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Department of Marine Science
UTMSI Adds New Offshore Buoy Network
It provides environmental and oceanographic data to researchers, mariners, coastal managers, emergency planners and the public.
New Low-Waste Method Breaks Down Tough-to-Recycle Plastics
The method could help create plastic products with the best of both worlds by combining durability with an eco-friendly life cycle.
COVID's Toll on Kids Was Milder Than Predicted, Six-Country Study Finds
Setbacks were concentrated among children already facing other risks; most children recovered.
Did the LUX-ZEPLIN Experiment Detect a Dark Matter Particle?
A single particle interaction could be a signal that scientists detected dark matter.
Department of Marine Science
New Theory on Why Some Carbon in the Ocean Sticks Around for Millennia
Some of the dissolved organic matter in the oceans is tightly bound to water, making it harder for microbes to break down.
New Study Could Lead to Safer, More Effective Antibody Therapies
Jessie Zhang, George Georgiou and others are learning how to keep antibody drugs from binding to an unintended receptor.
Physicists Reconstruct the Collision That Launched a Runaway Black Hole
When two black holes became one, it was launched out of its galaxy at astonishing speed
Scientists Reveal Hidden Structure of a Quantum Fluid
They are the first to observe a tunable Bose-Einstein Condensate made of excitons in an atomically thin semiconductor.
COVID-19 Can Awaken Hidden Viruses Throughout the Body, UT-Led Study Finds
Researchers say dormant viruses many people harbor can reactivate during COVID-19 and may be linked to long COVID symptoms.
Experimental Drug Turns Cancer’s Favorite Fuel—Sugar—Against It
The dual molecule delivers a one-two punch to cancer cells exploiting their hunger for sugar while cutting off their backup fuel supply.