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Researchers Discover Key Mechanism Cells Use to Harness Energy
New study finds how cells use important nutrient.
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Matching CRISPR to the Job Improves the Safety, Efficiency of the Gene-Editing Tool
A new tool helps scientists choose the best available gene-editing option for a given job.
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Hunting for a Better Biofuel Is Scope of New UT Austin-Led Research
How to make humble switchgrass into a biofuel powerhouse.
UT Austin Selected as Home of National AI Institute Focused on Machine Learning
The National Science Foundation has selected UT Austin to lead the NSF AI Institute for Foundations of Machine Learning.
International Project to Provide Detailed View of New Complexities Linked to Synapses
UT Austin researchers will lead research that can help us understand more about how we think, sense, learn, act and remember.
Some Bacteria Sacrifice Themselves to Protect their Brethren from Antibiotics
Discovery may aid the fight against antibiotic resistance.
Tiny Insects Provide Inspiration for New Biomaterials
They may be tiny, but leafhoppers have a super power: they secrete a substance that makes their bodies water-repellant and anti-reflective.
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Early Spread of COVID-19 Appears Far Greater Than Initially Reported
Thousands of patients who thought they had the flu actually had COVID-19 and spread it in the early days of the pandemic.
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Locking Down Shape-Shifting Spike Protein Aids Development of COVID-19 Vaccine
An experimental COVID-19 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 elicits neutralizing antibodies and a helpful T-cell response with the aid of a carefully engineered spike protein.
A Young Sub-Neptune-sized Planet Sheds Light onto How Planets Form and Evolve
A team of astronomers including McDonald Observatory's Bill Cochran have made a detailed study of a young planet slightly smaller than Neptune with the Habitable-zone...
