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Imaging Research Center Receives $3.8 Million in Recovery Act Funding
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.
Next-Gen Solar Cells
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 ...
Don’t tug on Super Mom’s cape
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 Undergrad Awarded Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Energy
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....
Smallpox Expert D.A. Henderson to Speak At 2010 Disease Detective Conference
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.
Swine Flu Crusaders
Molecular Biosciences

Swine Flu Crusaders

Kelly Broussard (left) and Sami Miller in the lab in Brownsville. When Sami Miller and Kelly Broussard decided to head down to the border last summer, they didn’t expect to end up in the middle of the global swine flu pandemic. As participants in the college’s Public Health Internship Program, they knew they’d be spending the summer at the Bro...
Texas Chautauqua: (Re)Making History
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.
Where’s the Love?
Molecular Biosciences

Where’s the Love?

Rival colonies of bacteria—even siblings—produce a lethal protein as they grow that can keep competitors at bay, scientists have found.

Second Life Sculptor
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.
By the Light of the Moon
College & Campus

By the Light of the Moon

In this week's installment of Raw Science, we link to recent papers in the fields of marine science, human ecology, synthetic chemistry, and infectious disease epidemiology. By the Light of the Moon Marine scientists review the various mechanisms by which fish are able to align their reproductive cycles with phases of the moon. “External and...