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McDonald Observatory
The Giant Magellan Telescope’s Final Mirror Fabrication Begins
Together, the mirrors will collect more light than any other telescope in existence, allowing humanity to unlock the secrets of the Universe.

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.

UT News
An Evolving Museum Opens Again
What was the Texas Memorial Museum Reopens as Texas Science and Natural History Museum this weekend.

The Daily Texan
New UT Club STEM Buddies Brings Science Experiments to Austin Elementary Schools
Undergraduate students Celina Yang and Elizabeth Wu created an organization that travels to elementary schools in Austin to give young children a hands-on STEM experience.

CDC Taps UT for National Disease Outbreak Response Network
Lauren Ancel Meyers and colleagues will help scale up decision-support tools that were successful in earlier outbreaks for use across jurisdictions.

Department of Energy Advances Research and Education at Wootton Center for Astrophysical Plasma Properties
Grant will help center led by Don Winget continue its research and train the next generation of scientists.

Heartbeat of the Estuary
Philip Souza’s research is focused on the sounds that fish along the Texas Gulf Coast make to attract mates or defend territory.

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.

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UT Mourns Pioneer of Computational Mechanics and Founder of Oden Institute
J. Tinsley Oden, the founder of computational mechanics and first director of UT’s related institute, has died.

How to Extend the Shelf Life of Fruits and Vegetables with Science
Hong Qiao, a plant researcher, explains the science behind produce ripening, and how anyone can prolong shelf life.
