News tagged with university of texas
Nuclear fusion-fission hybrid could contribute to carbon-free energy future
Jan 27, 2009 |
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Physicists at The University of Texas at Austin have designed a new system that, when fully developed, would use fusion to eliminate most of the transuranic waste produced by nuclear power plants.
Astronomers Discover Link Between Supermassive Black Holes and Galaxy Formation
Feb 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A pair of astronomers from Texas and Germany have used a telescope at The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory together with Hubble Space Telescope and many other telescopes ...
Targeted nanospheres find, penetrate, then fuel burning of melanoma
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Hollow gold nanospheres equipped with a targeting peptide find melanoma cells, penetrate them deeply, and then cook the tumor when bathed with near-infrared light, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas ...
Famous fossil Lucy scanned at the University of Texas at Austin
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with the Ethiopian government, have completed the first high-resolution CT scan of the world's most famous fossil, Lucy, an ...
Amazonian amphibian diversity traced to Andes
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Colorful poison frogs in the Amazon owe their great diversity to ancestors that leapt into the region from the Andes Mountains several times during the last 10 million years, a new study from The University ...
Call to action: Running out of options to fight ever-changing 'super bugs'
Jan 28, 2009 |
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People are dying from "super bugs" because our antibiotic arsenal has run dry, leaving the world without sufficient weapons to fight ever-changing bacteria, warn infectious disease researchers at The University of Texas Medical ...
Investors who 'gamble' in the stock market have same characteristics as lottery players
Feb 26, 2009 |
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The socioeconomic characteristics of people who play state lotteries are similar to investors who pick stocks with a lottery quality--high risk with a small potential for high return, and just like the lottery, returns on ...
Researcher proposes statistical method to enhance airport secondary security screenings
Feb 02, 2009 |
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A researcher at The University of Texas at Austin has found that secondary security screening at airports is mathematically flawed, and has identified a way to select people for screenings more efficiently and fairly.
New happiness research demonstrates when material items are the best option
Feb 11, 2009 |
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It matters whether you give your loved one a material gift or an experience for Valentine's Day, say researchers at The University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business and Washington University in St. Louis.
Do experiences or material goods make us happier?
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Should I spend money on a vacation or a new computer? Will an experience or an object make me happier? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research says it depends on different factors, including how materialistic you ...
Wenchuan earthquake mudslides emit greenhouse gas
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Mudslides that followed the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan, China earthquake, ranked by the US Geological Survey as the 11th deadliest earthquake ever recorded, may cause a carbon-dioxide release in upcoming decades equivalent to two ...
Glitches in DNA repair genes predict prognosis in pancreatic cancer
Jan 14, 2009 |
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Variations in mismatch repair genes can help predict treatment response and prognosis in patients with pancreatic cancer, according to research from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center presented today in ...
E. coli persists against antibiotics through HipA-induced dormancy
Jan 15, 2009 |
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Bacteria hunker down and survive antibiotic attack when a protein flips a chemical switch that throws them into a dormant state until treatment abates, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report ...
Intervention method reduces binge drinking
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 30, 2009 |
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Brief but personal intervention reduces drinking among risky college drinkers, according to a research study at The University of Texas School of Public Health. Results of the study will be published in the February issue ...
Study Looks Inside the Minds of Identity Thieves
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Federal Trade Commission recently asked a UT Dallas criminology researcher for help understanding what motivates identity thieves.
