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Speedway trees are just as important as Speedway bricks

Shezaz Hannan November 20, 2017

While the bricks have been all the talk of the Speedway construction project, it’s the trees that need special attention. The Speedway construction project involves new standards for maintaining...

Researchers use mathematical model to create shape-shifting objects

Areeba Khwaja November 20, 2017

Mother Nature does it best, but researchers at UT-Austin and Harvard may have found a way to recreate a diverse array of biological patterns and shapes through reverse engineering. In a paper published...

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Dell Med partners with Association of British Healthcare Industries to create UK Innovation Hub

Areeba Khwaja November 20, 2017

Texas doctors and researchers are reaching across the pond to collaborate with British healthcare companies. Dell Medical School is partnering with the Association of British Healthcare Industries,...

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UT celebrates Texas Arbor Day by planting and giving away trees

Jessica Shu November 20, 2017

On Friday, UT students, faculty and staff gathered along Waller Creek to celebrate Texas Arbor Day by replanting native tree species and giving away seedlings grown from seeds gathered on campus. Last...

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Green schoolyards can improve children’s mental and physical health

Lucy Cai November 20, 2017

While classrooms have been moving toward more technology and less recess time, research suggests that creating greener schoolyards, or adding nature elements to schoolyards, instead may improve children’s...

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The most powerful supercomputer at any US university is right here at UT

Jennifer Liu November 17, 2017

Everything is bigger in Texas, and our computers are no exception. In 2011, UT won a competition held by the National Science Foundation to develop and house the first Stampede supercomputer. It was...

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Honors seminar teaches science skills through improv theater

Elizabeth Robinson November 16, 2017

Improv plays a lead role in helping some young scientists communicate. Last spring semester, College of Natural Sciences lecturer Amira Pollock taught an honors seminar centered around practicing improv...

UT-Austin alumnus develops social media platform for sports events

Kevin Dural November 16, 2017

A team including UT-Austin alumnus Harry Hoffman has developed a sports social media platform to connect fans at the stadium. Fandom, Inc., the business created by Hoffman, is behind the development of...

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Small bees can pull their own weight in pollination

Shezaz Hannan November 16, 2017

UT researchers recently discovered that when it comes to pollination, size doesn’t matter. A study published last week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that long-distance...

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Older adults may be at a higher risk of suicide, study says

Areeba Khwaja November 16, 2017

Researchers at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work found that untreated depression and physical health issues are to blame for greater suicide among older Americans in a recent study published in The...

Cockrell researchers improve lithium-ion battery anodes

Thanvi Thodati November 15, 2017

Cheaper, more efficient batteries could result from new anode materials developed by Cockrell School of Engineering researchers. The Interdigitated Eutectic Alloy, or IdEA, anode was designed by Texas...

Data from on-campus solar charging stations to be available soon

Jessica Shu November 15, 2017

The future looks bright for solar energy as design studio Sol Design Lab said they hope to improve energy knowledge by making the data from UT’s two solar charging stations visible. The two on-campus...

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