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Texas Leafcutter Ants Aided, But Also Limited, By Cold Tolerant Fungus Crops, Research Shows
Integrative Biology

Texas Leafcutter Ants Aided, But Also Limited, By Cold Tolerant Fungus Crops, Research Shows

Texas leafcutter ants farm crops of fungus that evolved cold tolerance to Texas winters, just as northern farmers cultivate cold weather crops.
MSI: Sentinels for Climate Change
Marine Science

MSI: Sentinels for Climate Change

A video about the climate change related research and education at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas, Texas.

Health IT Program Gets New Home In Hackerman Building
College & Campus

Health IT Program Gets New Home In Hackerman Building

Nationally recognized program will bring expanded opportunities to students and health care workers in the new building.
Digital Digits: Dino Footprint Secrets Revealed
College & Campus

Digital Digits: Dino Footprint Secrets Revealed

Our Glen Rose Dino Tracks get a mention in this research on using computer modeling to better understand fossil dinosaur tracks.
What It Takes to Join the Military
Human Ecology

What It Takes to Join the Military

A Pentagon report says that 75 percent of young people between the age of 17 to 24 are unfit to serve in the military because they are out of shape, lack education or have a criminal history. Professor Elizabeth Gershoff from the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences speaks with Fox 7 News about the root of the problem. She says that ...
Students Showcase Research at the Capitol
College & Campus

Students Showcase Research at the Capitol

Two students have been selected to represent The University of Texas at Austin during an event at the Texas Capitol today that showcases ground-breaking undergraduate research and its impact on Texans.

Three Cheers for Watson
Computer Science

Three Cheers for Watson

Computer scientists Bruce Porter, Ray Mooney and Ken Barker contributed expertise to IBM's Watson computer, which competes against humans on Jeopardy! this week.
Unique Fossil Dinosaur Tracks Need A New Home
College & Campus

Unique Fossil Dinosaur Tracks Need A New Home

The Texas Natural Science Center has embarked on a million dollar campaign to save the fossilized tracks of two dinosaurs, a sauropod and theropod, from degrading.
College of Natural Sciences To Transform Intro Courses Impacting More Than 10,000 Students
College & Campus

College of Natural Sciences To Transform Intro Courses Impacting More Than 10,000 Students

Biology, chemistry and statistics have been selected by the provost’s office to launch the university’s Course Transformation Program (CTP).
Building Your Own Spin Zone
Physics

Building Your Own Spin Zone

When Professor Alex de Lozanne was a boy he made things with Tinker Toys, went on to a mechanical version of Tinker Toys and just kept on tinkering. Even as a physicist at The University of Texas at Austin, he’s built instruments used in his laboratory. For his latest project, de Lozanne and members of his lab are building a spin-polarized scanni...