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UT Linguist Helps Computers Understand Natural Language [Watch]

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They’re not taking over yet, but computers are rapidly becoming more intelligent. Katrin Erk, a computational linguist in UT’s College of Liberal Arts, has...

 
 

UT Professor Solves a Centuries-Old Shakespeare Mystery [Watch]

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Coleridge would be proud. In 1833, poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge was the first to wonder if part of Thomas Kyd’s 16th-century play The Spanish Tragedy might...

 
 

UT Scientists Design Lander for Jupiter’s Moon Europa

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Are we alone in the universe? University of Texas scientists have drawn up plans for a NASA lander that could finally answer that age-old question. After more than...

 
 

UT Engineers Shake Up Earthquake Research in New Zealand

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You may have thought nothing could top the “Texas Longhorn” of dinosaurs. But what if we told you that one group of UT engineers gets to work with a 64,000-pound...

 
 

In Chilling Demo, UT GPS Expert Hijacks a Yacht at Sea [Watch]

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UT engineer and GPS expert Todd Humphreys has long been an outspoken voice for the relatively new problem of GPS security. In 2011, Humphreys demonstrated how scarily...

 
 

Fake Trees, Real Potential

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By mimicking a tree’s approach to photosynthesis, the Surface-Adhering Bioreactor grows crops of algae with unheard-of efficiency. Assistant professor of mechanical...

 
 

UT’s New Particle Accelerator Could Democratize Scientific Research

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You may only know them from the dentist’s office, but x-rays are pretty important when it comes to research. Used in nearly every scientific discipline, x-ray...

 
 

UT Professor Develops High-Tech Monitoring “Tattoo”

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Can’t see the video? Click here. Temporary tattoos have never been cooler. A UT assistant professor and her team have developed an electronic “tattoo”...

 
 

“What Jane Saw” Website Lets Visitors Time-Travel with Austen

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You no longer need to travel across the pond to walk in the footsteps of Jane Austen. A London exhibit that Austen attended roughly 200 years ago has been digitally...

 
 

How “Adrift” Are We? Less Than We Thought, New Studies Say

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In 2011, the book Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses gripped the higher-ed world with an alarming argument: many college students, the authors...

 
 
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