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Bay Education Center is Fully Repaired and Reopened after Hurricane Harvey Damage
The Bay Education Center, operated by the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve, a program of the University of Texas Marine Science Institute, is reopening with...

Department of Molecular Biosciences
Hepatitis C Drugs Boost Remdesivir’s Antiviral Activity Against COVID-19
Four drugs used to treat hepatitis C render remdesivir 10 times better at inhibiting the coronavirus in cell cultures.

Mathematician Receives Jean Holloway Award for Excellence in Teaching
Amanda Hager was recognized for demonstrating "a warm spirit, a concern for society and the individual, and the ability to impart knowledge while challenging students...

UT News
Climate-friendly Microbes Chomp Dead Plants Without Releasing Heat-trapping Methane
Scientists have identified an entirely new group of microbes quietly living in hot springs, geothermal systems and hydrothermal sediments around the world.

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Exoplanet is Gobbling Up Gas and Dust as it Continues to Build Mass
The Hubble Space Telescope has allowed astronomers including Brendan Bowler from The University of Texas at Austin to get a rare look at a young...

UT Chemistry Researchers Encode Jane Austen Quote in a Polymer
The technique, which relies on short polymers called oligourethanes, encodes information with greater density than DNA-based approaches

Texas Astronomers Lead Major Projects in James Webb Space Telescope’s First Year
Astronomers at The University of Texas at Austin are set to lead some of the largest programs in the first year of NASA's James Webb...

Nutrition Researchers Developing Digital Platform for Teachers
A group of University of Texas at Austin nutrition researchers and educators received a grant to encourage kids to make healthy eating choices by providing...

Department of Computer Science
Aaronson Receives ACM Prize in Computing
The Association for Computing Machinery has awarded Scott Aaronson the 2020 ACM Prize in Computing for groundbreaking contributions to quantum computing.

Two Natural Sciences Undergraduates Selected as Goldwater Scholars
Briana Syed and Teddy Hsieh, have earned the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship, which honors outstanding students in STEM majors.
