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Everything’s Bigger in Texas, including the Occasional Spider Web
If creepy-crawly, eight-legged types are the stuff of your Halloween fears, you might want to stop reading here.
Dave Thirumalai Awarded Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics
Davarajan Thirumalai, a professor of chemistry, received the Irving Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics.
Visualizing Science 2018: Beauty and Inspiration in College Research
Winners of the 2018 Visualizing Science contest include images of nanomaterials, the connection between chaos and electronics and a glimpse into the aural lives of...
A Big Week in Science
The first full week of October is like a science-lover's World Series: Each year, the spotlight falls on high-impact science, when day after day, a...
Department of Molecular Biosciences
UT Austin Alum James Allison Awarded Nobel Prize
James P. Allison, a world-renowned pioneer of cancer immunotherapy, has been awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine jointly with Tasuku Honjo.
Extending a Welcome Mat for Scientific, Mathematical Talent
To advance a sense of belonging, while addressing challenges that disproportionately occur for women and people from underrepresented groups, a number of initiatives are underway.
Of Fruit Flies, Nobel Prizes and Genetic Discoveries that Change the World
Last year, University of Texas at Austin alumnus Michael Young won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the molecular mechanism behind circadian rhythms.
