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Researchers receive $1.2 million grant for telescope instrument, opens possibilities for exploring planetary conditions

Researchers receive $1.2 million grant for telescope instrument, opens possibilities for exploring planetary conditions

Katy Nelson, News Reporter November 12, 2021

To better understand the conditions and potential for hosting life on other planets, a collaboration of researchers, including some from UT, received a nearly $1.2 million grant in early October for key...

UT research could lead to more solar energy in Austin

UT research could lead to more solar energy in Austin

Katy Nelson, News Reporter November 3, 2021

Research from an environmental sustainability organization and a group at UT could lead to an expansion of solar energy in the Austin area.  The environmental advocacy group, The Ray, first collaborated...

UT professor set to digitize thousands of records from oldest psychiatric hospital in Texas

UT professor set to digitize thousands of records from oldest psychiatric hospital in Texas

Leila Saidane, News Reporter November 2, 2021
King Davis, a research professor in the School of Information, will work with graduate students and other professors to identify, organize and produce digital copies of documents from the Austin State Hospital such as admission, treatment and discharge records dating as far back as 1857.
UT computer scientists develop ways to make it safer to surf web

UT computer scientists develop ways to make it safer to surf web

Kevin Vu, News Reporter October 28, 2021
For the next five years, as part of a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation, researchers from UT, the University of California San Diego and Stanford University will look into and devise solutions for browsers attacked by hackers with malicious intent.
New UT master’s program to bridge gap between humanities, healthcare

New UT master’s program to bridge gap between humanities, healthcare

Hope Unger, News Reporter October 27, 2021

In early October, a new master’s program that explores how the arts and humanities interact with the medical field started accepting applications for its first semester in the fall of 2022.  The...

UT researchers develop e-tattoo to monitor pneumonia symptoms

UT researchers develop “e-tattoo” to monitor pneumonia symptoms

Kevin Vu, News Reporter October 25, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the October 8th flipbook.  Doctors may be able to monitor patients’ pneumonia symptoms from their homes for the first time as UT researchers...

UT researchers develop hydrogel tablet to purify water in under an hour

UT researchers develop hydrogel tablet to purify water in under an hour

Kaushiki Roy, News Reporter October 12, 2021
Materials science and engineering graduate student Youhong Guo, the lead author of the research paper, said research to develop the tablet took about one year after her group began studying water purification in 2020. 
UT researchers work to understand digital misinformation in BIPOC communities

UT researchers work to understand digital misinformation in BIPOC communities

Kevin Vu, Ubah Moallim, News Reporters October 12, 2021

UT-Austin researchers are studying how communities of color engage with information online in order to help combat misinformation. Researchers from the University teamed up with the University of Washington,...

UT researchers develop accurate COVID-19 diagnosis machine

UT researchers develop accurate COVID-19 diagnosis machine

Kevin Vu, News Reporter October 6, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the September 24th flipbook.  UT engineers prototyped the first-ever portable disease diagnosis machine that could help medical professionals quickly...

UT-Austin researchers find that picky-eater fish threaten coral reef food webs around the world

UT-Austin researchers find that picky-eater fish threaten coral reef food webs around the world

Jessica Harden, News Reporter September 28, 2021
Fish extinctions, a looming threat because of climate change and overfishing, will jeopardize these delicate ecosystems, the paper said.
UT-Austin geophysicists partner with city of Austin on lake initiative

UT-Austin geophysicists partner with city of Austin on lake initiative

Leena Alali, News Reporter September 23, 2021

The UT Institute for Geophysics started a partnership with the city of Austin on Sept. 7 to create 3D images of lakes in Austin, which the city will use to study water quality and algae.  Researchers...

UT researchers create new technology to study tumor evolution

UT researchers create new technology to study tumor evolution

Katy Nelson August 26, 2021

UT researchers have helped to better understand how tumor cells evolve to resist cancer treatments by developing ClonMapper, a new technology that tags the cells’ nucleic acid with a type of barcode. By...

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