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The Downside to Downtime at Work: There Are Significant Costs, Study Shows

Companies in the United States pay more than $100 billion in wages every year for time that employees spend idle, according to new research from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin.
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This Is Why We Still Struggle to Give the Perfect Gift

McCombs researcher Susan M. Broniarczyk explains why registries and wish lists don’t actually make it easier to shop for those you care about.
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Discovery of New Planet Reveals Distant Solar System to Rival Our Own

The discovery of an eighth planet circling the star Kepler-90 by UT Austin astronomer Andrew Vanderburg overturns our solar system’s status as having the highest number of known planets. We’re now in a tie.
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First-of-its-Kind Chemical Oscillator Offers New Level of Molecular Control

UT researchers successfully constructed a first-of-its-kind chemical oscillator that uses DNA components.
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Researchers to Receive O’Donnell Awards from The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas

Two faculty members from UT Austin will receive Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards from The Academy of Medicine, Engineering & Science of Texas (TAMEST) at its annual conference in January.
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East Antarctic Ice Sheet Has History of Instability

The East Antarctic Ice Sheet may not be as stable as it seems.
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Three UT Austin Scientists Named HHMI Professors for Innovation in Undergraduate Education

Three UT Austin professors have been selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to join the ranks of a select group of world-class scientist educators known as HHMI Professors.
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Two UT Austin Engineers Named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

Robert W. Heath Jr. and Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors.
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Artificial Intelligence and Supercomputers to Help Alleviate Urban Traffic Problems

Researchers developed a tool that uses artificial intelligence and supercomputers to automatically recognize objects in raw traffic camera footage and characterize how they move and interact.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: UT Austin Astronomer to Announce Major Discovery in NASA Teleconference

Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and Google will participate in a NASA media teleconference to announce their discovery involving the planet-hunting Kepler space telescope.
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UT Bureau of Economic Geology Granted $4 Million to Run Carbon Capture Partnership

UT has been tapped to lead a $4 million partnership to explore how carbon dioxide emitted from industry on the Gulf Coast can be safely stored deep under the Gulf of Mexico.
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Texas Astronomers Will Lead Early Studies with $8 Billion James Webb Space Telescope

UT Austin professor Steven Finkelstein leads one of the first projects using NASA’s successor to the Hubble Space Telescope to discover the most distant galaxies ever seen.