AUSTIN, Texas — - Invasive "crazy ants" are displacing fire ants in areas across the southeastern United States, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.

AUSTIN, Texas — Depression, anxiety and many other crippling psychiatric disorders can be treated effectively with psychotherapy.

AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Technology Incubator (ATI) in the IC 2 Institute at The University of Texas at Austin and National Grid, the United Kingdom's electricity distribution company with significant operations in the northeastern United States, have formalized a  partnership to help develop innovative clean energy solutions.

AUSTIN, Texas — Most people assume that Amazon.com's massive online workforce is anonymous, but a study by researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and five other universities has uncovered a security vulnerability that makes it relatively easy to uncover many workers' personally identifying information.

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Longhorn cattle have a hybrid global ancestry, according to a study by University of Texas at Austin researchers published this week in the  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences .

AUSTIN, Texas — A new study, believed to be the most thorough assessment yet of the natural gas production potential of the Barnett Shale, foresees slowly declining production through the year 2030 and beyond and total recovery at greater than three times cumulative production to date.

AUSTIN, Texas — Scavengers might not play as key a role in spreading anthrax through wildlife populations as previously assumed, according to findings from a small study conducted in Etosha National Park in northern Namibia.

AUSTIN, Texas —  Thirty-nine percent of Americans believe the United States should keep the natural gas it produces at home rather than sell it to other countries, the latest University of Texas Energy Poll reports today.

AUSTIN, Texas — Olympic swimmers aren't the only ones who change their strokes to escape competitors.

AUSTIN, Texas — As part of its national environmental grant program, Wells Fargo today announced that it has provided a three-year grant totaling $450,000 to the  McCombs School of Business  at The University of Texas at Austin that will allow the Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs (TVL) to further develop the Clean Energy track started last year with an initial grant from Wells Fargo.

AUSTIN, Texas — Although a large majority of Texans support background checks for all gun purchases, they are not eager to change existing gun laws in Texas, according to a University of Texas at Austin/Texas Tribune poll.

AUSTIN, Texas — A research project on solar power led by Varun Rai , assistant professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a grant award as part of the Energy Department's SunShot Initiative.