Research
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Blockchain Beyond Bitcoin
McCombs School of Business professor Cesare Fracassi explains how the technology created for virtual currency will change the way we do business.
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UT Hires Next Director of No. 1 Ranked Computational Institute
Karen E. Willcox, co-director of MIT’s Center for Computational Engineering, to lead UT’s Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences.
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Water Purification Breakthrough Uses Sunlight and Hydrogels
The ability to create clean, safe drinking water using only natural levels of sunlight and inexpensive gel technology could be at hand, thanks to an innovation in water purification.
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UT Austin’s Applied Research Laboratories Hires Executive Director
UT Austin alumnus Karl Fisher has been chosen to lead Applied Research Laboratories, The University of Texas at Austin (ARL:UT), one of the largest research units within the University of Texas System.
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Breakthrough Taco Will Change Breakfast — and the World
Researchers and faculty members are calling the lab-grown taco a marvel of biotechnology.
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New ‘Nanotweezers’ Open Door to Innovations in Medicine, Mobile Tech
Nanotweezers could create opportunities for innovations in nanotechnology and individual health monitoring.
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Behind the Scenes of UT Austin’s Vast Insect Collection
Alex Wild is not only an entomologist, he is also a skilled photographer. He has merged his two passions to bring UT’s vast insect collection out of the vaults and into the public eye.
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Augmenting Scientific Inquiry with Augmented Reality
UT researchers develop new visualization tools to explore fusion physics.
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Pen-Like Device That Detects Cancer Takes a Top Prize at South by Southwest
UT professor and team were honored with an award at SXSW for cancer detecting pen.
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Engineering and Social Work Students Unite to Fight Malnutrition in Guatemala
Projects with Underserved Communities (PUC) is a yearlong course that puts students to work on a humanitarian project abroad with the goal of changing the world.
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Texas Primary Elections: What They Are and Why They Matter
Texas holds primary elections tomorrow. Here’s what you need to know about them, according to Jim Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project and UT/Texas Tribune Poll.





