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Department of Molecular Biosciences
Breakthrough in Fight on Tick-Borne CCHF Virus is Latest Use of New Strategy Against Diseases
Scientists are developing vaccines and other treatments for the tick-borne Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF)
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Campus Event to Celebrate Health and Science Heroes Linked to COVID-19 Vaccines
UT Austin scientists have been at the forefront of the race for coronavirus vaccines and the efforts to track and prevent its spread.
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As We Develop, the Brain Connects Lessons Learned Differently
A new study of brain activity patterns in people doing a memory task finds that the way we make inferences changes dramatically as we age.
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Department of Computer Science
Shacham Receives NSF Grant for Cybersecurity Research
The National Science Foundation has awarded funding for a project focused on securing web browser operations led by Hovav Shacham
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First-Gen Student Navigates Own Path, Helps Others Chart Theirs
Guillermo Lezama who studies physics at UT Austin talks about how he became interested in the subject and his experience being a first-generation college student.
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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...
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Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Receives Field Station Designation
The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center has been integral for UT Austin's involvement in life sciences research.
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How a Natural Disaster Can Bring Couples Closer
A new study has implications for how to help families in the aftermath of natural disasters.
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CNS Welcomes 16 New Faculty Members
See the new faces around the College of Natural Sciences.
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Markert Recognized as a 2021 American Physical Society Fellow
Physicist named a 2021 APS Fellow for her research on a quark-gluon plasma that existed less than a second after the Big Bang.
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