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You’ll also find out about research at UT Southwestern that suggests timing and dosage changes might have a positive effect in treating some cancers in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
Discovery: UTA Seeks Best Way to Recycle Fracking Wastewater; UNT Professor Tackles Global Food Insecurity
by Lance Murray | Aug 16, 2019
You’ll also find out about research at UT Southwestern that suggests timing and dosage changes might have a positive effect in treating some cancers in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
by Lance Murray |
Aug 12, 2019
KidZania will give kids a chance to experience more than 100 careers sponsored by nationally recognized locals like MOOYAH, SMU, Texas Health Resources, WFAA, and more. The 75,000-square-foot kid-sized city is designed to educate and entertain children ages 4-14, "bridging the gap between school and their future."
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 9, 2019
You'll also find out about a study that shows empathy and understanding from a healthcare provider can improve outcomes with chronic pain patients in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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by Liz Goodwin |
Aug 8, 2019
Nature Nate's is fighting for its flying friends by releasing free lesson plans, designed to show elementary students why bees are the superheroes of our ecosystem—and how we can help them.
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Photo: Stephen M. Keller
Ready for Takeoff: New Southwest Program Gives Prospective Pilots a Pathway to the Cockpit
by Lance Murray | Aug 2, 2019
The program seeks to fill Southwest Airlines' future needs—which are predicted to be growing—to fill pilot slots with qualified candidates.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 2, 2019
You'll also find out about a team at UT Southwestern Medical Center that is working on new approaches to prevent and treat colorectal cancer in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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by Alex Edwards |
Aug 1, 2019
Take a look back on the stories that grabbed our readers' attention last month.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 31, 2019
The National Science Foundation grant will back the Scholarships, Teams and Research (TWU STAR) project aimed at increasing undergraduate engagement, retention, and graduation in STEM-related fields.
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Drs. Xingya Jiang, Jie Zheng and Bujie Du conduct research on the behavior of nanoparticles in the body at UTD's Natural Science and Engineering Research Laboratory. [Photo: UTD, Background image: Girolamo Sferrazza Papa via iStock
Discovery: UTD Works to Make Nanomedicines Safer; UTSW’s Breakthrough in Cancer Research
by Lance Murray | Jul 26, 2019
Also, you’ll find out about how a UTA researcher will use a $634,000 grant to study T cells’ role in cardiovascular disease in older people, as well as two UTD scientists who have received honors in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 26, 2019
The team's virtual reality simulation places novice surgeons inside a surgical theater in Zambia to learn the intricacies of performing a hysterectomy to battle cervical cancer.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 25, 2019
The local Texas Talent Connections grants were among $5.2 million awarded to 15 agencies statewide for innovative workforce skills training and job placement programs.
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by Natalie Le |
Jul 22, 2019
With its new social media campaign, Texas Women's Foundation hopes to encourage more people—especially women—to get out and vote.
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Pauline Beery Mack performed groundbreaking research for NASA throughout the 1960s at Texas Woman's University in Denton. [Photo: Courtesy TWU]
Discovery: Film Explores Female TWU Researcher’s Trailblazing Space Studies; UNTHSC Prof Helps Lead Opioid Crisis Effort
by Lance Murray | Jul 19, 2019
You'll also find out how scientists at UTD and UT Southwestern hope to improve multiple sclerosis therapies with the help of 3D brain images in this roundup of research and development activities in North Texas.
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by Natalie Le |
Jul 18, 2019
UT Dallas and the first lunar landing have more in common than you think. As they celebrate their 50th anniversaries this summer, a trip down memory lane reveals just how interconnected their histories are.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 17, 2019
The wind tunnel will be used for research funded by $1.5 million in grants from the Office of Naval Research. Speed creates heat-producing friction, and the funding will go toward studying shields to protect hypersonic vehicles.
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Esports Meets Education: UIL Considers Proposal to Sanction Competitive Gaming in Texas High Schools
by Lauren Hawkins |
Jul 12, 2019
Everything is bigger in Texas—including esports. We asked DFW esports experts to weigh in on how a possible UIL sanction might change the future of the industry in North Texas and beyond.
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