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Health Information Exchange Laboratory Launches
College & Campus

Health Information Exchange Laboratory Launches

University formally launches its Health Information Exchange (HIE) laboratory this week. This laboratory simulates the national, state and local networks that are being developed to electronically exchange medical data.
Biologist Aims to Hunt Down and Destroy Viruses Where They Hide
Molecular Biosciences

Biologist Aims to Hunt Down and Destroy Viruses Where They Hide

Chris Sullivan is working to outwit the evolutionary strategies of viruses, like herpes and HIV, that form persistent lifelong infections.

Camp ANWR: Teaching Marine Science at the Top of the World
College & Campus

Camp ANWR: Teaching Marine Science at the Top of the World

Marine scientists Ken Dunton and Jim McClelland teach, and are taught, by the kids of Kaktovik, Alaska, deep inside the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. 
Three Faculty Members Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
College & Campus

Three Faculty Members Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Faculty chosen for their scientifically distinguished efforts to advance science and its applications.

Texas Astronomers Measure Most Massive, Most Unusual Black Hole Using Hobby-Eberly Telescope
Astronomy

Texas Astronomers Measure Most Massive, Most Unusual Black Hole Using Hobby-Eberly Telescope

The unusual black hole makes up 14 percent of its galaxy's mass, rather than the usual 0.1 percent, and lies 220 million light-years away in the constellation Perseus.
Wine Swindle Benefits a Chemistry Professor and his Undergraduate Corps of Wine Detectives
Chemistry

Wine Swindle Benefits a Chemistry Professor and his Undergraduate Corps of Wine Detectives

A crime in France and a class action suit in the U.S. leads to Professor Eric Anslyn receiving funding to support student research on the chemistry of wine.
The White Widow Model: A New Scenario for the Birth of Type Ia Supernovae
Astronomy

The White Widow Model: A New Scenario for the Birth of Type Ia Supernovae

Astronomer J. Craig Wheeler has a new idea on the identity of the "parents" of one of the most important types of supernovae in the universe.

Outstanding Students Honored by Texas Parents
College & Campus

Outstanding Students Honored by Texas Parents

Neurobiology major Da'Marcus Baymon is one of two seniors honored for exemplifying leadership, scholarship, character and service.

Team of Computer Science Students Claim Victory at Supercomputing Challenge
Computer Science

Team of Computer Science Students Claim Victory at Supercomputing Challenge

Students won the seventh annual Student Cluster Competition (SCC) this year at the Supercomputing ’12 (SC12) conference in Salt Lake City. SC12 is the seminal international conference for high-performance computing.

Computer Memory Could Increase Fivefold From Chemist's Research
Chemistry

Computer Memory Could Increase Fivefold From Chemist's Research

In a paper in Science, C. Grant Willson and colleagues report on processes they are developing that could increase storage capacity by a factor of five.