Science and Technology

UT researcher discover forgetting can be hard work for brain

By Sachit Saksena, Raza Retiwala - Updated on April 27, 2016 at 11:59 pm

Don’t think about the pink elephant.
UT researchers develop translucent device to potentially aid in diabetes control

By Lawrence Goodwyn - Updated on April 27, 2016 at 1:06 am

Diabetics have used traditionally test strip monitors, insulin shots and insulin pumps to control their blood glucose levels.
Melting polar ice caps affect Earth’s wobble

By Lawrence Goodwyn - Updated on April 27, 2016 at 1:04 am

The “Wobble” was a trend that swept across dance floors in 2008.
Ask a nutrition student: study bites

By Stacey Arnold - Updated on April 26, 2016 at 12:02 am

I have five exams next week and need to go buy some study snacks. What do you recommend?

—Straight-A Snacker
UChicago professor explores fishy origins of human life

By Laura Zhang - Updated on April 24, 2016 at 11:59 pm

Neil Shubin, professor of anatomy at the University of Chicago, said becoming a fish paleontologist has altered his perception of people.
UT scientists use lasers to treat depression

By Kate Thackrey - Updated on April 21, 2016 at 11:55 pm

Researchers are recruiting volunteers for a study to see whether lasers can make depressed subjects more receptive to therapy.
New paper focuses on methods to break hard news to young adults

By Emmanuel Briseño - Updated on April 21, 2016 at 11:22 pm

When advertising freshman Daniela Lope-Nicholls was on her way home from dinner with her dad last year, he broke the news that she had a one-and-a-half year old baby brother.
Psychologists find that feminine women are perceived as less likely to be scientists

By Freya Preimesberger - Updated on April 21, 2016 at 11:16 pm

Women with long hair and lipstick may receive signals that they don’t belong in STEM.
UT student organization leads charge for campus sustainability

By Sachit Saksena - Updated on April 20, 2016 at 11:32 pm

The Campus Environmental Center is a group of students dedicated to keeping our earth happy and habitable — starting right here on campus.
UT researcher automates method to see inside neurons

By Raza Retiwala - Updated on April 20, 2016 at 11:31 pm

One-man team Niraj Desai, a lecturer and research scientist in the Center of Learning and Memory, is at the forefront of a new method of automation that will provide more insight into the workings of neurons.

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