My mom told me that avocados are full of fat, and I know fat makes you gain weight. Should I skip the guac this semester?
Don’t fear fat. Your mom’s fat-free diet obsession is simply a continuation...
UT researchers have created a microscope that could be used to either observe embryos created in a lab without harming their growth or watch filamentous viruses such as Ebola in action.
Scientists can...
Army veterans wear this material in artificial retinas. Professional tennis players find it in their tennis rackets. And it may be the secret to quantum computers.
Graphene is the “material of superlatives,”...
Children, like adults, have an innate desire to belong. When excluded, they imitate their peers’ behaviors to try to fit in.
Psychology postdoctoral researcher Rachel Watson-Jones found that children...
UT alumnus David Reitze led the first direct detection of gravitational waves, 100 years after Albert Einstein predicted them in his general relativity theory.
On Sept. 14 of last year, Reitze and his...
Students in the proverbial “friend zone” may think their courtship attempts are doomed, but UT Austin research indicates that patience sometimes pays off.
UT scientists found that...
Young cancer patients are using Twitter to find connections where previous generations had none.
In a new study, researchers collected two years’ worth of tweets by cancer patients and caretakers...
Many wish that research on genes could help them fit into their skinny jeans, but scientists said more work still needs to be done before successful genetically-based weight loss programs can become a...
Researchers at UT have found a link between worsening asthma symptoms and an unexpected variable: the common cold.
Rosalind Eggo, a former postdoctoral researcher in the College of Natural Sciences,...
I have just recently heard that wine and chocolate are good for you — does this mean that I can guiltlessly indulge on Valentine’s Day this weekend?
-Hopeful Romantic
Scientists...
The human body has the amazing ability to heal itself naturally. However, sometimes even the body could use some help.
The Suggs Lab in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UT-Austin is...
High schools across the country will soon introduce a new computer science course to their curriculums, thanks to an initiative by the University’s UTeach program.
UTeach, a program that encourages...
