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Newswise: Hope for present-day Martian groundwater dries up
Released: 24-Jan-2022 2:20 PM EST
Hope for present-day Martian groundwater dries up
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

Liquid water previously detected under Mars’ ice-covered south pole is probably just a dusty mirage, according to a new study of the red planet led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.

9-Jul-2021 4:00 PM EDT
Childhood Lead Exposure May Adversely Affect Adults’ Personalities
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

A study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, sampled more than 1.5 million people in 269 U.S. counties and 37 European nations. Researchers found that those who grew up in areas with higher levels of atmospheric lead had less adaptive personalities in adulthood — lower levels of conscientiousness and agreeableness and higher levels of neuroticism.

   
Released: 30-Jun-2021 4:00 PM EDT
UT/TT Poll: Texans' Views on Vaccines, Leadership, Legislation and the Future
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

The latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll showed significant differences along party lines on Texans’ attitudes about COVID-19 vaccines: 79% of Democrats report being vaccinated, compared with 47% of Republicans. And about a quarter of Texans (24%) say they are not planning on getting a vaccine.

Released: 7-Jun-2021 12:05 PM EDT
Puerto Rico is Prone to More Flooding Than the Island is Prepared to Handle
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

Puerto Rico is not ready for another hurricane season, let alone the effects of climate change, according to a new study that shows the island’s outstanding capacity to produce record-breaking floods and trigger a large number of landslides.

Released: 26-Mar-2021 12:50 PM EDT
Twin Study Shows Why Physical Punishment Leads to Child Behavior Problems
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

Harsh parenting practices, not genetics, are linked to higher levels of behavior problems in children, according to a new study in the March 2021 volume of Psychological Science, which studied pairs of twins whose parents disciplined them differently.

Released: 15-Mar-2021 11:50 AM EDT
NASA Images Reveal Important Forests and Wetlands are Disappearing in Belize
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

Using NASA satellite images and machine learning, researchers with The University of Texas at Austin have mapped changes in the landscape of northwestern Belize over a span of four decades, finding significant losses of forest and wetlands, but also successful regrowth of forest in established conservation zones that protect surviving structures of the ancient Maya.

Released: 1-Feb-2021 4:05 PM EST
Use of Pronouns May Show Signs of an Impending Breakup
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

Evidence of an impending breakup may exist in the small words used in everyday conversations months before either partner realizes where their relationship is heading, according to new psychology research.

Released: 17-Dec-2020 11:05 AM EST
Forty Acres Founders Pre-Accelorator Program Partners with Bank of America to Increase Diversity and Inclusion in Entrepreneurship
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

The Herb Kelleher Entrepreneurship Center in the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin is pleased to announce a partnership with Bank of America designed to increase entrepreneurial diversity and inclusion by supporting the Forty Acres Founders Pre-Accelerator Program.

Released: 15-Dec-2020 11:00 AM EST
Texas McCombs Full-Time MBA Program Receives STEM Certification
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

The University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business has announced that 14 of its 22 concentrations in its highly ranked full-time MBA program are now STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) certified, demonstrating a level of quantitative rigor across the MBA program.

Released: 2-Dec-2020 11:15 AM EST
Unmet Job Expectations Linked to a Rise in Suicide, Deaths of Despair
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

The study, published in JAMA Network Open, is the first to link the rise in suicide and drug-poisoning deaths among men without a college degree to declines in working-class jobs.

Released: 17-Sep-2020 11:30 AM EDT
McCombs Wealth Management Center launches with support from Charles Schwab Foundation
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

Cross-disciplinary program in the McCombs School of Business will prepare students for wealth management careers and conduct academic and applied research to advance the industry

Released: 10-Aug-2020 6:00 AM EDT
Weighing Trade-Offs Between Public Health and Economic Benefit, New Research Shows Which Businesses Make Most Sense to Reopen
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

In preparing for the next stage of reopening, leaders must decide what kinds of businesses represent the best and worst trade-offs in terms of economic benefits and health risks. To tackle that question, a new study fuses a variety of data on consumer and business activity, measuring 26 types of businesses by both their usefulness and risk.

5-Aug-2020 4:15 PM EDT
Authors’ ‘Invisible’ Words Reveal Blueprint for Storytelling
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

The “invisible” words that shaped Dickens classics also lead audiences through Spielberg dramas. And according to new research, these small words can be found in a similar pattern across most storylines, no matter the length or format.

Released: 27-Jul-2020 1:05 PM EDT
Commercial Payments Linked to Biased Articles in Medical Journals
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

Scientists have long been concerned that the common practice of medical journals accepting commercial payments from pharmaceutical companies may lead to pro-industry bias in published articles. According to new research at The University of Texas at Austin, scientists were right to be concerned, but they were focusing on the wrong type of payments. In a new article published by PLOS ONE, researchers reviewed 128,781 articles published in 159 different medical journals for markers of pro-industry bias, evaluating whether accepting advertising revenue, fulfilling reprint contracts or being owned by a large multinational publishing firm made a journal more likely to publish articles favorable to industry. They found that articles published in journals that accept reprint fees are nearly three times more likely to be written by authors who receive industry payments. “I was honestly surprised by the findings here,” said S. Scott Graham, lead author of the study and assistant professor of

Released: 13-Jul-2020 10:40 AM EDT
Cost Prevents One in Five U.S. Women from Using Their Preferred Contraception, Says Nationwide Study
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

Recent Supreme Court Ruling Will Increase Birth Control Costs for Many Women, Make it Less Likely They Will Use the Birth Control They Want

Released: 8-Jul-2020 9:45 AM EDT
Famous ‘Jurassic Park’ Dinosaur is Less Lizard, More Bird
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

From movies to museum exhibits, the dinosaur Dilophosaurus is no stranger to pop culture. Many probably remember it best from the movie “Jurassic Park,” where it’s depicted as a venom-spitting beast with a rattling frill around its neck and two paddle-like crests on its head.

Released: 2-Jun-2020 2:40 PM EDT
Behaviors and Traits that Help and Hinder Social Status, According to Evolutionary Psychologists
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

Beyond fame and fortune, certain traits and behaviors may have pervasive influence in climbing the social ladder, according to a study by evolutionary psychologists at The University of Texas at Austin.

Released: 27-May-2020 2:40 PM EDT
Drastic Changes in Social Lives Raise Future Mental Health Concerns
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

People’s social lives aren’t what they used to be. But exactly how they’ve changed and what it might mean for mental health is what psycho-linguistic researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are trying to figure out in the Pandemic Project.

Released: 19-May-2020 12:45 PM EDT
Cooperation Can Be Contagious Particularly When People See the Benefit for
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

Seeing someone do something good for someone else motivates witnesses to perform their own helpful acts, an insight that could help drive cooperative behavior in communities navigating through the health crisis.



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