launchpad: Voices of Innovation to explore how her work in the Peruvian Andes are revealing the lives of communities that existed thousands of years ago.

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UT San Antonio is recognized on a global level for its research enterprise

The U.S. News and World Report’s Best Global Universities report ranked UT San Antonio in the top 13%, placing it 296 out of 2,250 institutions worldwide. UT San Antonio’s research enterprise is recognized as a globally competitive leader in clinical and academic research, innovation and impact.

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Klesse College professor and project approved for NASA-supported test flight
The project will allow the testing of a device that would use local resources on the moon or Mars to produce fuel, oxygen and other compounds vital for survival in space.
One university. One year. What’s next for UT San Antonio?
The unified university is celebrating its one-year anniversary and looking ahead to expanding opportunities for students, advancing research and improving health across the region.
How one UT San Antonio researcher is working to make fuel out of thin air
Scientist Gary Jacobs is developing the optimal process to turn CO₂ into jet fuel.
UT San Antonio welcomes a new semester. Here’s what’s new.
Learn more about the university’s latest additions and key developments as a new academic year begins.
Podcast: The anatomy of a volcano
UT San Antonio’s Alan Whittington discusses 20 years of volcanic activity research and discovery.
UT San Antonio researcher partners with community organizations to improve HIV awareness and prevention
AJ Delgado is helping the groups better understand why some men know of their status while others don’t.