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Freshman Researchers Receive Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Groundbreaking Mosquito Diagnostic Plan

Undergraduate researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are creating diagnostics to test mosquitos for blood-borne pathogens such as malaria, dengue fever and chikungunya...

A student researcher and instructor compare notes in front of a pair of test tubes as one of them holds a cell phone

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Beauty and the Yeast

The lowly yeast turns out to be a powerful model organism for understanding human biology and disease

A microscope image of the internal features of a yeast cell

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6 Tips for Staying Sharp

Experts at UT Austin share what science says about how students can stay sharp during busy times.

A hand writes on paper amidst a desk strewn with items including a coffee cup, snacks, a book of puzzles and a tennis racquet

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First Doctoral Degree at UT Awarded 100 Years Ago

In 1915, The University of Texas at Austin awarded its first Ph.D. ever to zoologist Carl Gottfried Hartman. Hartman would go on to become one...

Carl Hartman

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Genetic Road Map May Bring About Better Cotton Crops

A University of Texas at Austin scientist, working with an international research team, has developed the most precise sequence map yet of U.S. cotton and...

Dr. Z. Jeff Chen inspects a cotton plant in a campus greenhouse. Photo: Marsha Miller

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Researchers Tackle the Dark Side of Moore's Law

To mark the 50th Anniversary of Moore's Law, we'll explore how much computing power has improved and how much farther it can go.

Illustration of Moore's Law

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Astronomy Outreach Program Takes Texas Teachers on Trip of a Lifetime

A Department of Astronomy outreach program achieved the culmination of 17 years of hard work recently when several Texas teachers flew as part of the...

With the sliding door over its 17-ton infrared telescope wide open, NASA's SOFIA soars over California's snow-covered Southern Sierras on a test flight. Credit: NASA/Jim Ross

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Freshman Research Starts at UT, Changes the World

Exposing first-year college students to real research experiences alongside faculty scientists is something The University of Texas at Austin has been doing for a decade...

Representatives from across the US met on the UT Austin campus recently to compare FRI-like efforts at their institutions. From left to right are: Megan Fegley (Binghamton University), Staci Rodenbusch (UT Austin), Kevin Schug (UT Arlington), Nancy Stamp (Binghamton University), Patrick Killion (University of Maryland), Erin Dolan (UT Austin), Stephen Aley (UT El Paso), and Eman Ghanem (UT Austin).

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Freshmen Fight Cyber Attacks and Other Societal Threats

College freshmen involved in UT Austin's Freshman Research Initiative work in labs on the real-world problem of System Security.

Students at a table in the GDC atrium looking at laptop computers and sharing their coding projects.