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Molecular Matchmaking for Drug Discovery

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Some of the greatest advances in pharmaceutical history are thanks to educated guesswork or blind luck. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin when he noticed that...

 
 

Research on the Brain: UT Opens New Imaging Center

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What if you had a machine so precise that you could peer into the brain of a fruit fly? You could investigate all the underlying factors associated with post-traumatic...

 
 

From Marfa to Mauritania: The Rise of the McDonald Observatory

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Four hundred and fifty miles west of The University of Texas at Austin, thirty-seven miles (as the car drives) north of Marfa, and almost 6,800 feet above sea level...

 
 

Invisibility Cloaking: Not Just For Harry Potter Anymore [Watch]

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It may sound like science fiction, but it’s not: UT researchers have successfully engineered a way to completely cloak an object, making it invisible. Assistant...

 
 

Teachers Think White Girls Can’t Do Math, UT Research Shows

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Annie Oakley may have sung “Anything you can do, I can do better” to her sharpshooting male opponent in 1946’s Annie Get Your Gun, but even today,...

 
 

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Texas Scientists Grow the Tree of Life

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You may think the Tree of Life was settled a long time ago, but scientists continue to refine, and sometimes radically alter, our understanding of how species are...

 
 

UT Chemists Create Origami-Like Sensor To Detect Malaria, HIV

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Chemists at UT this week reported huge news: a sensor inspired by the Chinese paper-folding art of origami might be able to test for diseases such as malaria and...

 
 

UT Researchers Send Experimental Satellite into Space

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Very early on the morning of Monday, Feb. 13, the European Space Agency launched its brand-new rocket into space, and with it went a satellite supporting an experiment...

 
 

Professor Dads Need Work-Family Balance, OYTEX Winner Finds

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Sick kids. Sleepless nights. Conflicts between work and day care. Although research suggests that most dual-income couples share parenting duties, many people still...

 
 

UT Researchers: Flashing Traffic Lights Increase Crashes

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Green means go. Red, stop. Yellow, slow down. Figuring out the traffic light system isn’t rocket science, right? It’s harder than it looks, says Cockrell School...

 
 
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