Conquering breast cancer
This story originally appeared on the Cockrell School of Engineering Web site. Breast cancer affects nearly one out of eight American women during their lifetime. Of those women, around 40 percent...
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The dangers of cannibalism
Andy Ellington studies RNA, the origins of life, synthetic biology and develops therapeutics. He is a research professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Institute for Cellular...
View ArticleDoctoral student works to diagnose hearing impairments in children
This story originally appeared in On the Record, a publication of the College of Communication. After Michelle Hsieh greets her research participants in the lobby of the Speech and Hearing Center in...
View ArticleSupercomputing with AustinMan
Every moment, we’re swimming in a sea of electromagnetic radiation. Appliances, power lines, cellphones, Wi-Fi and a slew of other modern technologies emit microwaves that pass through, and interact...
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Extinguishing fear
The war in Iraq is drawing to a close. But for many servicemen and women, the conflict is far from over. Haunted by images of roadside bombs, ambush attacks and firefights, military personnel suffering...
View ArticleAdvancing cancer research in Texas and beyond
Cancer researcher Tanya Paull, winner of a CPRIT (Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas) grant, works to understand how cancerous cells cause damage to the body and how next-generation...
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Army focuses on university research
The United States Army has strong ties to The University of Texas at Austin in research and in officer training. Undersecretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal came to campus looking to make those...
View ArticleOrigami meets public health with the oPAD
Inspired by the paper-folding art of origami, chemists at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a 3-D paper sensor that may be able to test for diseases such as malaria and HIV for less than...
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Tower Shines Orange Tonight for UT Austin Villa Robot Soccer Team Win
The Tower at the University of Texas at Austin will shine orange the evening of Friday, June 29, to celebrate the UT robot soccer team’s winning the RoboCup Standard Platform League World...
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Texas Unleashes Stampede for Science
Texas Advanced Computing Center’s latest supercomputer powers transformative discoveries across science and engineering You hear it before you see it — a roar like a factory in full production. But...
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