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Researchers Build Nanoscale Autonomous Walking Machine from DNA

Researchers at UT Austin have developed a nanoscale machine made of DNA that can randomly walk in any direction across bumpy surfaces and could potentially be used for cancer detection.
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UT Austin Startup Incubator is Among National Elite

The Austin Technology Incubator (ATI) at UT Austin has been named one of the top eight startup incubators in the nation by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a leading international entrepreneurship organization.
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“Eurozone and the Americas” Conference Will Explore Recent Dramatic Events in Europe

The LBJ School of Public Affairs at UT Austin will host “The Eurozone and the Americas: Debt and Democracy,” a two-day conference with policy experts and political leaders from Europe and North and South America.
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NIH Grant Seeks Early Intervention to Prevent Fetal Exposure to Alcohol, Marijuana, and Tobacco

A $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will help researchers at The University of Texas at Austin’s School of Social Work test a health intervention to reduce fetal exposure to alcohol, marijuana and tobacco during early pregnancy.
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Singapore Selects UT Austin for $3 Million Research Project

The Construction Industry Institute (CII), a research consortium based in the Cockrell School of Engineering at UT Austin, has signed a $3 million agreement with Singapore to help improve the productivity of the country’s energy and chemicals industry.
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Extinct Species of Pig-Snouted Turtle Unearthed in Utah

Researchers have discovered a species of extinct pig-nose turtle that lived alongside dinosaurs and fills a gap in understanding the evolution of turtles.
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Keeping It Simple: Engineering Students Invent Device to Improve Physical Therapy

In 2014 the Seton Brain and Spine Recovery Center needed to help physical therapy patients perform exercises correctly. Professor James Sulzer and his team of undergraduates invented a newly patented device already being tested today by Seton Hospitals and UT Athletics.
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Researchers Receive $15 Million for Biofuel Crop Study

A researcher at The University of Texas at Austin will receive two grants totaling $15 million to study a native prairie grass, including how it can become a sustainable source of bioenergy amid global climate change.
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3 out of 4 Believe Climate Change Is Occurring; Views of Key Energy Issues Are Shaped by Partisan Politics

More than 3 out of 4 Americans (76 percent) now believe that climate change is occurring, up from 68 percent just one year ago, according to the latest UT Energy Poll.
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Healing Through Harmony

Meet HARMONY, a first-of-its-kind, two-armed, robotic rehabilitation exoskeleton. Harmony provides a new method of high-quality, data-driven therapy to patients suffering from spinal and neurological injuries, including strokes.
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Goodenough Shares $1 Million Global Prize for Innovation

John B. Goodenough will receive the Samson Prize, totaling $1 million. It is the world’s largest monetary prize awarded in the field of alternative fuels and is granted to scientists who have made critical advancements.
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Unmanaged Fishing at Spawning Sites Put Species, Economies at Risk

Countries worldwide may soon see mass species loss and challenges for local fishing economies if predictable breeding events where fish gather in large numbers remain unprotected from overfishing, scientists say.