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Accolades

Michael Krische Receives American Chemical Society Award

The award comes from the largest scientific society in the world.

Michael Krische

Research

Corwin Zigler Uses Statistics to Link Air Pollution to Health Impacts

Meet Corwin Zigler and his research on how changes in air pollution regulations impact people's health, and his decision to join UT Austin's Department of...

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Research

Newly Discovered Giant Planet Slingshots Around its Star

Astronomers at The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory, along with colleagues at Caltech and elsewhere, have discovered a planet three times the mass...

The Milky Way in the night sky is evident over a dark peak, Mt. Locke

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Texas Organization Donates Millions to UT Austin Cancer-Fighting Research

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Research

Kami Hull Seeks to Make Drugs Faster with Less Waste

Learn about Kami Hull's work as an organic chemist and how she won a prestigious Novartis Early Career Award in Chemistry.

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Features

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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When Research and Education Cross-Pollinate

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

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