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Where Gardening Is All but Elementary
In this audio slideshow we visit with 4th grade organic gardeners at the University of Texas Elementary School.
Origami-Inspired Paper Sensor Could Test for Malaria and HIV for Less than 10 Cents
Inspired by the paper-folding art of origami, chemists at have developed a 3-D paper sensor that may be able to test for diseases such as malaria and HIV.
Marine Scientists Awarded Grant to Study Ciguatera Fish Poisoning
Marine scientist Deana Erdner is part of an international team of researchers awarded an anticipated five-year, $4 million grant to study the causes of ciguatera fish poisoning, the most common form of algal toxin-induced seafood poisoning in the world.
Game Changer: Lauren Ancel Meyers
Mathematical biologist Lauren Ancel Meyers takes on global pandemics as part of the Longhorn Network's Game Changers series.
The Graphic Novelized Life of Richard Feynman
In this special edition of the Life Science Library’s Science Study Break series, nuclear engineer, librarian, and comics writer Jim Ottaviani discusses his graphic novel biography of the Nobel Prize-winning nuclear physicist Richard Feynman.
Toward Lowering the Power Consumption of Microprocessors
Scientists measure how microprocessors function on a variety of software and chip architectures.
Mathematician Luis Caffarelli Wins Wolf Prize
Each year the Wolf Foundation awards $100,000 in up to six fields.
Career Minute: Finding the Hidden Job Market
Karen Landolt, director of the Career Design Center, explains how 85% of jobs are found through the "hidden job market."
Parkinsonian Worms May Hold the Key to Identifying Drugs for Parkinson's Disease
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have devised a simple test for identifying drugs that may help people with Parkinson’s disease.Read It Now
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