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Soft, air-powered exoskeleton eases muscle fatigue, reduces injuries and boosts workplace safety. [Photo: UTA]
UTA Engineers Develop Soft Robotic Exoskeleton to Reduce Workplace Injuries
by Maddie Preston | Jan 3, 2026
A study found the air-powered wearable reduced muscle activity by as much as 22% during lifting tasks, pointing to a potential way to ease strain in industrial settings.
by Maddie Preston |
Dec 29, 2025
A five-year NSF award to the Center for Wind Energy Science, Technology, and Research supports new work using AI to reduce turbine defects, improve reliability, and strengthen the U.S. energy grid.
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by Maddie Preston |
Dec 27, 2025
The portable, pocket-sized Sapphire microbarometer detects low-frequency waves from events like earthquakes, explosions, and ocean activity nearly 500 miles away.
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by Maddie Preston |
Dec 23, 2025
A new satellite campus is adding hands-on training, lab capacity and startup support to Dallas’ growing life sciences ecosystem.
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TCU Launches $10M AI² Initiative With Dell to Scale Campuswide Use
by Maddie Preston | Dec 13, 2025
AI² supports large-scale research and interdisciplinary work across the university as TCU pushes toward R1 status.
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by Maddie Preston |
Dec 10, 2025
After opening its Americas HQ in Plano earlier this year, Tech Mahindra is now launching its first U.S. Makers Lab at its Plano facility through a new applied AI partnership with UT Dallas.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Dec 10, 2025
The investment will establish a new Energy Science, Innovation, and Enterprise program and boost SMU’s reach in recruiting top students and faculty, the university said. One key goal: connecting talent directly with the companies and industries shaping the future.
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by Maddie Preston |
Dec 8, 2025
The pilot will test Last Energy’s 5-megawatt PWR-5 design at Texas A&M–RELLIS while the company advances a plan for 30 commercial microreactors in Haskell County northwest of Dallas-Fort Worth to serve data center growth.
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HF Controls’ $450K Gift Backs Nuclear and AI Research at UTA
by Maddie Preston | Dec 5, 2025
The investment strengthens UTA’s pipeline for high-demand engineering talent and supports research on AI-enabled safety systems for nuclear plants.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 5, 2025
The Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas offers funding opportunities for promising cancer research, product development, and prevention programs. The state-funded initiative stands as the second-largest public backer of cancer research in the U.S. after the National Cancer Institute.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Dec 3, 2025
The new building, which officials called "the most consequential addition to the UNT Dallas campus in university history," will open to students next month when the spring semester begins.
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by Quincy Preston |
Dec 3, 2025
Cindy Weber, who's landed in all 50 states and a half dozen countries, offers advice as TWU's pioneering woman-focused aviation program doubles enrollment.
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“Too often after major flood disasters, the public conversation stops at sirens and dashboards,” says Adnan Rajib. The UT Arlington researcher is tracking floodplain changes that guide recovery and build resilience in a new study. [Photo: UTA]
University’s H2I Lab Pushes for Standardized Floodplain Tracking After Texas Mapping Work
by Lance Murray | Nov 24, 2025
Civil engineering assistant professor Adnan Rajib, whose lab created what UT Arlington calls the first global estimate of floodplain loss in 2023 and later built real-time maps of July’s deadly Hill Country floods, leads new research proposing fixes for inconsistent floodplain tracking.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 20, 2025
A world champion "mind sports athlete" from India has opened his first U.S. math learning center in McKinney. Neelakantha Bhanu tells Dallas Innovates that instead of relying on repetitive drills and memorization, his platform's gamified "practice becomes play" approach helps kids actually look forward to learning math—in a region where "STEM readiness run deep."
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 6, 2025
After voters approved Denton ISD’s 2023 capital improvement plan, enrollment growth made it necessary to open three elementary schools quickly—including one within a year of bond passage, Pfluger Architects said. The district opened Martinez Elementary in August 2024 and completed two more in time for the 2025–26 school year.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 27, 2025
The company said that interns will acquire real customers, generate revenue and master the tools reshaping the future of work: AI and automation. Applications for the inaugural cohort open in January and spaces are limited.
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