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UT Dallas' Dr. Wei Li [Photo: UTD]
From North Texas to the Moon: NASA-Funded Engineer Tackles Lunar Welding Tech
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.
by Lance Murray |
Feb 17, 2025
Southern Methodist University biology researchers are uncovering how brain, heart, and lung connections may hold the key to preventing sudden death in epilepsy—while making a breakthrough discovery linking a missing brain protein to fatal seizures.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 14, 2025
A clinical trial led by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas could help bring an experimental treatment for depression closer to approval from the U.S....
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 12, 2025
“We have been working to build a platform at the intersection of technology and marketing services in this growing and highly fragmented industry for several years,” Trinity Hunt Partner George Morgan says.
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Dallas’ Susan G. Komen Launches ShareForCures Breast Cancer Registry Alliance
by Lance Murray | Oct 24, 2024
The new alliance is aimed at boosting enrollment in ShareForCures, a secure, cloud-based research platform empowering those diagnosed with breast cancer to share their unique health data.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 15, 2024
Keratoconus, which causes the cornea to thin and bulge, not only impairs vision but if left untreated can lead to severe complications including blindness, HSC said.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 12, 2024
Parks Associates' "Smart Spaces" conference in Richardson will bring together property owners, building managers, and tech leaders to discuss innovations in the industry Sept. 24-25. Keynote speakers from Amazon Key, Luma Residential, and Stoneweg US promise insights from industry heavyweights.
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by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
Aug 14, 2024
Carter Inc. aims to be the first call for both corporate and high-stakes biotech relocations, working to keep transitions smooth and operations on track.
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Toyota and Pepco Team Up to Research Vehicle-to-Grid Technology [Photo: Toyota Motor North America]
Plano-Based Toyota Motor North America Partners on EV‑to‑Grid Technology
by Lance Murray | Jun 17, 2024
Toyota and Washington, D.C.-based utility company Pepco are partnering to explore bidirectional power flow technology. The tech will allow battery EV owners to not only charge their vehicles but also send power back to the local energy grid during peak demand hours or at critical times—such as severe weather events.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 10, 2024
UT Dallas said that cellphones using the technology might one day be used to find studs, wooden beams, or wiring behind walls; cracks in pipes; or outlines of contents in envelopes and packages. The tech—based on technology nearly two decades in the making—could have medical applications as well.
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by Lance Murray |
May 29, 2024
UTD's Dr. Ifana Mahbub is leading a research team that's developing wireless technology to transfer electromagnetic waves to and from far distances. Beyond drones, the research could also impact EVs, mobile phones, and wearable devices.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 26, 2024
Dallas-based Nanoscope said Dr. Allen C. Ho will help define the strategy of developing its gene mutation-agnostic therapies. Ho is attending surgeon and director of retina research at Wills Eye Hospital and co-director of the Wills Eye Hospital Retina Service.
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UT Southwestern's Clements University Hospital [Photo: UTSW]
CPRIT Approves Over $16M in Cancer-Fighting Grants to Dallas-Area Institutions
by Lance Murray | Feb 27, 2024
Included in the 12 Dallas-area funding awards is a $4 million Rising Star grant to bring Stefan Gloeggler, Ph.D., to UT Southwestern Medical Center from the Max Planck Institute of Multidisciplinary Sciences in Göttingen, Germany.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 13, 2024
UT Southwestern Medical Center and pharmaceutical company Pfizer have teamed up to develop new ways to deliver genetic treatments to patients.
Together they aim to accelerate the development of therapies that work through RNA biology and engineered delivery methods to fix root genetic causes of disease, which Pfizer could apply to its portfolio of investigational programs.
Together they aim to accelerate the development of therapies that work through RNA biology and engineered delivery methods to fix root genetic causes of disease, which Pfizer could apply to its portfolio of investigational programs.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 22, 2024
In 1985, Dr. John Hart Jr. established that the brain stores knowledge by categories. Now his team in the UTD Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory of Memory and Language has pinpointed patterns of brain activity that appear crucial for word retrieval.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 15, 2024
Molecular biologist Vincent Tagliabracci, who was named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator in 2021, will be honored by the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology for his groundbreaking work on so-called zombie enzymes.
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