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UT Dallas doctoral student Rebecca Johnson holds a balloon dog made from 3D-printed foam. The shape served as a proof-of-concept, showing how the material can be formed into complex, flexible designs. [Photo: UTD]
UT Dallas Chemists Create Self‑Repairing, 3D-Printed Foam That’s Made to Flex and Last
by Lance Murray | Jun 17, 2025
The lightweight, recyclable material can be printed into complex shapes—including a balloon dog—and shows potential for use in helmets, insulation, and more. The research explores a method still largely untapped in commercial manufacturing.
by Lance Murray |
Jun 16, 2025
The protein—implicated in blood cancers like leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma—was decoded in near-atomic detail by UT Southwestern researchers, including Nobel Prize winner Bruce Beutler. In lab models, turning off midnolin wiped out up to 92% of cancer cells—with minimal impact on healthy ones, according to UT Southwestern.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 11, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of May 6 with a total of 134 patents granted.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 11, 2025
An earlier version of the technology was used in jackets worn by U.S. Olympic athletes in 2022. A new fabrication technique could make large-scale production feasible for adaptive clothing to self-powered sensors and wearable tech.
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Left: A sensor constantly monitors a patient's skin for hydration. Right: Engineering students at the R&D Expo at UNT [Photos: Chloe Nguyen/UNT]
From Trash Bots to Skin Sensors: UNT Engineering Students Build for Real-World Impact
by Lance Murray | Jun 6, 2025
At the University of North Texas' annual Research and Design Expo, students tackled challenges in projects from public parks to public health—with innovations in biomedical tech, infrastructure, and sustainability.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 5, 2025
Co-founded by Chief Scientific Advisor Daniel J. Siegwart of UT Southwestern and CEO RA Session II, Signify Bio said it harnesses the human body for the production of in situ protein therapeutics. The round was led by Actium Group with participation from the Gates Foundation Strategic Investment Fund, Danaher Ventures LLC, Eli Lilly and Company, and BrightEdge, the American Cancer Society's VC arm.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 5, 2025
Tarleton’s Stephenville facility—shared with Texas A&M AgriLife—aims to boost rural research, innovation, and small business. Not yet a year old, it’s earning statewide recognition.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 4, 2025
The UT Dallas team found that mixing small particles between two solid electrolytes can generate an effect called a “space charge layer"—an accumulation of electric charge at the interface between the two materials, making it easier for ions to move across the interface.
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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.
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by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray |
May 29, 2025
The MotiliCap capsule system offers a non-invasive, high-tech way to assess how the gastrointestinal tract is functioning — giving clinicians advanced insights into digestive health and movement.
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by Lance Murray |
May 28, 2025
With $1.86 billion raised since 2018 and recent product launches, the North Texas life science company founded in 2008 is preparing for a public debut on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, following a $168 million growth capital round in April.
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![T-Mobile USA has received a newly granted patent for "Autonomous Delivery to a Dynamic Location," invented by Prosper-based Sathyaraj Kolandasamy. The patent describes a system that enables an autonomous vehicle to update its delivery destination in real time by tracking the changing location of a user's wireless device—allowing items to be delivered even as the recipient moves. [Source image: USPTO Patent #12282888, Fig. 1; background by DI Studio]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Patents-week-of-42225-360x203.jpg)
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 28, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of April 22 with a total of 110 patents granted.
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The same concept behind dental implants is helping amputees walk again. UT Southwestern surgeons used titanium implants to anchor Scott Bryson’s prosthetic limb.
This UT Southwestern Surgery Gave a North Texas Amputee a New Way to Walk—And a Promise to Keep
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 Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
May 22, 2025
When a hotline failed her, 16-year-old Bhuvika Tripuraneni built her own answer. Meet the Frisco teen using AI to help Gen Z cope—and coding toward a future in bioinformatics.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 21, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of April 15 with a total of 84 patents granted.
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Patented: Apple’s Dynamic Network Hardware Activation System and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 14, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of April 8 with a total of 132 patents granted.
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