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New ‘Critical Audit Matters’ Serve as Warning for Investors, According to New Research

The first major change in auditing reports in over 80 years could actually decrease rather than increase auditor litigation risk by serving as an implied disclaimer of auditor responsibility for certain areas.
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Experts Forecast the Changes Artificial Intelligence Could Bring by 2030

A panel of academic and industrial thinkers looks ahead to 2030 to forecast how advances in AI might affect life in a typical North American city.
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UT Study Cracks Coldest Case: How the Most Famous Human Ancestor Died

Lucy, the most famous fossil of a human ancestor, probably died after falling from a tree, according to a study appearing in Nature led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Media Advisory: UT Austin, Japanese Government Agency and Corporate Leaders to Mark the Completion of Solar Supercomputer by HVDC system

UT Austin and the State of Texas will begin using alternative energy sources to power some of its high performance computers.
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Astronomers Discover Rocky Planet Orbiting Nearest Star, Proxima Centauri

An international team of astronomers including Michael Endl of UT Austin have found clear evidence of a planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Sun.
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Low-Temp Production Could Mean Cheaper, Flexible Smart Windows

Researchers have invented a low-temperature process to make a new flexible smart window material that will have the ability to control both heat and light from the sun.
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Barbecue and the Global Economy

Summer institute at The University of Texas at Austin mentors future leaders in Sub-Saharan Africa’s emerging global market.
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Ethical problems in advertising on the rise in Middle East and North Africa, study finds

A recent study published in Consumption Markets & Culture found that advertising practitioners in the Middle East and North Africa reported numerous examples of ethical concerns.
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ExxonMobil Invests in Development of Emerging Technologies at UT Austin Energy Institute

ExxonMobil will invest $15 million as a leadership member of UT Austin’s Energy Institute to pursue technologies to help meet growing energy demand while reducing environmental impacts.
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Bacteria Show Capacity for Rapid, Beneficial Mutations

Researchers discovered that bacteria can evolve much more efficiently than once thought, which might help develop better ways to treat nasty infections.
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Monsoon Intensity Enhanced By Heat Captured By Desert Dust

Variations in the ability of sand particles in the atmosphere to absorb heat can change the intensity of the Indian Summer Monsoon.
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Battery Research Consortium Chosen by DOE to Advance Electric Cars

Professors Arumugam Manthiram and John Goodenough are part of a new five-year, $50 million initiative to advance battery technology in electric cars.