News: Chemistry

Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin

Features

Visualizing Science 2018: Beauty and Inspiration in College Research

Winners of the 2018 Visualizing Science contest include images of nanomaterials, the connection between chaos and electronics and a glimpse into the aural lives of...

A pseudocolored transmission electron micrograph of nanodroplets filled with paramagnetic metals and perfluorocarbon materials.

Announcements

CNS Welcomes New Faculty As Fall Semester Begins

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Research

Making Cancer’s Metabolism More Normal Blocks Drug Resistance

A new combination of existing drugs reduces the size of cancerous tumors much more effectively than current treatments.

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Research

Scientists Map a Complicated Ballet Performed in Our Cells

Artist rendering of how DNA is condensed into a chomosome

Announcements

Remembering Joanne Ravel, UT Austin Biochemistry Professor

Ravel taught many pre-med students introductory biochemistry, supervised graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, and was a role model to many.

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UT News

New Nerve Gas Detector Built with Legos and a Smartphone

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Accolades

Chemistry Educator Selected for Texas 10 Honor

Education is not just a job for Dr. Fatima Fakhreddine, but a true joy. “Nothing gives me more pleasure than interacting with my students in...

Fatima Fakhreddine teaches during TIP Chemistry Jumpstart in 2017.

Podcast

A Score to Settle with Cancer

Jonathan Sessler knows the odds of bringing effective new cancer treatments to market are stacked against him, yet he tirelessly pushes ahead.

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Features

Chemistry Alum and Owner of Live Oak Brewing Talks Hops

Chip McElroy behind the bar at Live Oak Brewing in Austin