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UT researchers identify Maisies galaxy as among the oldest galaxies in the universe

UT researchers identify Maisie’s galaxy as among the oldest galaxies in the universe

Amirtha Jayakumaran, Senior News Reporter September 5, 2023

A team of researchers identified Maisie’s galaxy as one of the earliest galaxies ever detected using the James Webb Space Telescope. UT researchers first discovered Maisie’s galaxy last summer, which...

UT and U.S. Army host STEM summer camp focused on hands-on experiences for middle schoolers

UT and U.S. Army host STEM summer camp focused on hands-on experiences for middle schoolers

Isabella Zeff, Senior News Reporter September 5, 2023

A group of middle schoolers attending the Gains in Engineering, Math and Science program gathered in the field outside the University’s J.J. Pickle Research Campus, circling a Texas Robotics autonomous...

Mellon Foundation provides $1.5 million grant to audiovisual annotation platform

Mellon Foundation provides $1.5 million grant to audiovisual annotation platform

Sowmya Sridhar, News General Reporter September 5, 2023

The Mellon Foundation provided AVAnnotate, a platform created by UT associate professor Tanya Clement and Brumfield Labs that allows users to create annotations of audiovisual collections, with a $1.5...

Professor Kiran Shokar and Research Program Manager Cynthia Chacon in front of the Dell Medical School on Aug. 30th, 2023. Earlier this month, Dr. Kiran and Dr. Michael Pignone were granted $3 million to help advance access to colorectal cancer screenings.

Researchers from Dell Medical School receive $3 million to improve colorectal cancer prevention efforts in Texas

Sarah Brager, Senior News Reporter August 31, 2023

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas granted Dr. Kiran Shokar and Dr. Michael Pignone $3 million earlier this month to improve statewide access to colorectal cancer screenings and expand...

First-years step into professionalism, give back to hometowns through UT summer internship program

First-years step into professionalism, give back to hometowns through UT summer internship program

Pili Saravia, Senior News Reporter August 29, 2023

Students gained confidence, lost workplace fear and learned professionalism in the newly expanded Home To Texas, a University program that stretches in-state internship opportunities to first-year students’...

Child maltreatment increases at hotter temperatures, new UT research finds

Child maltreatment increases at hotter temperatures, new UT research finds

Isabella Zeff, Senior News Reporter August 29, 2023

Content warning: This story contains mentions of child abuse Child maltreatment increases with higher temperatures influenced by research connecting heat exposure with aggressive behavior and weak decision-making,...

National reading proficiency in students dropped post-pandemic, UT researchers find

National reading proficiency in students dropped post-pandemic, UT researchers find

Sowmya Sridhar, General News Reporter August 22, 2023

The reading assessment scores of 4th and 8th graders decreased after the COVID-19 pandemic due to school closures and remote learning, according to a study published by UT researchers last month. Tim...

UT researchers develop modified VR headset to monitor brain activity

UT researchers develop modified VR headset to monitor brain activity

Amirtha Jayakumaran, Senior News Reporter August 22, 2023

A team of researchers at UT modified a virtual reality headset with a noninvasive electroencephalogram to measure brain activity. “VR headsets are widely used as an immersive environment to either...

Researchers develop device to purify water from natural sources

Researchers develop device to purify water from natural sources

Amirtha Jayakumaran, Senior News Reporter August 21, 2023

UT researchers developed a mug-sized device shown to clear 99% of bacterial cells in water using electrical impulses, according to a paper published in May. Most bacteria swim as a method of accessing...

Animals face dehydration and exhaustion in Austin’s hot weather

Animals face dehydration and exhaustion in Austin’s hot weather

Grace Xu, General News Reporter August 7, 2023

Austin’s record 31-day streak of consecutive 100-degree days has not only affected its human residents but its animal residents, too. “(Heat) is dehydrating animals a lot quicker,” Hayley Hudnall,...

UT researchers find encrypted messaging apps can benefit authoritarian propaganda

UT researchers find encrypted messaging apps can benefit authoritarian propaganda

Areebah Bharmal, General News Reporter August 7, 2023

A study published in July found that authoritarian governments benefit from the secrecy provided by certain messaging applications’ encryption and use it to spread propaganda. Conducted by the...

National Science Foundation investment will help fund UT research into adaptive, ultra-thin materials

National Science Foundation investment will help fund UT research into adaptive, ultra-thin materials

Rylie Lillibridge, Senior News Reporter August 6, 2023

Awarded at the beginning of the summer, the National Science Foundation gave $18 million in funding to the Center for Dynamics and Control of Materials at UT, one of 20 Materials Research Science and Engineering...

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