MORE►
researchers
UTD doctoral student Matthew Bergschneider and researchers found why lithium nickel oxide batteries fail and developed a potential fix for the promising battery material. [Photo: UT Dallas]
UT Dallas Researchers Solve Battery Puzzle That Could Extend Phone Life and EV Range
by Lance Murray | Feb 18, 2025
Lithium nickel oxide, a promising material for next-gen, longer-lasting batteries, keeps failing during charging. Now a UTD team says it's found a fix to make it viable for commercial use. The researchers plan to manufacture test batteries in their robotics lab before seeking industry partners to take them to market.
by Lance Murray |
Feb 4, 2025
The strategy—which is used by companies to poach customers from competitors by offering targeted ads to consumers' mobile devices based on their physical location—may benefit advertisers more than their business clients, UT Dallas researchers contend.
MORE►
by Lance Murray |
Feb 1, 2025
The study of data from past storms includes researchers from multiple universities as well as international partners from hurricane-prone regions including the Bahamas, Jamaica, and Costa Rica.
MORE►
by Lance Murray |
Jan 18, 2025
The project, led by Assistant Professor of Biology Alicia Rogers, could lead to improved genetic knowledge that may aid in the development of synthetic therapies to prevent or treat diseases, including cancer.
MORE►
Image: Colossal Foundation
Dallas’ Colossal Foundation Donates $1M to Help Save Amphibians from Mass Extinction
by Lance Murray | Dec 17, 2024
“Helping to stop the spread of chytrid is a necessity to ensure healthy ecosystems globally,” said Colossal Foundation Director Matt James. “This isn’t optional. We have to give frogs a fighting chance and ensure they remain a vital part of our planet’s biodiversity for generations to come."
MORE►
by Lance Murray |
Nov 14, 2024
SMU researchers and the Southern Dallas Inland Port Transportation Management Association are working with officials from Wilmer and Arlington to address air quality challenges caused by heavy truck traffic around key logistics hubs in the region. Professors from SMU's Lyle School of Engineering are bringing their expertise in remote sensing and transportation to bear on the EPA-funded project.
MORE►
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.
MORE►
by Lance Murray |
Jul 18, 2024
Almost everyone is concerned about online scams that seek to drain people’s bank accounts or steal their identities, and with the increasing presence of artificial intelligence in our lives, that concern has taken an even more dramatic turn as cybercriminals have been using the technology to design scams....
MORE►
[Photo: undefined undefined/iStock]
Fort Worth’s Rainwater Charitable Foundation Partners on $2M in Grants To Fund Research on Neurodegenerative Disorders
by Lance Murray | Jul 10, 2024
The grants came out of a workshop for researchers with a focus on Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) and Frontotemporal Dementias (FTDs), part of a class of debilitating neurodegenerative diseases that may shorten a person's lifespan, and for which no current treatments exist.
MORE►
by Lance Murray |
Jun 26, 2024
Dallas-based Komen said the 32 grants will further cutting-edge breast cancer research being done at 27 prestigious institutions worldwide and continue its longstanding support of breast cancer researchers early in their careers, as well as the world’s leaders in the field.
MORE►
by Lance Murray |
Jun 17, 2024
Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and UT Southwestern analyzed T-cell receptors in nearly 500 blood samples from pre-diagnostic patients with ovarian cancer. The results point to the potential of testing for biomarkers 2 to 4 years before most cases of HGOC are currently diagnosed.
MORE►
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.
MORE►
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.
MORE►
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.
MORE►
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.
MORE►
by Lance Murray |
Nov 20, 2023
The research could lead to new ways to study the human brain without influence from other bodily functions. Also, it could inform the design of machines for cardiopulmonary bypass that better replicate natural blood flow to the brain.
MORE►
