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109 news releases are tagged with the topic research
November 2014
Cancer decoys
The research uses biodegradable polymers to build cancer traps that can be more easily eradicated.
Cartoons and politics
UT Arlington Cultural Anthropologist Ritu Khanduri examines newspaper cartoons' importance to politics and culture in new book.
Physics leader
The Texas Section of the American Physical Society honored Suresh Sharma for his contributions to the organization's success.
October 2014
Stem cell generation
A bioengineering professor is working on research that injects microscaffolding into a patient, spurring use of that patient's own stem cells.
Assistive technology
John Bricout, associate dean for research and community outreach in the School of Social Work, will use a federal grant to develop a human assistive robot learning network.
Breath analysis
Electrical engineers will build a device to detect dangerous gases in a person's breath.
Meeting of the Minds
UT Arlington prepares for major role in international gathering of mind, brain and education experts.
Urban Water Sustainability
An engineer is looking to develop a tool that cities and counties can use to plan for needed infrastructure.
Metal fatigue
Research will detect problems in aircraft parts at the micro- and nano-scale level.
Exploring a physics oddity
UT Arlington Ph.D. student Sarah Hernandez is working to understand the behavior of plutonium with support from Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Sensors to the rescue
Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program project aimed at helping soldiers.
Pain management
A UT Arlington multi-disciplinary team will analyze data to help physicians make better, more informed decisions about treating patients’ pain.
September 2014
Detecting dangers
A UT Arlington research team has developed a new radiation detection method that could lead to advances in medical safety and homeland security.
Harvesting water
Engineering researchers develop device, inspired by the beaks of birds, to help harvest water from fog and dew. The artificial beaks could help drought-stricken areas around the world.
A research network
UT Arlington has received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to give researchers a faster computer network.
Efficient energy
A research team has discovered a way to cool electrons in chips that could enable electronic devices to function with very little energy.
Teen substance abuse
New research led by Eusebius Small, assistant professor in the School of Social Work, points to parental education as a factor in teens at risk of alcohol and marijuana use.
Big Data
Computer scientist to use genomic network for determining best materials to manufacture products.
Research leader
Mickey McCabe, a composite materials expert who has led research efforts at the University of Dayton, takes the helm at the UT Arlington Research Institute.
A place in the lab
A new UT Arlington program aims to increase retention of science majors by giving them early access to research.
August 2014
Online learning decoded
UT Arlington's new LINK lab is kicking off the fall semester by announcing talks from digital learning leaders.
A changing ocean
UT Arlington biologists looked at the lineages of Caribbean coral and found older species appear more hardy.
Detecting neural glitches
Research compares brain patterns to patients with mental illnesses.
A life-saving link
UT Arlington's College of Nursing is working with a national health care company to pioneer valuable remote skill assessments.
Beyond the solar system
A UT Arlington physics team say they've made a breakthrough in the difficult task of finding moons outside our solar system.
July 2014
Breaking ground
A UT Arlington geophysicist will use federal grant funding to examine rock fractures at the surface and below ground.
Big data
A UT Arlington engineering professor has won a three-year NSF grant to develop an interactive gene expression database.
Enthusiasm and excellence rewarded
A UT Arlington biology student was one of 15 in the nation to earn the prestigious UNCF Merck Science Research Scholarship Award.
June 2014
New method could help patients with genetic conditions
Team uses photothermal delivery to pinpoint cancer treatment.
Students improve after treatment
Published paper details use of functional near infrared spectroscopy to map brain activity responses during cognitive activities.
The why of Y
UT Arlington biologists studying the evolution of beetles have a new hypothesis about why some species lose their Y chromosome.
May 2014
Addressing water questions
A team of UT Arlington scientists is helping North Texas water conservation districts examine private well water.
Funding boost for particle physics
The University of Texas at Arlington's Center of Excellence in High Energy Physics was awarded a three-year, $2.5 million grant from the Department of Energy, which represents a 25 percent increase over their previous base funding.
Spotting depression
A College of Nursing professor surveyed available research to find a way to help depressed teenagers.
Academy member appointed
National Academy of Sciences member David Nygren will join UT Arlington's Physics Department this fall. He is widely known for inventing the “Time Projection Chamber” and current work investigating neutrinos.
April 2014
Seeking a cancer solution
A Department of Defense-funded UT Arlington physicist believes he has a way to improve photodynamic cancer therapy.
Coursework to lead to certification
Certification program to meet supply in high-demand engineering area.
March 2014
Art research
Art Professor Mary Vaccaro has been named a visiting professor at Villa I Tatti-The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Italy.
Bright futures
UT Arlington undergraduate Jessica Dawn Stevens was among less than 300 U.S. students awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship.
Searching the universe
A team of UT Arlington physicists says scientists searching for habitable planets shouldn't overlook F-type stars.
Innovative space
Technology-rich lab to launch fall 2015 in the UT Arlington Central Library, bringing together student inventors, artists, engineers and more.
Connecting to research
Undergraduate Emmanuel Fordjour is already doing award-winning research on ways to fight a dangerous disease that he saw firsthand as a hospital volunteer.
February 2014
Water quality questions
A UT Arlington chemist who examined water quality and natural gas wells in 2012 is starting a new study.
Technology recruits stem cells for reconstruction
Kytai Nguyen's National Institutes of Health work will make angioplasty, stenting procedures safer.
January 2014
Language testing
New research led by Jodi Tommerdahl, associate professor of curriculum and instruction, focuses on helping children with language difficulties.
Living laboratory
Education Professor Marc Schwartz directs the Southwest Center for Mind, Brain and Education that is helping to bridge the gap between scientists and the public through a new innovative partnership.
University part of nationwide plan to get drones airborne
Four researchers will work on various aspects of unmanned aerial systems that could boost use of those systems.
Device also could power homes
Inexpensive micro-windmills could solve many energy challenges.
The future for learners
George Siemens will head a new lab at UTA to examine the intersection of technology and higher education.
A changing Amazon
An assistant professor in the UT Arlington biology department recently published new discoveries about Amazon deforestation.
December 2013
Karbhari, Elsenbaumer, Cason, Lewis honored
Professors are honored for inventions in respective fields.
Peers honor physicist
J. Ping Liu, a UT Arlington physicist recently awarded federal funding for his work with magnets, has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society.
Explaining nature's extremes
UT Arlington's Todd Castoe is lead author on a new paper detailing the sequencing of the Burmese python genome.
November 2013
Assistant professor's paper uses EEG readings for forecasting
Researcher incorporates adaptive learning to use medical data in best way.
Bioengineer concentrates on tissue, cellular research
A bioengineering associate professor was named an American Heart Association fellow.
Researching women's fight
Erika Pribanic-Smith, assistant professor of communication, wins national award for her paper examining the use of print media in the campaign to save George Washington's estate.
Professor hopes to explain, improve reactions
The National Science Foundation has awarded $450,000 to a UT Arlington chemistry professor studying chemical reactions widely used in industry and research.
NIH funds may fuel new treatment
A UTA physicist is exploring ways to use light to control and monitor neural activity. His work could help those with sight deterioration.
October 2013
NSF grant compiles Big Data for healthier living
A UT Arlington computer scientist is mining electronic medical records data to help physicians personalize patient treatment.
Incubator to aid marketability
The University of Texas at Arlington and TechFW, a Fort Worth-based technology startup initiative, have agreed to a multi-year partnership to commercialize University research and move innovation to the marketplace.
Finding the best help for veterans
A nursing professor is recognized nationally for her work on a published report concerning veterans and employment.
New system could be used in variety of communications, computer devices
An electrical engineering professor's NSF work aims to harness the power of lasers on silicon chips to increase capacity and speed in computing and communications systems.
Research studies lithium-ion batteries
Two UT Arlington engineering faculty members have won a $152,077 Office of Naval Research grant to make lithium-ion batteries cooler and safer on Navy ships and planes.
Aerospace engineering student earns NASA fellowship
Baydar will conduct research into efficient jet engines in conjunction with the space agency.
September 2013
Preserving culture and language
The National Science Foundation awards efforts by Colleen Fitzgerald, professor of linguistics and TESOL, to document and revitalize Native American language.
Nguyen earns American Heart Association grant
A UT Arlington associate professor is working with the American Heart Association on a new method that could use injected nanoparticles to recruit stem cells from the patient’s own blood to build needed stents in a patient’s failing blood vessels.
Drums that "speak"
Associate music professor bridges culture and language gap with centuries-old instrument central to life in Africa.
Reclaiming streams
UTA biologists have found a natural way to address acid rain damage in the Adirondacks.
Move to encourage collaboration
The Nanofab joins the University's Shimadzu Institute for Research Technologies in a move to strengthen research that depends upon world-class scientific instrumentation.
August 2013
Biochemistry junior wins prestigious EPA fellowship
John Gurak makes sustainability part of his biochemistry research at UTA, earns $50,000 EPA fellowship.
Engineer takes on role in national Materials Genome Initiative
Researchers are assembling a computer-based "genome" that will aid in the design and development of advanced new materials.
JFK remembered in Special Collections photo exhibit
Exhibit focuses on the Kennedys' buoyant visit to Fort Worth in 1963.
Zlolniski appointed director of Center for Mexican American Studies
Internationally-renowned scholar, expert in international migration and economic globalization to lead center in new direction.
Professor to become American Chemical Society fellow
The ACS has named Daniel Armstrong to its 2013 Class of Fellows, recognizing his innovative achievements.
Researcher finds that money motivates employees to lose weight
Research shows financial incentives can be a very effective tool in encouraging employees to lose weight.
“Group-level narcissism” linked to negative attitudes toward immigrants
Feelings of superiority that go beyond patriotism may be a key predictor for those who feel negatively toward undocumented Latino immigrants.
June 2013
Engineer to design prototype that predicts flash flooding
A first-of-its-kind prototype would allow Fort Worth to more effectively dispatch emergency personnel when flash flooding occurs.
Research Institute kicks off assisted living apartment
The UT Arlington Research Institute celebrates its first year by launching an assistive living laboratory.
Researchers provide study on use of drones
Newly published research offers a groundbreaking perspective on the controversial use of unmanned aerial vehicles in journalism.
Research focuses on using existing TxDOT right of way
A civil engineer is studying the feasibility of placing a high-speed rail line within the public right of way from North Texas to Houston and San Antonio.
Research to benefit quality, flow in 150-mile Integrated Pipeline
Engineer has been awarded a $394,300 grant from the Tarrant Regional Water District to ensure water quality and flow.
Use caution with computerized concussion test, researcher says
Newly published research has reaffirmed questions about portions of the popular computerized concussion assessment tool ImPACT.
May 2013
New ruthenium complexes target cancer cells without typical side effects
Researchers have identified two ruthenium-based complexes they believe could pave the way for treatments that control cancer cell growth more effectively.
Nature paper sheds new light on effects of Arctic warming
A recent paper in the journal Nature is challenging long-held ideas about the effects of temperature increases in the Alaskan tundra.
Physicist's tool has potential for brain mapping
The new tool could help scientists map and track the interactions between neurons inside different areas of the brain.
Education, research earn awards for nursing professors
The two will receive the Association of Black Nursing Faculty Lifetime Achievement in Education and Research Award.
Professors assist in turtle genome research
The work sequences the genome of a western painted turtle, only the second reptile species to have its genetic information fully mapped.
Research on testing to produce safer, faster, more reliable aircraft
An aerospace engineer is developing diagnostic and predictive tools that can make aircraft safer, faster and more reliable.
April 2013
Early dialogue between parents and children effective in deterring tobacco, alcohol use
Early, substantive dialogue can be more powerful in shaping teen behavior than advertising, marketing or peer pressure.
Kepler's supernova came from young, metal-rich star
The research was published by The Astrophysical Journal Letters and co-authored by a UT Arlington assistant professor.
Motor skills research nets good news for middle-aged
People in their 20s don’t have much on their middle-aged counterparts when it comes to some fine motor movements, researchers have found.
March 2013
New Shimadzu Institute names director
UT Arlington has hired an experienced laboratory researcher to serve as director of its new Shimadzu Institute for Research Technologies.
Professor's research finds more space on cell phone spectrum
He is developing a system in a cell phone that could automatically locate available space within a bandwidth, reducing or eliminating "dead spots."
Engineer to provide Navy better radar performance with less data
He is working to provide the U.S. Navy a signal processing system that provides better information for radar even though it collects less data.
Engineer to search for bad algal blooms
A grant will be used to identify harmful algal blooms in fresh and salt water so that water providers can take action to contain and curb the blooms.
Physicist gains NASA funding for space weather research
More than $400,000 has been awarded to develop a 3D look at how electrodynamic energy from solar winds enters and moves throughout the Earth's upper atmosphere.
Adaptable software, tools aim to help rheumatoid arthritis patients
Researchers are creating individualized, patient-centered rehabilitation software systems that will promote and support physical therapy for people with rheumatoid arthritis.
February 2013
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments donates record $7.5 million
A new $7.5 million gift from Shimadzu Scientific Instruments to The University of Texas at Arlington will support one of the most significant installments of advanced scientific equipment in the United States, propelling the University to new heights of discovery and innovation.
Research employs semiconductors to better store, use solar energy
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $400,000 Early Career Development grant to Fuqiang Liu, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering, to improve the way solar energy is captured, stored and transmitted for use.
Researchers explore more efficient carbon dioxide to methanol model
Researchers from The University of Texas at Arlington are pioneering a new method for using carbon dioxide, or CO2, to make liquid methanol fuel by using copper oxide nanowires and sunlight.
Software engineer's tool makes for quicker tests
A UT Arlington software engineer is refining a computer testing tool that reduces the amount of time and expense companies must spend to determine whether a new program works.
Kinesiology professor honored with young investigator award
The National Association for Sport and Physical Education has chosen University of Texas at Arlington assistant professor Priscila Caçola to receive its Lolas E. Halverson Motor Development Young Investigator Award.
Engineer wins NSF award to support microfluidic analyses of tissue, cell samples
A UT Arlington mechanical engineer has been honored by the National Science Foundation with a $400,000 Early Career Development grant to support her work with microfluidic devices, which promise to improve 3D tissue and cell sample analyses.
Bioengineer to use hybrid imaging system to see deep tissue
A UT Arlington bioengineer has been awarded a $407,163 National Science Foundation Early Career Development grant to use light and sound to produce an accurate image of a patient’s deep tissue.
January 2013
Center to focus on homeland security enhancement
A new center at The University of Texas at Arlington will focus on using nanotechnology to strengthen and enhance U.S. security through collaborative research across disciplines.
New observations help astrophysicist understand Sun's dynamics
UT Arlington physics professor Zdzislaw E. Musielak has been awarded a three-year, $301,339 National Science Foundation grant to investigate Alfvén waves in the Sun, a phenomenon vital to understanding Earth’s nearest star.
Bioengineer studying how to send drugs to lungs through nanotechnology
A UT Arlington bioengineering researcher has teamed with a UT Southwestern colleague to develop a nanoparticle drug delivery system that will help stimulate lung growth and function after partial lung removal or destructive lung disease.
Researchers try new approach for simulating supernovas
Two University of Texas at Arlington researchers want to bridge the gap between what is known about exploding stars and the remnants left behind thousands of years later. So they’re trying something new – using SNSPH, a complex computer code developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Deforestation in the Amazon results in net losses for microbial communities
Research from an international team of microbiologists has revealed a new concern about deforestation in the Amazon rainforest – a troubling net loss in the diversity among the microbial organisms responsible for a functioning ecosystem.
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