Research
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Social Bees Have Kept Their Gut Microbes for 80 Million Years
Bacteria living in the guts of social bees have been passed from generation to generation for 80 million years, evolving into unique strains that can only live in their specific hosts.
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Human Skull Evolved Along with Two-Legged Walking, Study Confirms
Researchers confirm that the evolution of bipedalism in fossil humans can be detected using a key feature of the skull.
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Recovery after “Great Dying” Was Slowed by More Extinctions
Researchers studying marine fossil beds have found that the world’s worst mass extinction was followed by two other extinction events, a conclusion that could explain why it took ecosystems millions of years to recover.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: UT Austin Researchers Celebrate 15th Anniversary of NASA’s GRACE Twin Satellite Mission
The Center for Space Research at The University of Texas at Austin is celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE).
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UT Austin Receives $5.6M for Long-term Study of Alaska’s Arctic Coast
Researchers will study changes on land and in the ocean that affect the fish and wildlife that native communities depend on.
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Overuse of Antibiotics Brings Risks for Bees — and for Us
A new study suggests antibiotics could play a role in colony collapse disorder.
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Vanishing Act: Scientists Find Possible Clue to Disappearing Bees
A new study from UT Austin suggests that antibiotics could play a role in the mysterious disappearance of bees.
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A New Era for Physics? With Creation of New Form of Matter, a Time Crystal, It Just Might Be
The atoms in a weird new phase of matter, called a time crystal, move in a pattern that repeats in time rather than in space.
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Researchers Link Methane in Groundwater in Parker and Hood Counties to Natural Sources
Scientists from The University of Texas at Austin have found that high levels of methane in well water from two counties near Fort Worth are probably from shallow natural gas deposits.
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Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor Introduces New Technology for Fast-Charging, Noncombustible Batteries
John Goodenough and his team have developed the first all-solid-state battery cells that could lead to safer, faster-charging, longer-lasting rechargeable batteries.
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UT Austin Engineering Hosts ‘Girl Day,’ Biggest Event of its Kind in the U.S.
The Women in Engineering Program in the Cockrell School of Engineering will host its 16th annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day and Girl Day STEM Festival.
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Wildflower Season May Come Earlier This Year Around Texas, Experts Say
The spring wildflower season in Central Texas may come early this year and be spread out over several months rather than a rush during March and April, say experts at UT Austin’s Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
