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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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Research

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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Research

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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Announcements

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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Announcements

CNS Welcomes 16 New Faculty Members

See the new faces around the College of Natural Sciences.

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Accolades

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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