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Mental Health Intervention Reduces Severe Depression, Anxiety for Vulnerable Groups
The study highlights the importance of care tailored to the needs of particular communities, including immigrants and people in minority populations.
AI Tips Off Scientists to New Drug Target to Fight Monkeypox Virus
The breakthrough could be used in a new vaccine or antibody therapy to fight mpox, the disease caused by the monkeypox virus.
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Tackling Dementia From Every Angle
The next breakthroughs in the prevention, treatment or cure of Alzheimer’s and dementia lie with UT experts.
Experiment Sets Tightest Limits Yet on Proposed Dark Matter Particles
UT physicists involved with LUX-ZEPLIN helped analyze the largest dataset ever collected by a dark matter detector.
5 Questions for Vernita Gordon
The winner of a Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award highlights classroom approaches linked to lasting impact.
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Cross-Cutting Edge: Good Systems Scholar Refines Alignment Research
Brad Knox, a UT computer scientist, focuses on ensuring AI systems act in ways that reflect human values.
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UT Austin Study Finds Diet Alters Breast Milk Composition
UT nutritional scientists found even small shifts in diet can quickly alter breast milk for infants.
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Passport to Possibility: Inspiring Global Careers
Jennifer Fritz offers science students culturally immersive experiences combining academic rigor with the numerous benefits of studying in a different country.
Microbiology and Mentoring: Meet Grad Student Mariangel Correa Orellana
Driven by her love for the ocean, she is studying how Hawaiian shrimp interact with microbes and water temperature.
Unique Shape of Star’s Explosion Revealed Just a Day After Detection
Using the polarization of light, researchers revealed information about the geometry of the explosion that other types of observation cannot provide.