News: Statistics and Data Sciences

Natural antimicrobials called microcins are produced by bacteria in the gut and show promise in fighting infection.

Protein large language models identify ways to make antibiotics better at targeting dangerous bacteria, without being toxic to humans.

The awards from the National Science Foundation support innovative work by earlier-career faculty.

The answer matters for people, too, given how insects affect whole ecosystems.

Epidemiologists found that treating even 20% of symptomatic cases would save lives and improve public health.

Building on decades-long leadership, UT will prioritize AI research and education throughout the year ahead and put this leadership on display through signature events, new...

From a brain decoder to a supermassive black hole to a cancer drug advance, College of Natural Sciences researchers made breakthroughs this year.

Deaths from coal were highest in 1999, but by 2020 decreased by about 95%, as coal plants have installed scrubbers or shut down.

Lauren Ancel Meyers and colleagues will help scale up decision-support tools that were successful in earlier outbreaks for use across jurisdictions.

Vagheesh Narasimhan and Prakash Jayakumar trained an AI on x-ray images from tens of thousands of people in the UK Biobank.