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Integrative Biology Professor Studies Critical Link between Plants and Pollinators
University of Texas at Austin integrative biology professor Shalene Jha studies critical link in the web of life: plants and pollinators.
A New Way of Looking at the Differences Between the Sexes
Researchers set out to explain the variation in how the same genes are expressed in men and women.
NSF Awards Graduate Research Fellowships to 23 UT Natural Sciences Students
Dozens of graduate and undergraduate students of UT Austin's College of Natural Sciences were honored this year by the National Science Foundation.
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Invasive Grass in Texas Uses Chemical Warfare to Crowd Out Native Species
An invasive grass causing havoc in Texas and contributing to wildfires packs a one-two wallop against native plants. Guinea grass uses a combination of crowding that blocks out light from growing seedlings and what amounts to a chemical warfare in soil that is toxic to native plants, according to a new study by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.
Eyes on the Next Pandemic
Lauren Ancel Meyers leads a National Science Foundation-funded pilot grant to establish the UT Center for Pandemic Decision Science.
Texas Science Festival Inspires Texans to Delve into Discovery
Go deep in the heart of science this month and next.
