Research
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Human Cognitive Map Scales According to Surroundings
A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences refines our understanding of a human skill — the ability to instantaneously assess a new environment and get oriented.
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UT Energy Poll Shows Support for Efforts to Revive U.S. Coal Industry
New UT Energy Poll shows support for efforts to revive U.S. coal industry.
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Upgraded Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dedicated; Dark Energy Survey To Begin
The Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory has completed a multiyear $40 Million upgrade to enable it to take on the biggest challenges in astronomy today.
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National Science Foundation Honors Eight UT Austin Professors with Early CAREER Awards
Eight faculty members from The University of Texas at Austin have been selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to receive Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Awards.
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Why is Texas Shaking?
UT is leading a state-funded seismic monitoring program to identify the sources of Texas earthquakes.
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Social Bees Have Kept Their Gut Microbes for 80 Million Years
Bacteria living in the guts of social bees have been passed from generation to generation for 80 million years, evolving into unique strains that can only live in their specific hosts.
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Human Skull Evolved Along with Two-Legged Walking, Study Confirms
Researchers confirm that the evolution of bipedalism in fossil humans can be detected using a key feature of the skull.
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Recovery after “Great Dying” Was Slowed by More Extinctions
Researchers studying marine fossil beds have found that the world’s worst mass extinction was followed by two other extinction events, a conclusion that could explain why it took ecosystems millions of years to recover.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: UT Austin Researchers Celebrate 15th Anniversary of NASA’s GRACE Twin Satellite Mission
The Center for Space Research at The University of Texas at Austin is celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE).
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UT Austin Receives $5.6M for Long-term Study of Alaska’s Arctic Coast
Researchers will study changes on land and in the ocean that affect the fish and wildlife that native communities depend on.
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Overuse of Antibiotics Brings Risks for Bees — and for Us
A new study suggests antibiotics could play a role in colony collapse disorder.
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Vanishing Act: Scientists Find Possible Clue to Disappearing Bees
A new study from UT Austin suggests that antibiotics could play a role in the mysterious disappearance of bees.
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