October 7, 2016
UT Southwestern researchers are unlocking the secrets of breast cancer through an unusual source: mitochondrial DNA.
Author: juliannehodges
UT creates first sustainability master plan
October 4, 2016
On Friday, a working group of students, faculty and staff from across campus unveiled UT’s first campus-wide Sustainability Master Plan.
The plan, intended to guide development in conservation, social equality and environmental education over the next 15 years, defines sustainability as development that meets the needs of current generations without compromising the security of future generations.
Fireflies still active in September
September 30, 2016
Glowing, going, gone.
Although they’re usually associated with summer, fireflies can still be found lighting up the sky this fall. However, they won’t stay around for long. According to Texas firefly researcher Ben Pfeiffer, these glowing insects will probably disappear sometime later this month.
Sustainability Symposium will explore ideas for campus sustainability
September 29, 2016
Tomorrow, a working group started by the Office of Sustainability will unveil the University’s first Sustainability Master Plan at the seventh-annual Sustainability Symposium.
Longhorn Lab Report: Astronomers witness what may have been the birth of a black hole
September 26, 2016
This month, astronomer Christopher Kochanek and his team from Ohio State University observed what may have been the birth of a black hole.
Alumnus lectures on gravitational wave detection
September 23, 2016
UT alumnus David Reitze, director of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, began his presentation by telling a story that started 1.3 billion years ago with the collision of two black holes that caused ripples through space-time.
“Unfortunately, we’re going to skip most of that 1.3 billion years and move forward to about a hundred years ago,” he said. “This is where the story gets interesting from the human perspective.”
UT Southwestern researchers discover new way to form long-term memories
September 20, 2016
Researchers at UT Southwestern have unlocked another mystery of the brain.
A team led by UT Southwestern psychiatry and neuroscience professor Robert Greene recently explained why people remember insignificant details about important traumatic events such as 9/11.
Longhorn Lab Report: Astronomers discover Proxima B, the closest potentially habitable planet near Earth
September 19, 2016
Earlier this year, UT astronomer Michael Endl helped discover Proxima B, which could be the nearest habitable planet to Earth.
DHFS Raises Awareness About Compostable Plastic Containers
September 16, 2016
Although they look like regular plastic, sandwich containers and parfait cups from DHFS aren’t recyclable — they’re compostable.
UT Researchers Receive Grant to Explore Strange Wave Properties
September 8, 2016
UT researchers are taking the concept of one-way mirrors to the extreme by manipulating light waves to make objects invisible.
UT Cockrell School of Engineering professor Andrea Alu and his research team are working on exploring the properties of light and sound waves that could make technologies like cloaking and one-way soundproof walls possible.
Julianne Hodges 