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Toward Lowering the Power Consumption of Microprocessors
Computer Science

Toward Lowering the Power Consumption of Microprocessors

Scientists measure how microprocessors function on a variety of software and chip architectures.

Chemistry Kitchen Explodes on the Foodie Scene
College & Campus

Chemistry Kitchen Explodes on the Foodie Scene

Watch this audio slideshow of the Chemistry Kitchen, where hilarity, and edibility, ensued.

Game Development Program Is Launched
Computer Science

Game Development Program Is Launched

The college is teaming up with two other colleges at the university to launch undergraduate students into an interdisciplinary game development program.
Mathematician Luis Caffarelli Wins Wolf Prize
Mathematics

Mathematician Luis Caffarelli Wins Wolf Prize

Each year the Wolf Foundation awards $100,000 in up to six fields. 

Astronomer Honored by The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas
Astronomy

Astronomer Honored by The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas

Karl Gebhardt will receive the 2012 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Science in recognition of his discoveries regarding the formation of black holes and galaxies.

Texas Astronomers Collaborate to Find Goldilocks Planet
Astronomy

Texas Astronomers Collaborate to Find Goldilocks Planet

The planet is the first located in the "just-right" orbit that's not too hot, nor too cold for water to exist in liquid form, making life as we know it possible.

The Science of Sherlock Holmes
College & Campus

The Science of Sherlock Holmes

In this video biologist Jim Bryant and psychologist Sam Gosling explore the science, and pseudo-science, of Sherlock Holmes.

Rare Bird of Fashion—and Academia
College & Campus

Rare Bird of Fashion—and Academia

At age 90, New York style icon Iris Apfel is perhaps the college's most unusual professor.

University of Texas Chemist Receives Major Grant to Improve Detection of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Chemistry

University of Texas Chemist Receives Major Grant to Improve Detection of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Simple, paper-based test for drug-resistant TB is the goal of chemist Andy Ellington, whose project received a $1.6 million grant through Grand Challenges in Global Health.

Four Faculty Members Named Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science
College & Campus

Four Faculty Members Named Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science

Faculty chosen for their distinguished efforts to advance science and its applications.