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The UTD researchers created a Minecraft digital twin of UT Dallas as part of their educational game development. [Image: UTD]
Researchers Build ‘Blocky” Twin of UTD in Minecraft for Digital Workforce Training
by Lance Murray | Apr 4, 2025
Hollywood's "A Minecraft Movie" killed it with a record $163 million opening weekend. Meanwhile, UT Dallas researchers have created their own world in Minecraft to develop educational games embedded in the blocky "digital sandbox"—and launched a new startup to advance their efforts.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 2, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Feb. 25 with a total of 124 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 26, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Feb. 18 with a total of 149 patents granted.
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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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DirectH2 Co-Founder and Interim CEO Michael Irwin (left) and Aditya Mohite, DirectH2 co-founder and Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rice University. [Photos: LinkedIn]
Dallas Startup DirectH2 Lands Seed Round to Commercialize Rice University’s Breakthrough Hydrogen Tech
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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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 12, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Feb. 4 with a total of 167 patents granted.
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Jonali Baruah [Photo: Tarleton]
Tarleton State Researcher Uses AI to Tackle Mental Fatigue from Virtual Meetings
by Lance Murray | Mar 10, 2025
A professor of psychological sciences at Tarleton State University in Stephenville has received a $419,534 research grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) to gain a better understanding of how people are affected by extended exposure to virtual meetings.
This is the second federal grant that Jonali Baruah has received to conduct research on the effects of video-based meetings on cognitive performance....
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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 David Seeley |
Mar 6, 2025
A spinout from Dallas' Hunt Innovative Technologies, WATTER's high-tech water heaters enable cloud computing to "generate revenue while heating your water, delivering net zero computing." The solution aims to reduce demand on the grid while "bringing economic value to homeowners and businesses alike."
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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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The Colossal Woolly Mice. [Photo: Business Wire]
Meet the Colossal Woolly Mouse, Created by Dallas-Based ‘Decacorn’ Colossal Biosciences
by David Seeley | Mar 4, 2025
Before Colossal Biosciences can "de-extinct" the woolly mammoth, some small steps are in order. They've now been taken by the Colossal Woolly Mouse—a gene-edited creation with "dramatically altered coat color, texture, and thickness reminiscent of the woolly mammoth’s core phenotypes."
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by UT Dallas |
Mar 3, 2025
UT Dallas researcher Dr. Walter Voit transformed Minecraft’s 170-million-player universe into an advanced virtual training ground—for students and for AI agents tested by DARPA. His team’s Polycraft World uses gameplay to turn classroom theory into real-world expertise, covering topics from synthetic organic chemistry to nuclear plants to semiconductor facilities.
Their new startup company, Pedegree Studios, has licensed the core technologies from the university to create a scalable digital pipeline for education and workforce development.
sponsored by The University of Texas at Dallas Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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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 David Seeley |
Feb 27, 2025
Ultimately, the offshore turbine designed by UTD Professor Dr. Todd Griffith could reached the stunning height of 900 feet—as tall as a 72-story skyscraper—generating electricity from winds over the deep ocean "miles from the coast and out of view from land."
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