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June Young Park, assistant professor of civil engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington [Photos: UTA]
UTA’s New Wheelchair-Mounted Smart Tech Gathers Real-World Data to Guide Inclusive Building Design
by Lance Murray | Jun 3, 2025
Backed by a National Science Foundation grant, the project’s key innovation is WHEELCOM—a device that captures wheelchair movement data to help engineers design smarter, more inclusive buildings.
by Lance Murray |
May 27, 2025
Physicist Ben Jones' innovations could help uncover the origins of matter—and deepen our understanding of the universe itself. The scientist was awarded the 2025 International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA) Early Career Researcher Instrumentation Award for his particle detector breakthroughs.
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by Lance Murray |
May 25, 2025
The Dallas-based medical center is one of just two in Texas offering osseointegration, a revolutionary implant technique that gives amputees better control, comfort—and for 50-year-old Scott Bryson, the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle.
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by Quincy Preston |
May 13, 2025
Our urban green space hosts a colony of ecological superheroes—aka bats—working tirelessly to pollinate plants and control pests while most humans are fast asleep.
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University of Texas at Arlington reported its projects contributed $59 million to the national economy last year, an increase of 39% from 2023, according to a new report from the Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS).
UT Arlington Reports $59M National Economic Impact From Research Activity
by Lance Murray | May 5, 2025
University of Texas at Arlington reported its projects contributed $59 million to the national economy last year, an increase of 39% from 2023, according to a new report from the Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS).
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by Lance Murray |
May 2, 2025
A UT Southwestern study of blind fruit flies and mice reveals a brain-wide stress response, shedding light on the biological link between sensory loss and dementia.
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by Lance Murray |
May 2, 2025
Building on a national pilot — Combatting Substance Use and Opioid Crises — that concluded in late 2024, the Fort Worth institution is expanding interprofessional training to strengthen workforce competency and improve care for complex patient needs.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 23, 2025
"As the first and only implantable continuous EEG monitor approved in the U.S., Minder can provide health care professionals and their patients with more accurate and timely diagnoses, enhanced therapeutic drug monitoring, and can better inform decisions on non-drug treatments like surgery," said Epiminder CEO Rohan Hoare.
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Bridge Labs at Pegasus Park is at right with the campus's 18-story office tower literally bridged to it on the left. [Photo: Mauricio Rojas]
Cancer-Fighting Biotech to Move Research Operations to Dallas After ACS ‘Golden Ticket’ Win
by Lance Murray | Mar 24, 2025
Jibe Therapeutics is developing a next-generation cancer treatment that helps the immune system better recognize and attack tumors. As a result of its "Golden Ticket" pitch competition win, Jibe is relocating its research operations to Dallas' Pegasus Park.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 12, 2025
DirectH2 said the funding will accelerate the development and commercialization of its cutting-edge hydrogen solutions in collaboration with Houston-based Rice University—addressing critical challenges in the clean energy sector.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 12, 2025
With a $750,000 innovation grant from NASA, UT Dallas assistant professor Wei Li is rethinking how to weld metal in space for off-world construction—and keep astronauts safe in the process.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 12, 2025
Measuring only 1.38mm, Texas Instruments' new MCU is about the size of a black pepper flake. But it could have a big impact in helping to create "shrinking products"—from medical wearables to electric toothbrushes to stylus pens and more.
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Illusion room at Museum of Illusions Dallas [Photo: MOI]
Mind-Blowing Expansion: Museum of Illusions Reopens in Downtown Dallas
by Lance Murray | Mar 6, 2025
The expansion introduces several interactive exhibits including a gravity-defying illusion inspired by the works of artist Leandro Erlich, where a cleverly angled building mock-up allows guests to live out their superhero dreams and appear as if they’re scaling walls.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 5, 2025
Called Comets LANding, the newly constructed, two-story facility is roughly 16,000 square feet and houses more than 100 PCs. “We may not have football, but we have one of the best esports programs in the country,” a UTD esports manager said.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 27, 2025
UTA's research center features more than 200,000 specimens, including samples of many species that are now extinct. You'll also find tens of thousands of rare books, scientific journals, articles, and reports on "literally anything you can think of that has to do with a reptile or amphibian," says the ARDRC's Gregory Pandelis.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 22, 2025
When thousands of soccer fans arrive in North Texas for the 2026 FIFA World Cup they may be looking to the sky as a way to get around Arlington and the rest of DFW via flying taxis....
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