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Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
Cancer Drug Restores Immune System’s Ability to Fight Tumors
Drug candidate developed by Everett Stone and his team is effective in mice with cancers of skin, bladder, blood and colon.

How Breast Cancer Hijacks a Natural Enzyme to Boost Mutations
Kyle Miller and his team discovered a potential new target for drug therapies: structures in our DNA called R-loops.

Department of Computer Science
Paving the Way for a New Era in Crash Consistency Testing
Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Computer Science have created the Chipmunk system, a breakthrough innovation.

The Neighborhood You Grow Up in May Impact Your Cognitive Health Decades Later
Jean Choi, Elizabeth Muñoz and collaborators identified associations between neighborhood cohesion and cognitive health.

AI Tech Accurately Diagnoses Knee Arthritis from Medical Images
Vagheesh Narasimhan and Prakash Jayakumar trained an AI on x-ray images from tens of thousands of people in the UK Biobank.

Five Lessons from UT Austin Science about Planning for Living with Heat
In our endless summer, research on heat impacts offers insights on how best to adapt.

Astronomers Confirm Maisie’s Galaxy is Among Earliest Ever Observed
Detected with the James Webb Space Telescope, Maisie’s galaxy was observed 390 million years after the Big Bang.

Female Butterflies See UV Light Thanks to a Gene Hiding in an Unusual Place
In some species, female and male butterflies apparently perceive colors differently.

Tropical Trees Use Social Distancing to Maintain Biodiversity
Researchers discovered that adult trees in a Panamanian forest are three times as distant from trees of their species as would be predicted.

Dopamine Controls Movement, Not Just Rewards
New study finds dopamine neurons are more diverse than previously thought, with implications for Parkinson's disease.
