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Visualizing Science 2016: Beautiful Images From Researchers in CNS

As part of an ongoing tradition, this past spring we invited faculty, staff and students in the College of Natural Sciences community to send us...

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Features

Cancer-Fighting Faculty Member and Alum Made Key Strides for Patients

HER2 breast cancer met its match when a faculty member and industry scientist and alumna of The University of Texas at Austin made contributions working...

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Podcast

Evolution Inspires Anthrax Cure

Scientists borrowed tricks from evolution to develop the world's first treatment for late stage inhalation anthrax.

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Announcements

New Faculty, New Technology to Strengthen Disease Research at UT Austin

Cryo-EM allows scientists to see with higher resolution than ever before a host of biological processes and conditions, including DNA repair, cancer and infectious disease.

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Research

New Superconductor Could Pave Way to Practical Quantum Computers

New Superconductor Could Pave Way to Practical Quantum Computers

Artist’s conception of a Majorana fermion floating at the surface of the Fermi sea

Research

Chemists Garner New Insights into Protein Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease

A mutation in a normal protein can create amyloid β, a key contributor to Alzheimer's disease, researchers have found.

Amyloid plaques in a brain tissue sample

Podcast

The Last First Planetary Mission

University of Texas at Austin alumnus Alan Stern describes the challenges, and the joys, of the last first mission to a planet.

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Research

Q&A with Peter Stone: Where is Artificial Intelligence Headed?

A new study looks at how specialized applications of AI might affect life in a typical North American city by the year 2030.

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Research

Experts Forecast the Changes Artificial Intelligence Could Bring by 2030

Academic and industrial thinkers look ahead to 2030 to forecast how advances in AI might affect life in a typical North American city.

A new study, titled “Artificial Intelligence and Life in 2030,” looks at the likely effects of AI technologies on urban life.

Features

A Peek Into the Minds of Award-Winning Educators

The College of Natural Sciences is currently celebrating Discovery Education Week to promote and discuss science education throughout the college.

Fatima Fakhreddine, Calvin Lin and Theresa O'Halloran