The $4.8 million grant comes from the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund, which was established in 2023 under the Texas CHIPS Act to encourage semiconductor research and manufacturing.

For almost three decades, Texas has boasted the “Texas Top Ten Percent Law” as a way of expanding access to state institutions no matter the high school that students graduate from. The law gives any ...

From the tragedy of the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 to the now-routine return of commercial spacecraft, heat ...

Walgren: Be bold. Don’t be afraid to step up to do something, even if you feel like you’re not going to be able to succeed, ...

Linda Nordling is a freelance journalist in Cape Town, South Africa. When Calvin Santiago Lee decided to look beyond his home in the United States for a PhD position, finances played a decisive part. ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — TJ Greaney’s Smithville property used to look a lot different. The founder of outdoor ministry Kids Outdoor Zone said about three years ago he noticed tiny ants all over his property. ...

A proposed revision of the state’s math standards would dump existing upper-level requirements and replace them with a menu ...

The holiday season is a time for giving thanks, giving gifts — and for many, a time for giving back. Food banks, services that deliver meals to seniors and other U.S. charities typically see a surge ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Reducing the visibility of polarizing content in social media feeds can measurably lower partisan animosity. To come up with this finding, my colleagues and I developed a method ...

Lex Fridman’s expansive, compelling, anti-journalistic podcast style. Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. At the end of Elon Musk’s fourth sit-down interview with Lex Fridman, one of the world’s ...

A recent neuroscience review questions the long-held belief that memories are unchanging records of past events.

Alexander County candidates for several countywide offices in the 2026 Election have filed to run for positions this month, ...