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Texas, nation in need of computer scientists
In a story about the need for computer scientists, Computer Science Department chair Bruce Porter speaks with News 8 Austin.Peerage
Hundreds of students a year are now trained to help their fellow students thrive in the classroom, in the laboratory, at the advising and career services offices, and in small academic communities like TIP and the Emerging Scholars Program.The Snakes Among Us
VIDEO: Studies of the snakes in Waller Creek help us understand urban biodiversity and appreciate the creatures with which we share our campus, even the slithery ones.Sleepless Honey Bees Miscommunicate, Too, Research Shows
In the busy world of a honey bee hive, worker bees need their rest in order to best communicate the location of food to their hive mates.Computer Science Faculty Named 2010 ACM Fellows
Alvisi, Dahlin and Mooney have been recognized for their contributions to computer science that have provided fundamental knowledge to the field and generated innovations in industry.Survival of the Fittest Sperm
Grad student Chad Smith lectured on the rivalry among sperm and the strategies that males and females undertake in the process of reproduction as part of Brackenridge Field Lab's Science Under The Stars public lecture series. Read more about it at The Horn.Taylor Hall in Legoland
Students and staff from Department of Computer Science constructed a model of Taylor Hall entirely out of Lego's. Taylor has been demolished to make way for the new Gates Computer Science Complex. Check out the surprise ending to this video. The model is amazing!Plants ‘Remember’ Winter To Bloom In Spring With Help of Special Molecule
Many flowering plants bloom in bursts of color in spring after long periods of cold in the winter, and biologists have discovered how the plants know they've experienced the cold.Arsenic and Life
The Houston Chronicle's SciGuy, Eric Berger, speaks with astronomer Sally Dodson-Robinson about a big discovery that a type of bacteria can incorporate arsenic into its DNA in place of phosphorus. Read more at on Chron.com.Read It Now
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