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Math Could Make Security Screening More Fair
Mathematics

Math Could Make Security Screening More Fair

AUSTIN, Texas — A researcher at The University of Texas at Austin has found that secondary security screening at airports is mathematically flawed, and has identified a way to select people for screenings more efficiently and fairly. William H. Press, a professor of computer sciences and integrative biology, proposes a method called square root bi...
Historicizing HIV
Integrative Biology

Historicizing HIV

Biologist Sara Sawyer has used phylogenetic analysis to help answer a key question about the evolution of the primate retroviral defense system. Photo: Scott Shulz Sara Sawyer’s eureka moment, as a young scientist, came when thinking about how to apply her interest in the long sweep of evolutionary theory to one of the big questions in HIV resea...Biologist Sara Sawyer has used phylogenetic analysis to help answer a key question about the evolution of the primate retroviral defense system. Photo: Scott Shulz
Next-Generation Gene Sequencing Technology Enables Advanced Genomic Research
College & Campus

Next-Generation Gene Sequencing Technology Enables Advanced Genomic Research

AUSTIN, Texas — A newly installed next-generation genome analysis technology will help scientists at The University of Texas at Austin rapidly catalog large genomes and further push the boundaries of genomic research. The technology will give researchers the ability to unravel the genetic causes of disease, develop better medical diagnostics, unde...
Nuclear Fusion-Fission Hybrid Could Destroy Nuclear Waste And Contribute to Carbon-Free Energy Future
Physics

Nuclear Fusion-Fission Hybrid Could Destroy Nuclear Waste And Contribute to Carbon-Free Energy Future

AUSTIN, Texas — Physicists at The University of Texas at Austin have designed a new system that, when fully developed, would use fusion to eliminate most of the transuranic waste produced by nuclear power plants. The invention could help combat global warming by making nuclear power cleaner and thus a more viable replacement of carbon-heavy energy...
The Lamprey Factor
Integrative Biology

The Lamprey Factor

Biologist Jennifer Morgan studies the regeneration of neural function in lampreys after spinal cord injury. Her work, which is funded by grants from the Paralyzed Veterans of America and the Morton Cure Paralysis Fund, may have implications for treatment of spinal cord injuries in humans. If neurobiologist Jennifer Morgan is right, one of the se...Biologist Jennifer Morgan studies the regeneration of neural function in lampreys after spinal cord injury. Her work, which is funded by grants from the Paralyzed Veterans of America and the Morton Cure Paralysis Fund, may have implications for treatment of spinal cord injuries in humans.
Kathryn McKinley Named ACM Fellow
Computer Science

Kathryn McKinley Named ACM Fellow

Dr. Kathryn McKinley, professor at The University of Texas at Austin Department of Computer Sciences, was awarded Fellow status with a citation for "contributions to compilers and memory management." ACM has recognized 44 members for their contributions to computing technology that have generated a broad range of innovations to industry, commerce...KathrynMcKinley-web
When Stars Explode
Astronomy

When Stars Explode

An image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, of Supernova 1987a, spectropolarimetric data from which was essential to overturning the consensus about the shape of supernovae explosions.When astronomer J. Craig Wheeler first began observing supernovae, there was so little observational data available that scientists were forced to assume a great d...An image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, of Supernova 1987a, spectropolarimetric data from which was essential to overturning the consensus about the shape of supernovae explosions.
New Science Building Named for Norman Hackerman
College & Campus

New Science Building Named for Norman Hackerman

Rendering of the new Norman Hackerman Building, which will replace the Experimental Sciences Building on the corner of 24th and Speedway Streets. The building is under construction. AUSTIN, Texas--The newest science building now being built on The University of Texas at Austin campus will be named in honor and memory of Dr. Norman Hackerman, chemi...Rendering of the new Norman Hackerman Building, which will replace the Experimental Sciences Building on the corner of 24th and Speedway Streets. The building is under construction.
Sibling Rivalry
College & Campus

Sibling Rivalry

Here’s what happens when you put some of the world’s smartest and most creative physicists in the same mental space with some of the world’s greatest bacteriologists: Border maintenance among warring colonies of bacteria is explained by applying a little math. That, my friends, is science at work. Physicists Harry Swinney and Avraham Be’er, coll...
Mathematician Caffarelli Receives Highest Distinction
Mathematics

Mathematician Caffarelli Receives Highest Distinction

Mathematics Professor Luis Caffarelli of The University of Texas at Austin received the 2009 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement yesterday from the American Mathematical Society (AMS).