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HIV Not As Infectious Soon After Transmission As Thought
People who recently have been infected with HIV may not be as highly infectious as previously believed, a finding from the lab of Lauren Ancel...
Company Founded by Cancer-Fighting Chemist Sold for $21 Billion
Jonathon Sessler's Pharmacyclics company aided in advancing molecules to target cancer and was recently bought by AbbVie.
Fun with Chemistry Inspires Students of All Ages
The program, which began visiting schools in December of 2014, was created to get children excited about science. The demonstrations are intended to be fun...
Hooray for Pi Day
Pi plays a central role in the research of scientists and mathematicians at UT Austin.
Two Assistant Professors Win CAREER Awards from National Science Foundation
The CAREER awards are intended to recognize promising young faculty and support their research with five years of funding.
Computer Scientist Wins Sloan Fellowship and NSF CAREER Award
Işil Dillig works to improve the security and reliability of computer software systems and has been awarded both a Sloan Research Fellowship and an NSF...
Always and Forever: A Microscopic Love Story
What if you swapped symbiotic bacteria between two strains of aphid, would the resulting aphids look or act differently than their mothers?
Graduate Student Sisters Among Growing Trend Toward More Women in Math
With the most recent Fields Medal, the major award for math, going to a woman for the first time, more attention than usual has been...
Freshman Research Initiative Alum Spotlight: Elvira Marquez
In honor of the 10th anniversary of the Freshman Research Initiative (FRI), we visit with some of the alumni of the program, like Human Development...
Peter Onyisi is Having a Smashing Time Hunting Particles
After the excitement of discovering the Higgs boson, what comes next for particle physics?
