Research
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Texas Voters’ Top Concerns Remain Economy, Border Security, Immigration, Poll Says
Texas voters believe the most pressing issues facing the country are economic, while the most important problems facing Texas are border security and immigration, according to a University of Texas at Austin/Texas Tribune poll released this week.
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Aerospace Engineering Professor Elected to United Kingdom’s Royal Society
Cockrell School of Engineering Professor Thomas J. R.
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Texans Support Budget Cuts, But Not Cuts in Social Services, Public Education, Poll Says
As the state legislative session nears its end, a majority of Texas voters continue to support cutting the state budget, but do not back specific cuts to education and social programs that have taken center stage at the Capitol, according to a University of Texas at Austin/Texas Tribune poll.
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U.S. Can Curb Carbon Emissions While Boosting Domestic Oil Production, Report Says
Report urges U.S. to increase combination of carbon capture and storage with enhanced oil recovery to increase domestic oil production while curbing emissions of carbon dioxide.
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Nobel Prize Winner Wieman Delivers Plenary Talk at UTeach Conference
Event: “A Scientific Approach to Learning and Teaching Science,” a plenary talk by Nobel Prize recipient Carl Wieman and kick off for the annual national UTeach conference When: 12:45 p.m., May 24
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Mammals First Evolved Big Brains for Better Sense of Smell
Mammals first evolved their characteristic large brains to enable a stronger sense of smell, according to a new study published this week in the journal Science by paleontologists from The University of Texas at Austin, Carnegie Museum of Natural History and St. Mary’s University in San Antonio.
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Pharmacy Doctoral Candidate Millidhashni Reddy Wins $10,000 Granof Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Millidhashni Reddy, a College of Pharmacy doctoral candidate at The University of Texas at Austin, has won the $10,000 Michael H. Granof Outstanding Graduate Student Award at the Graduate School/University Co-op Awards for Excellence in Graduate Education.
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Class of 2011: A row of obstacles
The memory of graduating student Colby Lowrey’s mom pushes the McCombs School of Business graduate to the finish line.
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TakaTaka Solutions Named Winner of Dell Social Innovation Competition
TakaTaka Solutions, a team from the London School of Economics that has developed a business to collect and recycle waste in Nairobi, Kenya, won the $50,000 grand prize at the Dell Social Innovation Competition, Dell and the
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Sodium Channels Evolved Before Animals’ Nervous Systems, Research Shows
An essential component of animal nervous systems — sodium channels — evolved prior to the evolution of those systems, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have discovered.
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Frozen in time
A trip to Antarctica yielded a unique opportunity for geologist Peter Flaig — a chance to see a structure built 100 years ago by British explorers.
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Anthropologist Discovers New Fossil Primate Species in West Texas
Physical anthropologist Chris Kirk has announced the discovery of a previously unknown species of fossil primate, Mescalerolemur horneri, in the Devil’s Graveyard badlands of West Texas.
