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Adding Predictability to the Carbon Market
Salt marshes are a hot but unpredictable commodity in the carbon market.
![A salt marsh seen from an aerial view on a clear day with a boat in the foreground](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/saltmarsh-3-2.jpeg)
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Virus Discovery Offers Clues About Origins of Complex Life
The first discovery of viruses infecting a group of microbes that may include the ancestors of all complex life has been found.
![Illustration of the inside of a biological cell](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/eukaryotic-cell-istock1400.jpg)
New Gravitational Wave Catalog Reveals Black Holes of ‘All Shapes and Sizes’
In a paper published Nov. 7th on the preprint server ArXiv, the team has detected a further 35 gravitational wave events since the last catalog release in...
![Chart showing masses of more than 100 black holes and neutron stars detected by gravitational waves](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/stellar-graveyard_2400x1350.png)
New Model Reveals How Chromosomes Get Packed Up
The first theoretical model of condensin, a molecular machine involved in packing and unpacking chromosomes, accurately reproduces all known experiments with just two parameters.
![Illustrations of a molecule in two states, open and closed](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/condensin-open-closed2400x1350_0.png)
Grad Students at Forefront of Efforts to Create Belonging in Science
Learn about how UT Austin's College of Natural Science is working to promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Research on Language Learning Yields Mitchell Prize for UT Austin Statisticians
Giorgio Paulon and Abhra Sarkar researched how nonnative English speakers learned another language's tonal differences.
![Illustration of human brain processing language](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/research-on-language-learning-2400x1350.jpg)
First Confirmed Detection of Neutron Stars Crashing into Black Holes
UT Austin scientists were involved in detecting two events, occurring 10 days apart in January 2020, in which black holes and neutron stars collided.
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