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Research Identifies Career Resources That Millennials Need in Changing Economy

Doing Innovation, a research project at UT Austin, has launched a multimedia website that examines how millennials are using new technology, developing creative communities and finding innovative paths to respond to the changing economy.
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Going the Distance: Students Compete in Solar Decathlon

More than 60 students from The University of Texas at Austin and the Technische Universität München (TUM) in Germany have spent two years imagining how to power our homes and keep our day-to-day lives running on light from the sun. Now, as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon, the solar-powered home they…
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Flame Retardant Breakthrough is Naturally Derived and Nontoxic

Researchers at UT Austin have created a new nontoxic flame retardant to replace commercial additives that are often toxic.
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UT Austin Receives $4M to Develop Techniques for Brain Imaging & Manipulation

Researchers at UT Austin will receive three grants totaling $4 million to develop techniques for imaging and manipulating the activity of neurons in the brain, research that will help scientists explore the mechanisms of addiction, obesity, fear and many other brain states and disorders.
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Texas Engineering Team Wins Emmy Award for Video Quality Tool

The Television Academy announced today that Cockrell School of Engineering professor Alan Bovik and his team of former students and collaborators will be honored with a 2015 Engineering Emmy Award.
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Wearable Electronic Health Patches May Now Be Cheaper and Easier to Make

Cockrell School of Engineering researchers have invented a method for making inexpensive and high-performing wearable electronic patches that monitor the body’s vital signs for health and performance tracking.
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High-tech Drilling: Improving the Energy Industry

“You can be an environmentalist and join the oil and gas industry.”
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$3.8 Million Investment from NSF Boosts Hazards Engineering Research at UT Austin

NSF selects the Cockrell School of Engineering at UT Austin to house one of seven state-of-the-art, experimental natural hazards research facilities.
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New Cathode Material Creates Possibilities for Sodium-Ion Batteries

Professor John Goodenough, the inventor of the lithium-ion battery, and his team have identified a new cathode material, presenting a significant advancement in the race to develop a commercially viable sodium-ion battery.
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Atlas Knowledge forges trans-Atlantic partnership with University of Texas at Austin

International learning technology solutions provider Atlas Knowledge has announced a new partnership with the prestigious Petroleum Extension (PETEX™) at UT Austin that brings both organizations’ world-class training provision to a global audience.
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Girls Serve Significantly Longer Sentences Than Boys in the Juvenile Justice System, Study Shows

Females in the Texas juvenile justice system are often at greater risk of serving longer sentences and having a mental health need than their male counterparts, according to new research from UT Austin.
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Bouncing Back and Back and Back and Back

Natural structures have long inspired human innovations. The bee honeycomb structure, for example, has been applied to products as varied as car bumpers and athletic helmets to absorb impact. The only drawback to the honeycomb has been its inability to maintain its unique structure after just one hit. The material buckles and doesn’t bounce back.