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SMU's Dedman Chemistry Professor Elfi Kraka, at center. [Photo: SMU]
SMU Chemist, Colleagues Develop Machine Learning Model To Help Study Stardust and Atomic Interactions
by Lance Murray | Mar 14, 2024
The researchers developed a novel model called ANI-1xnr that's suitable for a broad range of reactive chemistry without costly refitting—a major drawback of the MLIPs currently in use, SMU said.
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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Vegetable physiologist Daniel Leskovar (left) and turfgrass breeder Ambika Chandra will oversee the Texas A&M AgriLife center at Dallas mission to "promote urban horticulture and forestry, the effective use of water and land resources, urban landscapes and healthy living for all Texans." [Photos: TAMU]
A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Dallas Names Director, Assistant Director
by Lance Murray | Jan 12, 2024
The AgriLife leaders look forward to working with public and private partners as the center advances science to protect natural resources, support economies, and promote sustainable urban living in North Texas.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 10, 2023
The company said Mark Kupferman, a former Six Flags executive, is a marketing leader with expertise in brand development, digital media, menu innovation, as well as in leading high-performing teams to deliver transformational growth.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 31, 2023
The scientists' joint research could help lead to early detection of babies at risk of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, which occurs when oxygen or blood flow to the brain is reduced or stopped at birth.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 26, 2023
A civil engineering researcher at UT Arlington and her team are hoping to restore damaged or dying coral reefs—inspired by the remarkable durability of ancient Roman construction materials in seawater.
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CPRIT Awards $9.5M in Cancer Research Grants to SMU and Dallas’ Baylor Research Institute
by Lance Murray | Aug 17, 2023
The 29 new grants approved by CPRIT's Oversight Committee include the first CPRIT Scholar award to Southern Methodist University in Dallas and state funding for Dallas' Baylor Research Institute to join a major National Cancer Institute study.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 22, 2023
SMU's new federally funded data warehouse will feature a unique component—a video game called "Dark Shadows"—to help researchers extract and “clean” relevant human trafficking information from the U.S. Department of Justice’s press releases, such as victims' and perpetrators' names and crime locations.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 15, 2023
The $110 million, 135,000 square-foot expansion at Pegasus Park—a regional hub for life sciences and biotechnology in North Texas—will offer prebuilt lab suites with the tools and flexible space needed for growth-stage life sciences entrepreneurs and companies. Demolition is underway and construction on Bridge Labs is set to begin soon, developers said.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 2, 2023
Jason Garrett, the newly appointed Dean of the School of Business at UNT Dallas has ambitious plans for the institution. Significantly, its business school is a unique institution, being the only one of its kind at a four-year public university in Dallas, he says.
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Elon Musk, Other Tech Leaders Call for 6-Month Pause on the ‘Dangerous Race’ to Giant AI Systems
by Lance Murray | Mar 29, 2023
The request was made in an open letter signed by major players including Elon Musk, co-founder of OpenAI, the lab that created ChatGPT and GPT-4; Emad Mostaque, founder of the London-based Stability AI; and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. More than 1,000 artificial intelligence experts, researchers, and backers signed the letter, including academics from UT Dallas.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 28, 2023
The 18-month comprehensive research study begins this month, and is led by the Arlington Tomorrow Fund with assistance from United Way of Tarrant County, the city of Arlington, and The University of Texas at Arlington.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 13, 2023
“Our researchers continue to push the envelope on developing a better understanding of cancer and new ways to help cancer patients in Texas and beyond,” said Center Director Carlos L. Arteaga, M.D.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 9, 2023
The researchers discovered how healthy bacteria can escape the intestine, travel to lymph nodes and cancerous tumors elsewhere in the body, and boost the effectiveness of certain immunotherapy drugs. “Now we understand that mechanism much better and, in the future, hope to use this knowledge to better fight cancer," said UT Southwestern's Andrew Y. Koh, M.D.
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