Research
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UT Austin, International Partners Approve Start of Construction for Giant Magellan Telescope
The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), which is poised to become to the largest optical telescope in existence, announces major milestone with 11 international partners including UT Austin.
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UT Game Changers: Andrea Alu, Meta-Materials
Andrea Alu gives insights into his interdisciplinary work with meta-materials, light, and even an “invisibility cloak.”
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Here Comes the Sun-Powered Home
A team of UT students is on track — rain and shine — to finish constructing a solar-powered home for an elite international competition this fall. See how the academically diverse group is pooling talents from across campus to put the finishing touches on the project.
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UT Game Changers: Zachary Elkins, The Constitute Project
Learn all about Zach Elkins and The Constitute Project.
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Radar Techniques Used in Antarctica Will Scour Europa for Life-Supporting Environments
Ice-penetrating radar technology developed by The University of Texas at Austin Institute for Geophysics will be used to scan Europa to look for environments that could sustain life.
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Ancient DNA May Provide Clues into How Past Environments Affected Ancient Populations
A new study by UT Austin anthropologists shows for the first time that epigenetic marks on DNA can be detected in a large number of ancient human remains, which may lead to further understanding about the effects of famine and disease in the ancient world.
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Nepal Mission Will Assess Risks from Glacial Lakes after Earthquakes
Civil engineering professor Daene McKinney will assess post-earthquake damage to lakes in Nepal that may pose a threat to mountain communities.
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Partly Human Yeast Show A Common Ancestor’s Lasting Legacy
Despite a billion years of evolution separating humans from the baker’s yeast in their refrigerators, hundreds of genes from an ancestor that the two species have in common live on nearly unchanged in them both, say biologists at UT Austin.
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New Forecast Should Improve Texas Summer Drought Prediction
A new forecast created by UT Austin and the Texas Water Development Board should better predict summer droughts in Texas. The forecast shows a rainy summer across the state.
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Protecting Pollinators: UT Researchers Buzzing About Bees
On May 19, President Barack Obama announced new steps to protect pollinators, bees in particular. Researchers on the Forty Acres, meanwhile, have been studying bees and protecting pollinations. Here’s a quick look at some of the bee-related projects on which Longhorns are working.
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Mobile Phone Bans Lead to Rise in Student Test Scores
Banning cellphones in schools reaps the same benefits as extending the school year by five days, according to a study co-authored by an economist at UT Austin.
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Model Predicts Which Delinquent Credit Card Holders Will Pay
Research from the McCombs School of Business has identified a way to accurately predict which delinquent credit card accounts will repay an outstanding balance.
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