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Left to right: Muhammad Rizwan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Ophthalmology at UT Southwestern; Madhukar Patel, M.D., M.B.A., Sc.M., Assistant Professor of Surgery and Surgical Director of the Liver Transplantation Program; and Samuel Achilefu, Ph.D., inaugural Chair of Biomedical Engineering and Professor in the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center and of Radiology at UT Southwestern [Photos: UTSW]
UT Southwestern Secures Up to $25M ARPA‑H Award to Bioengineer Artificial Livers
by Maddie Preston | Jan 13, 2026
The project, known as Vascularized Immunocompetent Tissue as an Alternative Liver, or VITAL, aims to "biofabricate" functioning livers using patients' own cells and advanced 3D printing techniques.
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.
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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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Left to right: Yunsun Nam, Ph.D.; Bilal Akin, Ph.D.; and Fan Zhang, Ph.D. [Photos courtesy of TAMEST]
Three Dallas-Area ‘Rising Star’ Researchers Set to Receive Top Texas Science and Tech Honors
by Maddie Preston | Dec 15, 2025
TAMEST — the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science & Technology — named five statewide recipients for its 2026 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards, including three from Dallas-Fort Worth institutions. The honorees will be recognized in February, with nominations for 2027 opening in January.
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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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Computer science doctoral student Daniel Honrales demonstrates PropType, a patent-pending technology that overlays an augmented keyboard surface onto handheld objects. [Photo: UTD]
UT Dallas Researchers Turn Everyday Objects into Augmented Reality Keyboards
by Maddie Preston | Dec 6, 2025
The PropType interface overlays a virtual keyboard onto everyday objects, giving AR users a faster, more natural way to type.
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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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Joseph S. Friedman, who leads the NeuroSpinCompute Lab at UT Dallas, with the prototype neuromorphic computer designed to learn patterns using far fewer training computations than today’s AI systems.[Photo: UTD]
UT Dallas Team Builds Neuromorphic Computer That Could Cut AI Training Costs
by Maddie Preston | Nov 24, 2025
The brain-inspired design could lower the energy and compute costs behind AI training requirements, an increasingly urgent challenge for enterprises.
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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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