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UT Dallas Team Builds Neuromorphic Computer That Could Cut AI Training Costs

by | Nov 24, 2025
The brain-inspired design could lower the energy and compute costs behind AI training requirements, an increasingly urgent challenge for enterprises.
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UT Dallas Researchers ‘Barcode’ Engineered Cells with Patent-Pending Tech to Protect Biotech IP
by | Sep 27, 2025
The UTD team’s approach adapts a chip-security technique to biology. The breakthrough gives biotech companies a new way to prevent costly misidentification and protect intellectual property.
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NIH Taps UT Southwestern Medical Center for $23M North Texas Alzheimer’s Disease Research Hub
by | Sep 3, 2025
The new federal Alzheimer's hub joins an elite network of 37 centers nationwide. Scientists from UT Southwestern, UT Arlington, and UT Dallas will decode dementia by exploring hypertension's role, analyzing voice patterns with AI, and creating virtual patient models.
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It's a milestone year for the region’s top tech honors: A quarter-century strong, the 25th annual Tech Titans Awards lands in Frisco on September 12.
North Texas Innovators Named Finalists for the 25th Annual Tech Titans Awards
by | Jul 25, 2025
From startup founders to Fortune 500 CIOs, here’s who’s in the running for this year’s honors. The City of Frisco will be the first “Host City Sponsor” for Tech Titans Oscar-style presentation ceremony.
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UT Dallas Study Tests AI as a Triage Tool in Breast Cancer Screenings

by | Jul 1, 2025
Rather than replace radiologists, UTD researchers say AI could help flag low-risk mammograms for automated review. The approach could cut costs and ease delays as cancer rates rise and the diagnostic workforce shrinks.
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Rediscovered: A Century-Old Clue to Diabetic Nerve Pain, Found in North Texas
by | Jun 20, 2025
A scientific footnote from 1922 is now a potential key to treating diabetic nerve pain, a chronic and widespread condition with few effective options. The new study wouldn't have happened without the nonprofit Southwest Transplant Alliance, says UT Dallas neuroscientist Ted Price, who credits the group with making the research possible.
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A balloon dog—but sturdier. UT Dallas researchers 3D-printed this foam figure to demonstrate the material’s strength, recyclability, and potential for shaping complex, customizable designs.
UT Dallas Chemists Create Self‑Repairing, 3D-Printed Foam That’s Made to Flex and Last
by | 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.
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UTD Team’s Discovery Could Boost Solid-State Battery Performance in EVs, Phones, Military Drones

by | 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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Rutgers Leader Named as Sole Finalist for UT Dallas Presidency
by | May 8, 2025
If appointed by regents after the state-required 21-day waiting period for sole finalists, Rutgers University's Prabhas Moghe would succeed Richard Benson, who announced in August his plan to transition back to a faculty role at UTD.
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Twin Chemistry Students Win First Prize at UTD’s Big Idea Competition
by | May 6, 2025
Ikeda and Orikeda Trashi took home $12,000 in the Big Idea student competition for Biodelivera, a platform that delivers cancer therapy directly to tumors. In the alumni track, the top prize went to Brice Sokolowski for his sweat-evaporating Vaucluse Backpack Ventilation Gear.
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UTD Team and CorroHealth Use AI ‘Reasoning’ for Medical Coding Automation
by | Apr 16, 2025
A team of UT Dallas computer scientists has partnered with Plano-based CorroHealth to introduce "reasoning" to the company's LLM- and NLP-based coding automation technology. "The goal is to extract knowledge like a human would do it," said UTD's Dr. Gopal Gupta.
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Researchers Build ‘Blocky” Twin of UTD in Minecraft for Digital Workforce Training

by | 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.
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Beyond Gaming: How Minecraft Became a Platform for Scientific Learning and AI Research
by | 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.
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From Fentanyl to DIY Food Safety: Dr. Shalini Prasad’s Groundbreaking Trifecta of Detection Devices
by | Jan 29, 2025
Combining cutting-edge research and real-world applications, the UT Dallas professor transforms public health with innovations in detection technology, including “a check engine light” for the human body. In collaboration with EnLiSense, the company she cofounded, Dr. Prasad combines chemistry with software and hardware to bring the technology to life as market-ready devices.
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UTD Researchers Develop At‑Home Sensors To Detect Food & Water Contaminants
by | Dec 3, 2024
The recent nationwide alert about E. coli-laced organic carrots is just the latest example that our food safety isn't guaranteed. Now a research team at UT Dallas is exploring a way that people can do a final check for contaminants—right in their own homes.
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