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Eye on the ball: ball moss and UT’s urban forest

By Jessica Shu - Updated on September 14, 2017 at 11:09 pm

Glance up, and you might notice that UT’s trees are encrusted with sinister, green-gray pom poms.
Oil exposure negatively affects reef fish behavior

By Elizabeth Robinson - Updated on September 13, 2017 at 11:18 pm

A recent study by UT Marine Science Institute researchers showed just how pervasive the after-effects of oil spills can be.
Engineering internships may explain departure from STEM fields for women

By Shezaz Hannan - Updated on September 10, 2017 at 9:55 pm

Although the number of women studying engineering has been steadily increasing, they are more likely to leave the profession early in their careers.
Dell Medical School pilot program cuts patient wait times

By Areeba Khwaja - Updated on September 7, 2017 at 11:20 pm

A pilot program at Dell Medical School has reduced wait times for women in Travis County who have no insurance or low incomes.
New startup app UNIBEES offers food deals, student connection center

By Kevin Dural - Updated on September 7, 2017 at 10:40 pm

A new application makes connecting with their college community much easier.
Climate change: connected to but not the cause of Hurricane Harvey

By Sarah Bloodworth - Updated on September 6, 2017 at 11:07 pm

While most scientists agree that climate change induces severe weather events such as hurricanes, many concede that it is virtually impossible to connect a single weather event to something as far-reaching as global warming.
Hurricane Harvey floods streets with floating fire ants

By Jennifer Liu - Updated on September 6, 2017 at 11:02 pm

In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, houses and buildings were left in ruins. But humans weren’t the only species forced to adapt to the flooding.
Scientists devise technique for safer gene editing with CRISPR

By Freya Preimesberger - Updated on September 5, 2017 at 11:02 pm

A recent study details a new technique that facilitates safer gene-editing therapies.
UT supercomputer helps predict appearance of August solar eclipse

By Julianne Hodges - Updated on September 4, 2017 at 10:24 pm

While the rest of the United States prepared to view a total solar eclipse with their own eyes in August, researchers at Predictive Science Inc. got a sneak peak of the phenonmenon with the help of UT's Stampede2 supercomputer.
UT researchers discover new pain treatment

By Areeba Khwaja - Updated on August 30, 2017 at 10:08 pm

According to the Department of Health and Human Services, 78 people die per day from opioid-related overdoses, but UT researchers may have an alternative to pain treatment.

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