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Cruz’s Lead Widens, Clinton Stays Strong in UT/Texas Tribune Poll

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remain front-runners among Republican and Democratic primary voters in Texas, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Military Children Will Receive More Support for Learning Math Under Dana Center Contract

The Charles A. Dana Center at UT Austin has been awarded a $12.7 million contract by the U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity to advance math education for children on U.S. military bases.
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2015 Summer Blockbusters: Meet the Science Truth Detector

With summer movie season in full swing, cinema-goers nationwide are leaving theaters with a big question in mind: “Could that really happen?” Our crack team of scientists rates the far-fetched notions in these films. Check out the Science Truth Detector.
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Upcoding Inflates Medicare Costs in Excess of $2 Billion Annually

Medicare, which is already the costliest public health insurance program in the world, is costing taxpayers an excess of $2 billion annually because of a practice called “upcoding” in private Medicare Advantage plans, according to research by an economist at UT Austin.
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Researchers Discover First Sensor of Earth’s Magnetic Field in an Animal

Researchers have identified the first sensor of the Earth’s magnetic field in an animal, finding in the brain of a tiny worm a big clue to a long-held mystery about how animals’ internal compasses work.
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Meeting Global Air Quality Guidelines Could Prevent 2.1 Million Deaths Per Year

Cockrell School of Engineering professor Joshua S. Apte and a team of environmental engineering and public health researchers developed a global model of how changes in outdoor air pollution could lead to changes in the rates of health problems such as heart attack, stroke and lung cancer.
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UT Game Changers: Karl Gebhardt, Black Holes and Dark Energy

Astrophysics professor Karl Gebhardt addresses some big issues in his work. Big, as in galactic.
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New Honeycomb-Inspired Design Delivers Superior Protection from Impact

Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering have developed a groundbreaking new energy-absorbing structure to better withstand blunt and ballistic impact.
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Researchers Build World’s Thinnest Light Bulb from Graphene

Researchers have demonstrated—for the first time—a visible light source using graphene, an atomically thin form of carbon. This new type of light source could form the basis of faster communications devices and computer displays that are thin, flexible and transparent.
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Freshman Researchers Receive Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Groundbreaking Mosquito Diagnostic Plan

Undergraduate researchers will create diagnostics to test mosquitos for blood-borne pathogens such as malaria, dengue fever and chikungunya virus.
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UT Game Changers: S. Craig Watkins, The Young and the Digital

S. Craig Watkins explains how technology can be used to create opportunities for young people in the classroom.
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Foreign Language Learning in Adults Associated With Genetic Variation

Researcher in communication sciences and disorders examines the brain’s role in individual differences in adult language learning and seeks to understand the biological origins of language.