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Cures for Kids
From research lab to bedside, scientists and doctors collaborate to conquer childhood diseases.
Textiles and Apparel Students Showcase Designs at 2010 Fashion Show
Students from the Division of Textiles and Apparel in the School of Human Ecology will debut their original fashion designs at the 2010 Annual Fashion Show entitled “High Voltage.”
Discussion with Astronomers at Hubble 3D IMAX Movie
Event: Astronomers will host discussion at the Hubble 3D IMAX movie at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum When: April 24, noon - 2 p.m. Where: Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum Background: The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum and the University of Texas atAustin McDonald Observatory are hosting a screening of "Hubble 3D" in...
2010 Undergraduate Research Forum Awards
On Friday, April 16, the college held its annual Undergraduate Research Forum. More than 120 students gave posters and oral presentations describing their research. The best and most innovative posters and oral presentations were recognized with awards judged and sponsored by the university, faculty, alumni and industry. Awards this year included ...
Foodie for Life
As a fourth-grader, Ryan Riddle asked his parents for a George Foreman Grill for Christmas. And that was only the beginning for Riddle, a Dean’s Scholars biochemistry major from Spring, TX. Before he got to middle school, Riddle was taking week-long cooking courses over the summer. He downloaded recipes from the internet and convinced his parents...
Vision Quest
An example of how age-related macular degeneration (AMD) can distort vision. For the roughly 10 million Americans who suffer from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), there are much greater worries than having it take longer than it once did to adapt to the darkness of a movie theater, or not being very good at identifying when a light source...
Catching Evolution in Action
Natural fluorescence of Acropora millepora, viewed under a dissecting microscope. Photo: M. Matz and J. Wiedenmann. Our oceans are getting warmer and more acidic every year, and as a result, coral reefs are rapidly dying. Biologist Mikhail Matz has been carefully monitoring this decline, awaiting evolutionary developments that may signal bette...
Marine Science Institute Receives $595,626 to Study Mission-Aransas NERR Nutrients
Goal of project is to describe where and how nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, enter and leave the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) and how nutrients are used and reused in the NERR.
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...
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