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The Freshman Research Initiative takes to YouTube.
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Muscle Movies
Chemist Ron Elber explains how he and his colleagues use the powerful computing resources of the Texas Advanced Computing Center to build time-accurate 3-D models that illustrate how muscles convert chemical energy into mechanical push and pull.
On the Birth of Magnetism in the Universe
Physicist Swadesh Mahajan may have identified a mechanism that can explain the origin of magnetic fields in the universe.
Dean Laude Breaks It Down
Dr. David Laude, associate dean for undergraduate education, offers his 13 rules for how to make the most out of your undergraduate experience in the College of Natural Sciences.
Quasar Girl
Astronomy student Krista Smith fulfills her dream to become an astronomer and studies quasars, the massive, incredibly distant, extraordinarily bright galaxies with active black holes at their center.
Seeing Anew
Every day—every minute, every second—the world’s computers are amassing visual information at an extraordinary rate. And every day people like Kristen Grauman are searching for ways to help computers sift through this avalanche of visual information.
Across Space and Time
Leslie Russell's designs are inspired by: science fiction literature, hip-hop music, old Hollywood glamor, fashion designers Coco Chanel and Vivienne Westwood, and whatever else her omnivorous imagination has absorbed over the past twenty-or-so years.
First Galaxies, Helpful HALs, and the Upside of Drinking
In this week’s installment of Raw Science, we link to papers on early galaxies, helpful computers, and the surprising relationship between alcohol, obesity and diabetes. A Helpful HAL Designing software that can watch people, and assist and correct them, as they perform manual tasks. “A task-driven intelligent workspace system to provide guidan...
My Kid is a (HEALTH SCIENCE) Honors Student
When Bob Cheng found out that he’d been accepted into the new Health Science Honors program in the College of Natural Sciences, it added a whole new level to his excitement about coming to The University of Texas at Austin. “My grandparents were doctors. I’ve wanted to be a doctor for as long as I can remember,” says Cheng, a high school senior f...
Natural Sciences Student Named Goldwater Scholar
Miranda Denise Colletta has been awarded a Goldwater Scholarship, the premier undergraduate award of its type in mathematics, natural sciences and engineering.
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