University of Houston

One of the major unanswered questions about the origin of life is how droplets of RNA floating around the primordial soup turned into the membrane-protected packets of life we call cells.  A new paper by engineers from the …

Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Houston have been awarded a $44.2 million Clinical and Translational Science Award Program grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Research to create a regional hub to…

As K-12 students across the state of Texas return to the classroom, some may not see the same teachers roaming the halls as they did the year before. New research from the University of Houston’s College of Education – titled the “2024…

Professor Fatima Merchant, department chair of engineering technology at the University of Houston, is part of a multi-institutional research team designing patient-specific molds for breast cancer patients who undergo reconstructive…

Texans are increasingly feeling the heat—literally and figuratively—as the latest Texas Trends survey by the University of Houston's Hobby School of Public Affairs and Texas Southern University’s Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of…

Ognjen Miljanic, professor of chemistry at the University of Houston’s College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, has received a prestigious and competitive Cottrell Plus SEED (Singular Exceptional Endeavors of Discovery) Award from the…

The University of Houston has long been at the forefront of superconductivity research, pioneering advancements that have the potential to reshape the future. The University’s 2024-25 national commercial highlights this legacy of scientific…

The University of Houston, Cougars Athletics and ConocoPhillips are launching a new K-12 educational program that leverages sports to inspire the next generation of STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — students and leaders.…

As K-12 students across the state of Texas return to the classroom, some may not see the same teachers roaming the halls as they did the year before. New research from the University of Houston’s College of Education – titled the “2024…

University of Houston – The Energy University – has named Debalina Sengupta as the chief operating officer of its Energy Transition Institute. Sengupta is a chemical engineer with over 18 years of experience working on sustainability and…