Study: Sepsis Survivors Require Follow-Up Support
Survivors of sepsis—a life-threatening response to an infection—have expressed a need for advocacy and follow-up support.
Lunar Science Pioneer Posthumously Honored with Special Journal Issue
A special issue of the geochemistry journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta is a tribute to Professor Lawrence Taylor, a founding figure in what would become UT’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
Get Your Game Face On: Study Finds It May Help
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Michael Phelps was caught on camera glaring as he prepared for the men’s 200-meter butterfly final. The look became an example of a concept that has long been familiar in sports: game face.
Faculty Member Explores Growing Trend of Senior Co-Housing
Increasingly, older adults are single and either have no children or live a considerable distance away from their grown children. They try to stay fit and take a more holistic approach to their health. They want to live independently as long as possible. At the same time, many are lonely.
UT to Develop Protocol for Examining Burned Remains for Blunt-Force Trauma
Two anthropology faculty members have been awarded a grant to develop a protocol to correctly identify blunt-force fractures made before death from burned human remains.
Orionid Meteor Shower Expected to Peak Tonight
Tonight will be the ideal time to view the annual Orionids meteor shower.
Intimate Partner Abuse Can Lead to Depression, Suicidal Thoughts in Old Age
Intimate partner abuse can have long-lasting effects. Even when the abuse happens early in one’s life, the damage may carry through until old age and can lead to heightened risk of depression and thoughts of suicide.
Researchers to Test Habituation as a Tool in Child Obesity Treatment
Researchers with the Department of Nutrition have received a $2 million grant to develop a limited dietary prescription that uses habituation to improve long-term weight loss for patients with childhood obesity.
UT Professor Awarded NIH MIRA Grant for 3D Genome Structure Research
UT biophysicist Rachel Patton McCord has been awarded a $1.84 million Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institute for General Medical Science to investigate how the 3D folded structure of the human genome reacts to physical stress in health and disease.
New Process Could Strengthen 3D-Printed Materials by 200 Percent
The strength of 3D-printed products could be improved through a new technique developed by scientists at UT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
What Did Ancient Crocodiles Eat? Study Says as Much as a Snout Could Grab
While most people imagine alligators and crocodiles as being much the same now as they were during the age of dinosaurs, digging into the fossil record shows much more diverse species through time.
Study: Tropical Species and Communities Are Responding to Climate Change
The effects of climate change in the tropics are manifesting as changes in species abundances, shifts in ranges, and changes in the timing of life history events, like fruiting and flowering of trees, according to a literature review published in the Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics and authored by a UT professor.