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UT Fracking Study Comes Under Scrutiny

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For the second time in as many months, a University of Texas study on an emotionally charged, politically divisive topic is under scrutiny. In February, UT geologist...

 
 

UT Demo Reveals Drones Vulnerable to GPS Hijacking

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Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.comThere are a few reasons for a Longhorn football practice to be moved—a tornado, hail, and fire come to mind—but a...

 
 

UT Toolkit Readies Texas to Fight the Flu

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In 2009, the H1N1 virus struck hard, killing millions of people worldwide. The days of wearing surgical masks at the airport during the swine flu outbreak may be...

 
 

UT Study Shows Teen Drinking Causes Loneliness, Bad Grades

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Teens often drink to fit in, but new research out of UT shows that underage alcohol consumption may actually cause social isolation and poor grades among high school...

 
 

UT Paves The Way For Hydrogen Fuel Technology [Watch]

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Can’t watch the video? Click here. One of the world’s most technologically advanced and environmentally friendly buses will hit the streets of Austin...

 
 

UT Study on Gay Parenting Sparks Controversy

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A new study from UT sociologist Mark Regnerus is making huge waves today in the worlds of social science and LGBT politics. The study’s title asks “How...

 
 

The Parent Trap?

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Adult children are relying more on their parents than ever before. But as a UT professor and her colleague explain, that’s not entirely bad. Just when parents...

 
 

UT Scores One of the World’s Richest Olympic Archives

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Longhorns are no strangers to making history at the Olympic Games. Since 1936, 139 Longhorns Olympians have won  117 Olympic medals (57 gold, 30 silver, and...

 
 

The Geology of War

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On D-Day—June 6, 1944—more than 34,000 Allied troops poured from planes and ships onto Normandy’s Omaha Beach. Today, though all visible signs of the battle...

 
 

UT Biologist Discovers Source of 50-Year Cholera Pandemic

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In the early 1960s, a drug-resistant cholera pandemic broke out for the seventh time in history, afflicting millions and killing hundreds of thousands every year...

 
 
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