Last Friday, UT’s Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center hosted Bug Night Out, the kickoff event for the first annual Texas Pollinator BioBlitz.
The BioBlitz is a two-week long event created...
On Wednesday, the UT Microfarm hosted a workshop to teach students and community members about vermicomposting, or composting with worms, and how it benefits the environment.
Participants learned about...
Creating sets of truly random numbers may be harder to accomplish than people think, but that hasn’t stopped UT computer science professor David Zuckerman from trying.
Computers can obtain randomness...
UT Southwestern researchers are unlocking the secrets of breast cancer through an unusual source: mitochondrial DNA.
Mitochondria, which produce the molecules that power our cells, are passed...
It’s really hard to stay hydrated through the long Texas summer. Will drinking sports drinks be better for me than drinking good old water? What do electrolytes really do? – Hot &...
This Friday from 6-9 p.m. the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center will host the kickoff event, called Bug Night Out, for the first ever Texas Pollinator BioBlitz.
The Wildflower Center is...
While shooting enemies or dancing in popular video games, young people could learn to avoid tobacco use.
That is what Jay Bernhardt, founding director of the UT Center for Health Communication...
UT neuroscience researchers and biomedical industry leaders will come together on Oct. 6 and 7 to promote brain research at Texas FreshAIR’s fifth annual conference.
Texas FreshAIR — AIR...
Forget sneaking out and partying. Rebellious teens can fight the system by cutting out processed foods and eating more fruits and vegetables.
A team of psychologists found that teenagers’ desires...
Shameika Wilmington’s scientific curiosity was sparked in the 1990s when she first looked through a telescope she received as a Christmas gift. Over 20 years later, she continues to explore...
On Friday, a working group of students, faculty and staff from across campus unveiled UT’s first campus-wide Sustainability Master Plan.
The plan, intended to guide development in conservation,...
UT’s College of Pharmacy has started the nation’s first comprehensive university opioid-overdose prevention campaign: Operation Naloxone.
Operation Naloxone is a student-led training program...
