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29 news releases are tagged with the topic chemistry
October 2014
Local inventors
Dozens of UT Arlington patent holders converge on National Academy of Inventors symposium.
September 2014
Global influence
Two UT Arlington chemistry and biochemistry professors are being honored by their colleagues in India.
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
Supporting tomorrow's leaders
A new UT Arlington, Arlington school district collaboration will create a STEM Academy for high school students, starting in 2015.
June 2014
A test for safe water
The National Science Foundation is helping a UT Arlington team bring a new analyzer for water contamination to the market.
May 2014
Addressing water questions
A team of UT Arlington scientists is helping North Texas water conservation districts examine private well water.
April 2014
A better test
A UT Arlington research team says they have a better technique for measuring the water content in pharmaceutical components, a major challenge for manufacturers.
March 2014
Bright futures
UT Arlington undergraduate Jessica Dawn Stevens was among less than 300 U.S. students awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship.
Advances in detection
A UT Arlington team has come up with a new, vastly more sensitive method for finding evidence of performance enhancing drugs.
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.
Tracing tumor growth
College of Science professors are working together to determine how BPA may promote growth of breast cancer tumors.
February 2014
Water quality questions
A UT Arlington chemist who examined water quality and natural gas wells in 2012 is starting a new study.
Worldwide influence honored
Daniel Armstrong has published more than 550 scientific works and technology he invented is on its way to a comet. In March, the American Chemical Society will give him a second prestigious national award.
January 2014
New model drastically reduces run times
Paper proposes new computer model that accounts for nano-scale measurements and movements.
December 2013
Karbhari, Elsenbaumer, Cason, Lewis honored
Professors are honored for inventions in respective fields.
November 2013
A leader in shaping science
The Analytical Scientist magazine put just 100 scientists on their Power List 2013 and UTA's Daniel Armstrong landed at No. 16.
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.
Focusing on sustainable science
Two UT Arlington researchers have received grants from the National Science Foundation's new SusChEM initiative. Their work will address energy needs.
October 2013
Science advances with Shimadzu
Two new student labs are open as part of the Shimadzu Institute for Research Technologies, a $25.2 million investment in science.
September 2013
Reclaiming streams
UTA biologists have found a natural way to address acid rain damage in the Adirondacks.
August 2013
Biochemistry junior wins prestigious EPA fellowship
John Gurak makes sustainability part of his biochemistry research at UTA, earns $50,000 EPA fellowship.
Professor to become American Chemical Society fellow
The ACS has named Daniel Armstrong to its 2013 Class of Fellows, recognizing his innovative achievements.
July 2013
Potential well water contaminants highest near natural gas drilling
100 private water wells in and near the Barnett Shale showed elevated levels of potential contaminants closest to natural gas extraction sites.
June 2013
International organization elects professor as vice president
Krishnan Rajeshwar has been elected as a vice president of The Electrochemical Society, an educational nonprofit with more than 8,000 members worldwide.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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The Price of Manifest Destiny: Maps relating to Wars in the Southwest
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Art Exhibition in The Gallery at UTA: Philip Van Keuren / Liz Ward
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