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The Nurdle Patrol Wages War on Plastic Pellets, With Boost from Lawsuit Settlement
Plastic pollution has contaminated every continent on Earth, and some of the smallest plastic particles, called nurdles, are among the most insidious.
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Department of Computer Science
A UT Austin Spin-Out Beats the Odds, Turning Data into Knowledge
Juan Sequeda and his advisor, professor Daniel Miranker, invented a new way to transform key data into a form that is easier to analyze.
![Juan Sequeda and Daniel Miranker launched Capsenta, a start-up based on their research at the University of Texas at Austin which was recently acquired by data.world.](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/sequeda-and-miranker_700.jpeg)
Corwin Zigler Uses Statistics to Link Air Pollution to Health Impacts
Meet Corwin Zigler and his research on how changes in air pollution regulations impact people's health, and his decision to join UT Austin's Department of...
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Newly Discovered Giant Planet Slingshots Around its Star
Astronomers at The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory, along with colleagues at Caltech and elsewhere, have discovered a planet three times the mass...
![The Milky Way in the night sky is evident over a dark peak, Mt. Locke](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/mt_locke_milky_way.jpeg)