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Distinguished Marine Scientist to Lead UT Austin’s Marine Science Institute

Robert Dickey, a leader in areas of marine natural toxins, chemical contaminants and seafood safety, has been appointed the new director of The University of Texas at Austin’s Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) in Port Aransas, Texas, and chair of the Department of Marine Science, both in the College of Natural Sciences. His appointment begins Aug.…
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Experts Available to Discuss Dell Shareholder Meeting

A few months ago, Michael Dell made headlines with his announcement to turn his 29-year-old company created in his UT Austin dorm room, Dell Inc., private. This week, shareholders will meet to vote on his plan.
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UT Austin Establishes Texas Invasive Species Program with $2.7 Million from Lee and Ramona Bass Foundation

To combat and manage pesky invasive species such as fire ants, tawny crazy ants and Cactoblastis moths, the Texas Invasive Species Program has been established at The University of Texas at Austin with $2.7 million in support from the Lee and Ramona Bass Foundation.
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Robotic Frogs Help Turn a Boring Mating Call into a Serenade

With the help of a robotic frog, biologists at The University of Texas at Austin and Salisbury University have discovered that two wrong mating calls can make a right for female túngara frogs.
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Scientists Cast Doubt on Theory of What Triggered Antarctic Glaciation

[caption id=”attachment_41104″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ caption=”Physiographic map of the present-day Scotia Sea, Drake Passage and adjacent land masses. The white arrows show the present path of the several branches of the deep Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) centered on its core. The area of study in the central Scotia Sea (CSS) is shown by the black box…
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New Latin American Center at Law School Named for Kay Bailey Hutchison

The Kay Bailey Hutchison Center for Latin American Law is being established within the School of Law at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Scientists Image Vast Subglacial Water System Underpinning West Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier

In a development that will help predict potential sea level rise from the Antarctic ice sheet, scientists from The University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for Geophysics have used an innovation in radar analysis to accurately image the vast subglacial water system under West Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier. They have detected a swamp-like canal system beneath…
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Understanding Drought

As Texans look for ways to prepare for the next big drought, Jackson School scientists are looking to the past for answers. Watch a video to learn how a nearby cave may hold clues.
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Want to Buy American? Look Beyond the Label

Nothing says red, white and blue like where you spend your green. But before you set out on a patriotic shopping spree, beware: “Made in USA” labels don’t tell the whole story.
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Does Mainstream America Connect with Science? Let’s Close the Gap

Event: “Unscientific America” with Sheril Kirshenbaum, director of The Energy Poll at The University of Texas at Austin. When: 5:45 p.m., Tuesday, July 2. This event is free and open to the public.
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Adventures in Alien Rescue

Do you have what it takes to save the aliens? A College of Education class developed an online problem-based 3D immersive learning environment for sixth grade science. Read more.
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Chemists Work to Desalt the Ocean for Drinking Water, One Nanoliter at a Time

[caption id="attachment_40911" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A prototype "water chip" developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin in collaboration with a startup company."][/caption] By creating a small electrical field that removes salts from seawater, chemists at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Marburg in Germany have introduced a new method…