February 7, 2024
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Bold Inquiry Incubator Inaugural Cohort

The Bold Inquiry Incubator program is an opportunity for PIs to further develop and refine their research vision and to plan for securing sustaining external funding for their work, while collaborating with a cohort of talented individuals who share their passion for groundbreaking research and discovery. The inaugural cohort consists of six teams – three incubator and three seed teams – from across diverse disciplines.
January 25, 2024
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New Texas Center Will Create Generative AI Computing Cluster Among Largest of Its Kind

The University of Texas at Austin is creating one of the most powerful artificial intelligence hubs in the academic world to lead in research and offer world-class AI infrastructure to a wide range of partners.
January 22, 2024
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Injectable Water Filtration System Could Improve Access to Clean Drinking Water

More than 2 billion people, approximately a quarter of the world’s population, lack access to clean drinking water. A new, portable and affordable water filtration solution created by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin aims to change that.
January 18, 2024
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Male Power Over Females Is Not the Default Social Dynamic in Primates

Male dominance has long been assumed to be nearly universal in primates, with female power viewed as a rare exception to the rule. But according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, female-biased power structures or social equality between the sexes can be found within every major primate group and probably existed throughout evolutionary history.
January 17, 2024
Newsweek

Incels' View of What Women Think Is Important Is Wrong, Study Finds

A study has shed new light on the psychology of incels, providing insights into the way this subculture views women and the challenges they face.
January 9, 2024
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The Cancer Equation

Knowing how a tumor will spread could potentially lead to more efficient and targeted therapy, so Yankeelov and his lab have applied this same mathematical modeling approach to breast cancer tumors.
January 2, 2024
Smithsonian Magazine

Could A.I. Help Seismologists Predict Major Earthquakes?

In Japan, the new year began with disaster as a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto peninsula on the country’s western edge on Monday. Dozens more aftershocks, many measuring between four and six in magnitude, shook near the coastal epicenter in the hours since, and scientists warn that more are expected in the coming days.
December 12, 2023
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The (Wrong) Reason We Keep Secrets

In and out of the workplace, people often keep adverse information about themselves secret because they worry that others will judge them harshly. But those fears are overblown, according to new research from the McCombs School of Business.
December 1, 2023
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Mesoamerican Beauty

While technologies have advanced rapidly, archaeological digs remain as laborious today as they were a century ago. New tools have accelerated the pace at which one might be able to find what lies beneath the ground, but they haven’t eliminated the need for getting down on your hands and knees and delicately assessing what might be there.
November 29, 2023
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Improving Approvals of Drug Patents Is Focus of New Research

How to improve the process of pharmaceutical patent approvals is the focus of a new study by a researcher at The University of Texas at Austin’s School of Law. The result could potentially save consumers billions of dollars from lower prices and increased access to medications.