Research
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Computer Science Camp is Geared to Girls
Event: First Bytes, An Innovative Summer Program in Computer Science to Promote Interest in Technology in Teenage Girls When: June 1722, various times
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Essmart Global Wins Grand Prize in 2012 Dell Social Innovation Challenge
Young social innovators convened in Austin during the past several days as part of the Dell Social Innovation Challenge (DSIC), the flagship social entrepreneurship initiative of the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service in the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. At last night’s awards ceremony held at…
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Alcohol Abuse Might Be the Cause Rather than the Effect of Social Isolation and Poor Grades Among Teenagers, Study Shows
Rather than gaining “liquid courage” to let loose with friends, teenage drinkers are more likely to feel like social outcasts, according to a new sociology study from The University of Texas at Austin.
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UT’s WIALD Women Reach the Edge of Space
Testing a student project in the real world is one thing. Sending a project out of the world to test it, as these female aerospace students, did is something else.
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Adult Children of Parents in Same-Sex Relationships Report Varied Outcomes
Adult children of parents who were in same-sex relationships differ notably on a variety of social, emotional and relationship factors from adult children raised by biological parents who are married and heterosexual, according to research led by Mark Regnerus, an associate professor of sociology at The University of Texas at Austin.
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UT Game Changers: Tinsley Oden, Computational Science and Engineering: Emergence of an Academic Discipline at The University of Texas
Computational Science and Engineering: Emergence of an Academic Discipline at The University of Texas at Austin
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Protecting communities from rising lakes
Professor Daene McKinney is part of a group of more than 30 scientists studying Nepal, Peru and other places affected by rising glacial lake levels.
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Professor Credited for Development of the Lithium-Ion Battery Elected to National Academy of Sciences
John Goodenough, a mechanical engineering professor at The University of Texas at Austin who is widely credited for the scientific discovery and development of the lithium-ion rechargeable battery, has been elected to the
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Surprising Early Results from the Nation’s Deepest Research on Consumer Electricity Use
Event: The Austin Forum on Science, Technology and Society will host “The Smart Grid Unveiled: How Pecan Street’s Big Data Research is Uncovering the Promise of a Customer-Driven Energy Revolution” presented by Brewster
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Introducing cloaking
Invisibility cloaking is happening right now in a basement laboratory at the university. Watch this video about one of the most innovative methods to date.
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Fighting Invasive Species, Zombie Style
The history of how red imported fire ants came to North America has a destructive end. Every year the non-native ants cause more than $1 billion of impact in Texas alone.
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Astronomers Probe ‘Evaporating’ Planet Around Nearby Star with Hobby-Eberly Telescope
Astronomers from The University of Texas at Austin and Wesleyan University have used the Hobby-Eberly Telescope at UT Austin’s McDonald Observatory to confirm that a Jupiter-size planet in a nearby solar system is dissolving, albeit excruciatingly slowly, because of interactions with its parent star. Their findings could help astronomers better understand star-planet interactions in other…
