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Unlocking the Promise of Digital Twins | National Academies

Pairing real-world systems with their digital representations could improve decision-making, but questions remain about reliability and trustworthiness. 

Satellites can monitor climate emissions... but space junk puts them at risk | NPR's TED Radio Hour

Moriba Jah was featured on NPR's TED Radio Hour May 10 episode, "Our tech has a climate problem: How we solve it." Jah is one of several TED speakers discussing the use of innovations such as AI, electric cars and satellites without making the climate problem worse.

Stretchable electronic skin for robots developed by UT researchers | KXAN News

Nanshu Lu her discusses her research team's new development of electronic, stretchable skin that has the same softness and touch sensitivity as human skin. This could be applied to medical care, where robots could check a patient's pulse, wipe the body or massage a body part.

NASA Selects University Teams to Compete in 2024 RASC-AL Competition

Two teams of aerospace engineering seniors have been selected to participate in NASA's 2024 RASC-AL Competition.

The space junk was supposed to disintegrate in the atmosphere — it didn't | NPR

Last month, a family living in Napels, Fla. got a huge surprise when a chunk of metal - which ended up being part of a pallet of old batteries from the International Space Station - crashed through the roof of their home. Moriba Jah speaks with NPR on his work to understand and predict the behavior of human-made objects in orbit, and to ultimately make Earth and space safe and sustainable.

Electronic warfare is interfering with GPS in areas of Gaza | NPR

"Beirut is kind of a hot spot right now because all of the spoofing or most of the spoofing around Israel is directing aircraft to believe that they are at the Beirut airport." - Todd Humphreys

Student Scientists Across the Nation Travel to Totality for Eclipse Research

The Texas Eclipse Ballooning Project team is featured in this KBTX news story about their balloon launch to study atmospheric conditions during the total solar eclipse.

The Sea Creatures That Opened a New Mystery About MH370

Todd Humphreys discusses the chances of sea creatures helping find flight wreckage.

How Austin's Airport is Getting Ready or the Total Solar Eclipse

John-Paul Clarke, an expert in air traffic operations, speaks with KVUE news about how the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport could be affected by increased traffic during the total solar eclipse.

U.S. Back on the Moon with Odysseus Moon Lander

Maruthi Akella speaks with Fox 7 Austin about the work he and his team did to help guide the Intuitive Machines lunar lander, Odysseus, to its destination on the moon.

'Dreams Come True': How a UT Team Created Guidance for First US Moon Landing in 50 Years

The Austin American Statesman features Maruthi Akella and his team's work to develop algorithms to help land Intuitive Machine's lunar lander to its destination on the south pole of the moon.

Embry‑Riddle Salutes Notable Alumni During Black History Month

Moriba Jah is featured as a notable alumnus by Embry-Riddle during Black History Month.

Doppelgangers | TED Radio Hour

Karen Willcox is featured on TED Radio Hour where she discusses the future of digital twins.

Moriba Jah Describes the Moment That Changed His Life | The Businessweek Show

Moriba Jah describes the profound moment when he made the transformative decision to become a space environmental activist in this Bloomberg Originals interview.

This Engineering Team is Defining How Robots Share Our Spaces | Quartz Innovators 2023

Luis Sentis is leading a landmark study of how robots make us feel—and setting the standards for how autonomous machines will share our spaces.

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