There is such a thing as eating too much healthy food, and a study from the McCombs School of Business has found that people tend to overeat when they believe the food they are eating is healthy.
The...
Health data company vitaTrackr wants to give patients control of their medical records.
Founded in 2011, vitaTrackr moved to Austin in 2015. CEO Brian Baum said that America lacked an independent...
Students and industry professionals alike with an interest in information technology will have an opportunity to further their education at UT starting next summer.
The McCombs School of Business is...
Although the word “fossil” brings bones to mind, it can also refer to other types of preserved remains. Now, UT researchers know why other body features, such as hair, are so rarely preserved...
In a study published last month, an international team of researchers reviewed the mental health of over 33,500 German citizens to investigate the stereotype of German angst as a result of the World War...
According to folklore, vampires will sometimes turn into bats in order to drink blood. In reality, bats go batty over more than just blood, having a much more substantial and varied diet.
“There...
Molecular biosciences assistant professor Daniel Dickinson, who joined UT this fall, studies how disruptions in cell organization contribute to the spread of cancer throughout the body. In August, he received...
Until this summer, scientists thought that an ancient millipede, Pneumodesmus newmani, was the oldest air-breathing land animal. However, a former Jackson School of Geosciences student came up with a creative...
Fear of clowns, or coulrophobia, is no laughing matter.
According to a 2016 study called “On the Nature of Creepiness” by psychologist Francis McAndrew, participants said the most cringe-worthy...
Scientists at UT and Texas A&M research labs plan on genetically modifying symbiotic bacteria living inside aphids to deliver vaccine-like molecules to threatened crops, as part of the Defense Advanced...
Natural Science Council and the College of Natural Sciences celebrated the artistic side of science in fields from astronomy to biology as they unveiled the winners of the 2017 Visualizing Science contest...
What do Popeye and cancerous tumors have in common?
Enough to lend insight to a possible treatment for T-ALL, a specific type of leukemia, according to biology senior Wesley Godfrey.
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