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Excluded children imitate group behaviors to fit in

Eunice Ali February 15, 2016

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...

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UT alumnus leads team in detecting gravitational waves, confirms Einstein’s theory

Eunice Ali February 14, 2016

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...

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Time can make heart grow fonder

Emmanuel Briseño February 12, 2016

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...

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Cancer patients share information, hope with #StupidCancer

Kate Thackrey February 12, 2016

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...

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Science Scene: Genetically based weight loss programs

Eunice Ali February 11, 2016

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...

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UT research links asthma symptoms with common cold

Bharath Lavendra February 11, 2016

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,...

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Ask a nutrition major: Valentine’s Day indulgences can be healthy in moderation

Stacey Arnold February 10, 2016

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...

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Suggs Lab uses tissue engineering to study tumors, vascular diseases

Areeba Khwaja February 9, 2016

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...

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UTeach Institute focuses on new AP course and Computer Science education for teachers

Jasleen Shokar February 9, 2016

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...

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Visible planets align this month

Julianne Hodges February 8, 2016

A once-in-a-decade celestial show is marching across the sky every morning for a few weeks this winter. For those who don’t want to wake up before dawn, the spectacle will show up again later in...

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UT scientists find that human memory is exponentially larger than previously thought

Freya Preimesberger February 8, 2016

Rats are not renowned for their smarts. However, rat brains recently helped UT scientists make an important discovery about human memories.  In a study published in the journal “eLife,”...

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UT bioinformaticians bring life science researchers into age of big data

Sachit Saksena February 8, 2016

Genomics. Transcriptomics. Proteomics. Researchers across campus need help with the advanced software necessary in a world of “-omics” technologies.  The Center for Computational Biology...

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