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Integrative Biology

Ants Hibernating in a Coat of Fungus

In this week’s installment of Raw Science, we link to recent papers in the fields of biochemistry, epigenetics, integrative biology, and human ecology. Ants Hibernating in a Coat of Fungus Biologists describe describe the peculiar fungus-coating behavior of the attine ant Mycetosoritis clorindae, where hibernating workers become enveloped in a l...
College & Campus

Imaging Research Center Receives $3.8 Million in Recovery Act Funding

The center will be able to move into the Norman Hackerman Building with $3.8 million in American Reinvestment and Recovery Act funds from the National Institutes of Health.
Chemistry

Next-Gen Solar Cells

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin’s Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) are working to develop more efficient solar cells based on organic semiconductors. Their research will make solar cells much easier and cheaper to produce. The team published an article in the Journal of Physical Chemistry aimed at increasing understanding of ...
Human Ecology

Don’t tug on Super Mom’s cape

Professor Nancy Hazen-Swann Dads are changing diapers, cooking dinner and shopping for groceries more than ever these days as more women enter the work force. Although this may seem like a blessing for many overextended moms, helpful dads can hurt a woman’s self-esteem, new research at The University of Texas at Austin has found. More women l...Nancy Hazen-Swann
Chemistry

Chemistry Undergrad Awarded Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Energy

Chemistry major Devin A. Matthews has been awarded the Computational Science Graduate Fellowship from the United States Department of Energy. Matthews, who's been doing research in the lab of Dr. John Stanton since his first year at The University of Texas at Austin, works on extending the equation-of-motion coupled cluster method to biradicals....
College & Campus

Smallpox Expert D.A. Henderson to Speak At 2010 Disease Detective Conference

D.A. Henderson will describe efforts to eradicate smallpox during his keynote lecture at the "Become a Disease Detective: Discover Public Health!" conference.
College & Campus

Texas Chautauqua: (Re)Making History

In the third Texas Chautauqua, professors Bonevac and Sadun debate the SBOE's new recommendations for K-12 social studies standards.
College & Campus

Second Life Sculptor

In his first life, Dr. Henry Segerman is a math lecturer in the College of Natural Sciences. In his second life (in, that is, the on-line world Second Life), he is Seifert Surface, a sculptor of extraordinary skill and imagination.
In the News

Colonies of Bacteria Fight for Resources With Lethal Protein

Rival colonies of bacteria can produce a lethal chemical that keeps competitors at bay, scientists report. By halting the growth of nearby colonies and even killing some of the cells, groups of bacteria preserve scarce resources for themselves, even when the encroaching colony is closely related. Read the full story.
Mathematics

Texas Mathematician John Tate Wins Abel Prize, Highest Distinction in Mathematics Internationally

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the Abel Prize for 2010 to John Tate, professor emeritus of mathematics, for his vast and lasting impact on the theory of numbers.