After spending years looking down at a microscope, Suzy Moody, Institute of Life Sciences student at Swansea University, was surprised to see a bacterial colony in the form of an eye staring straight back...
When most people hear the word “design,” they think about fashion or interior design — but now UT students are using design to tackle healthcare.
The Model Healthy Campus Internship...
Game developer, level designer, 3D-modeler: senior Christina Curlee is not your average studio art major.
Curlee builds art games — games that are focused on showing concepts or aesthetic...
The long and complicated process of breast reconstruction for breast cancer survivors may soon be a thing of the past.
Many women undergo mastectomies and then breast reconstruction after being diagnosed...
An orange a day keeps the doctor away — or will at least help prevent high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol levels and excess body fat.
A natural compound commonly found in citrus, called...
Around 40 percent of Austin residents said they would pay for a driverless taxi service at least once a week, but only if it’s cheap, according to a new study on self-driving cars from the UT department...
Don’t think about the pink elephant.
Tracy Wang, a neuroscience postdoctoral researcher in the Lewis-Peacock Lab, investigates the science of memories. Earlier this month, Wang released...
Diabetics have traditionally used test strip monitors, insulin shots and insulin pumps to control their blood glucose levels. Now, they have a simpler, non-invasive method.
UT scientists...
The “Wobble” was a trend that swept across dance floors in 2008. Around the same time, geologists realized their own wobble was changing dramatically due to climate change.
Sea levels...
I have five exams next week and need to go buy some study snacks. What do you recommend?
—Straight-A Snacker
Students deal with the stress of finals in many ways. Some stress-eat, others forget...
Neil Shubin, professor of anatomy at the University of Chicago, said becoming a fish paleontologist has altered his perception of people.
“If you look at Albert Einstein, you see the pinnacle...
Researchers are recruiting volunteers for a study to see whether lasers can make depressed subjects more receptive to therapy.
For the new study, Christopher Beevers, director of the UT Institute of...
