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Nature Index Ranks UT Austin No. 13 Among U.S. Universities for Scientific Research
UT Austin ranked No. 13 among all U.S. universities for publication of scientific research, according to the latest report from the Nature Index
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Waller Creek Finds a Place in the Sun
Waller Creek — the corridor that enlivens UT Austin just east of the original Forty Acres — is gaining center stage.
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How Much SPF Do You Need In Your Sunscreen?
Summer is here, and that means spending time in the sun. Ade Adamson, assistant professor of dermatology at Dell Medical School, explains what you need to know about sun protection.
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Texas GLO and UT Partner to Assess Remaining Housing Needs for Survivors of Hurricane Harvey
The Texas General Land Office (GLO) is partnering with researchers at UT Austin’s Bureau of Business Research, part of the IC2 Institute, on a survey assessing the remaining housing needs of Hurricane Harvey survivors.
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UT Austin’s McCombs School of Business Part of $50M Blockchain Innovation Program Launched by Ripple
The McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin will participate in a new blockchain research and innovation program founded by the distributed-ledger currency exchange company Ripple.
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A Change in Bacteria’s Genetic Code Holds Promise of Longer-Lasting Drugs
By altering the genetic code in bacteria, researchers have demonstrated a method to make therapeutic proteins more stable, an advance that would improve the drugs’ effectiveness and convenience.
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Two Rankings Put UT Among Top Universities in the World
UT Austin ranked No. 31 among universities in the world in the latest Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) and No. 36 in the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings.
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Texas Agency Helps to Attract Pediatric Cancer Researcher to Dell Medical School
Made possible by a $2 million grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), UT Austin has hired cancer researcher John Powers, Ph.D., as an assistant professor of pediatrics at Dell Medical School.
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World’s Largest Library of Biomedical Images and Animations Gifted to Texas Engineering
The most comprehensive collection of biomedical and scientific visual aids has a new home: UT Austin.
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Life Recovered Rapidly at Impact Site of Dino-Killing Asteroid
New research led by UT Austin has found that an impact crater created by the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was home to sea life less than a decade after impact.
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Solar Energy Storage Problem May be Solved in New Single-System Technology
The DOE has awarded $3 million to UT engineers to overcome the Achilles’ heel of the solar power story: efficient energy storage.
