October 18, 2016
UT researchers are hunting for an elusive subatomic particle after unexpected experimental results left the physics community puzzled.
The particles in question are called neutrinos. They have no charge and very little mass, and they can pass through matter, including living tissue. These properties make neutrinos very difficult to detect.
October 12, 2016
A new, higher-resolution microscope coming to UT in May 2017 will help the Department of Molecular Biosciences revolutionize its study of cellular functions.
October 7, 2016
UT Southwestern researchers are unlocking the secrets of breast cancer through an unusual source: mitochondrial DNA.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
September 19, 2016
Earlier this year, UT astronomer Michael Endl helped discover Proxima B, which could be the nearest habitable planet to Earth.
Julianne Hodges 