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Lilienfeld Prize Winner Katherine Freese Researches Dark Matter

The winner of the 2019 Lilienfeld Prize, given annually by the American Physical Society for outstanding contributions in physics, develops theories about dark matter and what...

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Podcast

Experimental Vaccine Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Elicits Strong Immune Response

After decades of research, an effective RSV vaccine now seems within reach

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UT News

When Research and Education Cross-Pollinate

Freshmen learn how to do research while increasing our understanding of biodiversity

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Accolades

College Undergraduate Dean Wins National Award for Inclusive Leadership

Vanden Bout received the 2019 Inclusive Leader Award from GlobalMindED, a national nonprofit organization that aims to improve education and employment opportunities for students who are...

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Department of Molecular BIosciences

Turning Plant Pests into Helpers

Aphids are an enemy for most plants now, but the latest work from a team led by Jeffrey Barrick may make them a crop's new...

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Podcast

New AI Sees Like a Human, Filling in the Blanks

An artificial intelligence agent that can glance quickly at parts of a new environment and infer the full scene might be more effective on dangerous...

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Features

Decoding a Drop of Water to Understand Life on the Texas Coast

You can swim, but you can't hide.

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