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Research

Exciting News: Neurons Rely on Glial Cells to Become Electrically Excitable

Husniye Kantarci was part of a team that discovered the role of glial cells in controlling neural development, learning and numerous diseases.

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Research

Next Time You Beat a Virus, Thank Your Microbial Ancestors

Two of our key defenses against viruses have persisted for billions of years, arising before complex life.

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Podcast

The Algorithm Will See You Now

Scott Graham helps tease apart the hype and the reality around artificial intelligence and healthcare.

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Announcements

McDonald Observatory Welcomes New Assistant Director for Research Support

B-G Andersson is McDonald Observatory's new assistant director for research support.

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Marine Science Institute

Digging into the Soil: Shedding Light on Unknown Players in Methane Production

A new study looks at metabolic processes in the previously understudied microbes called Asgard archaea in the soils of freshwater wetlands.

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Department of Molecular Biosciences

Forever Chemical Pollution Can Now Be Tracked

Professor of molecular biosciences David Hoffmann helped develop a new way to fingerprint a type of forever chemical.

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Department of Computer Science

Computer Science Faculty Members Honored with Test-of-Time Award for Pioneering Cryptographic Research

Brent Waters and Hovav Shacham received recognition from the International Association for Cryptologic Research.

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Accolades

Chemistry Ph.D. Student Awarded Computational Science Graduate Fellowship

UT Austin student Alexia Hartzell has been named a recipient of the prestigious Department of Energy award.

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Podcast

How AI is Accelerating Discovery

AI is transforming how scientists design cancer drugs and vaccines, study star formation and understand the brain.

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UT News

Astronomers Use AI to Find Elusive Stars 'Gobbling Up' Planets

The work reveals what planets outside our solar system are made of.

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