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Some coral populations already have genetic variants necessary to tolerate warm ocean waters, and humans can help to spread these genes, a team of scientists...

A University of Texas at Austin scientist, working with an international research team, has developed the most precise sequence map yet of U.S. cotton and...

People who recently have been infected with HIV may not be as highly infectious as previously believed, a finding from the lab of Lauren Ancel...

What if you swapped symbiotic bacteria between two strains of aphid, would the resulting aphids look or act differently than their mothers?

The University of Texas at Austin's Emily Que, an assistant professor of chemistry, was lead author on a new study that describes the cutting-edge technology a research...

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have identified a network of genes that appear to work together in determining alcohol dependence. The findings...

Comparing plant DNA from over one hundred plant species from across the green tree of life, the scientists produced some exciting findings, including that evolution...

Competition between brown and green anoles for the same food and space may be driving adaptations of the green anoles

Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and five other institutions have created a molecule that can cause cancer cells to self-destruct by ferrying...