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New Research From UT Could One Day Treat Chronic Pain Without Opioids

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Three decades ago, if you had asked Dr. Stephen Martin how the molecules he synthesizes would be used today, he might have given you any number of answers ranging...

 
 

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UT Research on Methane Hydrate Could Transform the Energy Landscape

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A team of scientists watch the sunset from the helidock. The middle of the Gulf of Mexico is a busier place than you might think. Its deep, blue waters are dotted...

 
 

UT Professor’s Research About the Connection Between Texas and Antarctica Wins Polar Medal

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Installing a GPS station at the Whichaway Nunataks in the Antarctic interior. In 1987, Ian Dalziel, a professor and senior research scientist at the Jackson...

 
 

UT Researchers Use AI to Translate Thoughts Into Text

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Imagine a world where humans can express their thoughts to computers directly—no keyboard required. It sounds like a scenario ripped straight from science...

 
 

The Big Get: Governor’s University Research Initiative Brings Alumna Back to UT

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Nine top researchers are packing up their labs and heading to Texas this year—and UT is getting one of them. A $34 million program, the Governor’s University...

 
 

Meet the Two Distinguished Professors Coming to UT on Gov. Abbott’s New Grant

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Ten distinguished researchers are coming to Texas universities as a result of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s new Governor’s University Research Initiative (GURI)...

 
 

Memory Matters

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In the first Harry Potter movie, Neville Longbottom tests out his “Remembrall,” a magical ball that turns red when the user forgets something. When this happens...

 
 

Hello From the Dark Side

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How one UT alumnus helped continue some of Einstein’s most ambitious work The morning David Reitze, PhD ’90, vindicated Albert Einstein’s last remaining prediction...

 
 

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Taking the Bite Out of Zika

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We don’t know everything about the Zika virus—but we may know how to stop it. My wife is the mosquito magnet in our family. We have a running joke about how...

 
 

From Cheating Voles, Lessons on Evolution of Behavior

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On account of their sheer abundance, prairie voles, a species of small Midwestern rodent, are what conservationists call a “species of least concern;” in other...

 
 
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