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Corals Are Already Adapting to Global Warming, Scientists Say
Some coral populations already have genetic variants necessary to tolerate warm ocean waters, and humans can help to spread these genes, a team of scientists...

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Military Children Will Receive More Support for Learning Math Under Dana Center Contract
The Charles A. Dana Center at UT Austin has been awarded a $12.7 million contract by the U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity to advance...

2015 Summer Blockbusters: Meet Our Science Truth Detector
With summer movie season in full swing, cinema-goers are leaving theaters with one big question in mind: “Wait, could that really happen?”

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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...

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

6 Tips for Staying Sharp
Experts at UT Austin share what science says about how students can stay sharp during busy times.

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...

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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...

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.
