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Grant awarded to UT Electromechanics may result in gasoline-free future

Joan Vinson July 15, 2012

The UT Center for Electromechanics, a center which specializes in energy storage and power-generating machines, is expected to receive $4.3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to further research...

UT research team developed software to hack into GPS-enabled devices

Max Bridges July 15, 2012

A team of researchers at UT’s Radionavigation Laboratory recently hacked into the GPS system of a non-encrypted drone, allowing them to take full control of the vehicle. Assistant engineering professor...

Mourners honor workers killed in UT-Dallas construction accident

David Maly July 12, 2012

More than 350 members of the University of Texas at Dallas community gathered together Wednesday to remember two construction workers killed Saturday afternoon while working on a new arts and technology...

Parents asked to pay ransom in abduction scam

Bobby Blanchard July 12, 2012

The University of Texas Police Department is asking parents to disregard suspicious phone calls demanding a ransom for their kidnapped child. The police have received two reports of this happening, both...

Scanner located on UT campus allows scientists to scan and research nearly anything

Max Bridges July 11, 2012

Ten years ago, UT professors pioneered a way to virtually reconstruct and then examine the internal structures of once living specimens without damaging the object of interest. Using high-resolution X-ray...

UT Chancellor Cigarroa postpones purchase of radio station amid lingering questions

Bobby Blanchard July 11, 2012

Citing lingering questions directed at his office, Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa tabled the approval of KUT’s $6 million purchase of KXBT’s 98.9 at the Board of Regent’s meeting on Wednesday....

Pandemic Flu Toolkit will predict future outbreaks in Texas

David Maly July 10, 2012

Three years ago, swine flu diagnoses swarmed the nation’s hospitals, resulting in thousands of deaths. This flu season, Texas will have more tools to forecast such outbreaks. Biology and statistics...

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Campus to receive more rain, cooler temperatures this week [UPDATE]

Max Bridges and Bobby Blanchard July 10, 2012

Update at 2:00 p.m. - Tuesday evening thunderstorms amounted to an average of about .18 inches of rainfall on campus, saving UT about 313,043 gallons of water. The Tower’s rain gauge recorded .16...

Downed power line leaves West Campus without electricity

Bobby Blanchard July 10, 2012

About 2,500 West Campus residents lost power for two hours after a tree fell on a power line. Austin Energy officials said power has now been restored. Carlos Cordova, an Austin Energy spokesman, said...

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Regents’ meeting to decide radio station’s purchase

Joan Vinson July 10, 2012

The UT community and the city of Austin may encounter a different tune the next time they switch their radio to KUT’s 90.5 station if the UT System Board of Regents approves the buyout of a new station. The...

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New university ranking places UT at 30th in the world

Max Bridges July 10, 2012

The University of Texas ranked 30th in a list of the top 100 universities in the world released July 1 by The Center for World University Rankings. The rankings attempted to measure the quality of education...

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Texas opts out of key Affordable Care Act provisions

Hannah Jane DeCiutiis July 9, 2012

Texas is jumping ship on two key provisions in President Barack Obama’s health care law, becoming the fifth state to declare it will not enforce the law within its boundaries. Gov. Rick Perry...

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