Top Faculty Recruited to the College With $2 Million Cancer Research Grants
Three natural sciences professors will use substantial start-up funds to pay graduate students and get their labs up and running.
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Ninety Percent of Preschoolers’ Sack Lunches Reach Unsafe Temperatures
Parents and the public need to be educated on safe food packing practices in order to prevent bacteria from growing and potentially causing illness.
Computer Scientist Brent Waters Selected as Microsoft Research Faculty Fellow
Microsoft Research has selected Assistant Professor Brent Waters as one of eight Microsoft Research Faculty Fellows of 2011. Waters studies cryptography and computer security. His research is laying the foundation for a new vision of encryption called Functional Encryption. Instead of encrypting to individual users, in a Functional Encryption syst...
Females Can Place Limits on Evolution of Attractive Features in Males, Research Shows
How melodious or handsome males become over evolutionary time can be limited by the cognitive abilities of females.
RoboCup Remix
The UT Austin Villa team, which is led by University of Texas at Austin computer scientists Peter Stone and Patrick MacAlpine, beat 21 other teams from 11 nations for the trophy.
Estuarine Research Center Expands Research and Education Programs at Marine Science Institute
New sustainably designed building features three floors of state-of-the-art marine laboratories and serves as home for the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve.
UT Austin Villa Wins World RoboCup Championships
UT Austin Villa has won the 2011 RoboCupSoccer championships in the 3-D simulation division.
Astronomers Discover Stars Locked in Fatal Dance
Astronomers have discovered a pair of burnt-out stars spiraling into one another at breakneck speeds.
Border Fences Pose Threats to Wildlife on U.S.-Mexico Border, Study Shows
Current and proposed border fences pose significant threats to wildlife populations, with those animals living in border regions along the Texas Gulf and California coasts showing some of the greatest vulnerability.
UT Experiment Grapples With Essence of Gravity
We have all experienced gravity, but even to the brightest minds in science, it remains largely a mystery. Gary J. Hill, an astronomer at the University of Texas at Austin, is trying to change that.
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