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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

UT News

Texas Organization Donates Millions to UT Austin Cancer-Fighting Research

Artist drawing of cancer cells

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Kami Hull Seeks to Make Drugs Faster with Less Waste

Learn about Kami Hull's work as an organic chemist and how she won a prestigious Novartis Early Career Award in Chemistry.

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UT News

When Research and Education Cross-Pollinate

Freshmen learn how to do research while increasing our understanding of biodiversity

A scientist points out into a natural field site while a student holds a butterfly net

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5 Tips to Get the Most Out of Four Years of Undergrad Research

We asked graduating seniors from across the college to share their best tips for research success.

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The Texas Scientist

Imaging, Reimagined

Rachel Ward is exploring ways to produce faithful high-resolution MRI images more quickly and at a lower cost with the help of artificial intelligence.

In a traditional MRI image (left), each pixel represents a type of tissue.

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Alma Solis’s Research Helps Protect Farms from Pests and Control Invasive Plants

Field trips to a biological station in a cloud forest in northeastern Mexico sparked her interest in biology

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