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Urbain Weyemi Looks for the Unexpected to Better Understand Cancer

November 20, 2019 • by Esther Robards-Forbes

Accolades

Microbe Research Team Awarded Gold Medal at 2019 iGEM Competition

November 18, 2019 • by Cason Hunwick

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Research

Discovery Gives Insight into How Seeds Germinate in Response to Light

September 26, 2019 • by Esther Robards-Forbes

Features

5 Ways UT Science is Fighting Back on Microplastics

September 19, 2019 • by Esther Robards-Forbes

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Features

Explaining the Science: The Potential of Bacteriophages in a Post-Antibiotics World

August 16, 2019 • by Esther Robards-Forbes

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Research

Experimental Vaccine Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Elicits Strong Immune Response

August 1, 2019 • by Marc Airhart

Promising results for a new RSV vaccine candidate.

A doctor or nurse adminsters a vaccine in a patient's arm

Research

Turning Plant Pests into Helpers

June 24, 2019 • by Christine S Sinatra

Aphids are an enemy for most plants now, but the latest work from a team of scientists may make them a crop's new best friends.

Research

Scientists Uncover RNA Silencing Technique to Change Seed Size in Plants

January 28, 2019 • by Esther Robards-Forbes

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Research

Two UT Scientists Part of Project to Detect ‘Life As We Don’t Know It’

January 4, 2019 • by Esther Robards-Forbes

Features

UT Scientists, Mathematicians and High Schoolers Partner for Success

December 21, 2018 • by Steven E. Franklin

Gold medalists in an astrophysics Olympic-style event, award-winners at a statewide science fair and budding genetic engineers who shared their research 2,000 miles away are among the high schoolers who found success after working closely with members of the Texas Science community in 2018.