Research
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Genetic Influences on Cognition Increase with Age, Study Shows
About 70 percent of a person’s intelligence can be explained by their DNA and those genetic influences only get stronger with age, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.
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Entrepreneur-in-Residence Brings Startup Savvy to UT
Bazaarvoice founder and former CEO Brett Hurt, BBA ’94, will serve as a mentor to students: “Swing for the fences,” he told incoming MBA students in August. Read more.
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Science Visualized
Science images are part of the discovery process, as researchers use 3-D models and data visualizations to uncover patterns in data. See our wild and colorful gallery.
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Singing Mice Protect Their Turf With High-Pitched Tunes
Two species of tawny brown singing mice that live deep in the mountain cloud forests of Costa Rica and Panama set their boundaries by emitting high-pitched trills, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered.
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UT Austin Anthropologists Confirm Link Between Cranial Anatomy and Two-Legged Walking
Anthropology researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have confirmed a direct link between upright two-legged (bipedal) walking and the position of the foramen magnum, a hole in the base of the skull that transmits the spinal cord.
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Cultivating Statehood
Constitute, a new website by government scholar Zachary Elkins with a grant from Google Ideas, puts the world’s constitutions online as a resource for citizens. [Video]
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Government Professor Launches Google Constitutions Website at U.N. General Assembly
National constitutions are supposed to provide a sustainable structure for politics, yet only half live more than 19 years. Zachary Elkins, associate professor of government and a leading constitutional scholar, knows what it takes for constitutions to last for generations and now he’s teaming up with Google to share his expertise with drafters around the…
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Heart Researcher Receives NIH Grant to Model Heart Valve, Improve Surgical Outcomes
The National Institutes of Health is turning to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin to develop computer simulations to improve surgical repair of the heart’s mitral valve, one of the aging heart’s key points of failure.
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Texas May Be Feeding its Red Drum Fish More Than They Need, Say Researchers
[caption id="attachment_42226" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Illustration courtesy of Marianna Grenadier"][/caption] Austin, TEXAS It’s not the chicken or the egg, but marine scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have answered a basic question about red drum fish and their eggs that may eventually help save the state of Texas a lot of money in hatcheries…
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UT Classical Archaeology Research Leads to UNESCO World Heritage Site Designation
AUSTIN, Texas After two decades of research led by a classical archaeology professor at The University of Texas at Austin, an ancient Greek settlement in southern Ukraine was granted World Heritage status by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
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‘Respect’ Button is Better for Democracy Than ‘Like’ Button, Study Finds
Replacing the ubiquitous social media “Like” button with a “Respect” button on news websites would be better for democracy, according to a new report from the Engaging News Project at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Stronger Sexual Impulses, Not Weaker Self-Control, May Explain Why Men Cheat More Than Women, Study Reveals
AUSTIN, Texas A recently published study strongly suggests men succumb to sexual temptations more than women for example, cheating on a partner because they experience strong sexual impulses, not because they have weak self-control.
