Researchers Explore Division of Public Opinion on Black Lives Matter

Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas recently examined public opinions about Black Lives Matter, an activist movement founded in 2013 that has gained national attention in subsequent years.
28-Nov-2018 3:15 PM EST Add to Favorites

Enhanced Rehab for Stroke Doubles Movement Recovery

A novel therapy technique invented by researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas has been shown in a pilot study to double the rate of upper limb recovery in stroke patients, a leap forward in treating the nearly 800,000 Americans who suffer...
26-Sep-2018 7:50 AM EDT Add to Favorites

A Scientific Dating Game: Biologists Play RNA-Protein Matchmakers

Virtually all functions in our bodies require precise interactions between radically different types of molecules. Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas are pursuing what differentiates a fruitful encounter from a dud.
7-Aug-2018 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Team's E-Whiskers May Be a Touchstone for Future of Electronic Skin

Those cute little whiskers you see on your pet do more than just twitch adorably. Intrigued by the hairs’ versatility, University of Texas at Dallas researchers used shape-memory polymers to create artificial, electronic versions called...
25-Jun-2018 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Geoscientists Suggest ‘Snowball Earth’ Resulted from Plate Tectonics

In a new study published in the April issue of the journal Terra Nova, geologists at The University of Texas at Dallas and UT Austin suggest that episodes of global cooling that geologists refer to as “Snowball Earth” can be linked to the advent...
7-May-2018 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Solid Research Leads Physicists to Propose New State of Matter

The term “superfluid quasicrystal” sounds like something a comic-book villain might use to carry out his dastardly plans. In reality, it’s a new form of matter proposed by theoretical physicists at The University of Texas at Dallas in a recent...
9-Apr-2018 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Study: Pain's Origins May Be Significantly Different in Males and Females

New research from The University of Texas at Dallas supports the growing consensus that pain begins differently for men and women at the cellular level.
6-Mar-2018 11:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Scientists Isolate Cancer Stem Cells Using Novel Method

Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have devised a new technique to isolate aggressive cells thought to form the root of many hard-to-treat metastasized cancers, a significant step toward developing new drugs that might target these...
22-Feb-2018 4:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

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