A Dallas Fed survey finds two-thirds of Texas companies use AI; a small share say it lowered their need for workers.

A Houston patient reports no evidence of disease after receiving tile‑based brachytherapy at MD Anderson, while Phase 3 ROADS data presented at ASCO show markedly improved local control.

Richard Tapia, the Rice University mathematician and mentor who championed diversity in STEM, has died at 88. His legacy includes the Tapia Center and a bridge named for him.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Netflix, alleging the streamer secretly harvested Texans’ data — including kids’ viewing logs — and shared it with ad-tech and data brokers.

A $13M state award will expand Texas A&M’s Cyclotron Institute, boosting radiation testing used by satellites, defense systems and semiconductor makers.

UT Arlington will lead a $4M, state-backed project with Rice to deploy a radar-integrated, real-time flood-warning network across the Texas Hill Country. The platform aims to deliver location-specific depth forecasts to emergency managers.

Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern joined 13 other HBCUs in AHRI, a new coalition designed to boost research capacity and help more schools reach Carnegie’s R1 status. Leaders say pooled funding and AAU and Harvard partnerships will accelerate the work.

Peggy and Carl Sewell gave $10 million to launch MD Anderson's Center for Cellular Language Intelligence, a hub using spatial biology and AI to map tumor ecosystems.

A Texas A&M team reports a two‑dose nasal spray made from stem cell‑derived vesicles cut brain inflammation and improved memory in older mice.

UH and DHR Health broke ground on a $15M medical research and education center in McAllen to train doctors locally and expand community-focused research.

Texas Southern University is opening a spaceport facility at Ellington Airport with classrooms, hangars and training designed to funnel students into aerospace careers.

Dr. Anil Menon, an emergency physician at Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center, is headed to the International Space Station for an eight‑month mission beginning this summer.

UTHealth Houston followed 630 hospitalized COVID patients for 36 months and found four cognitive trajectories, including a small group with delayed decline.