The Conversation: Trees Compete for Space, Light and Resources, and Those Clashes Can Leave Battle Scars
Researchers can model forests’ future growth and development by understanding the ways trees react to weather and other disturbances.
The Conversation: Offensive Names Dot the American Street Map − A New App Provides a Way to Track Them
The app allows users to conduct nationwide inventories of discriminatory roadway names, revealing how often and where they are found.
National Science Foundation Awards UT $18M to Study Factors That Lead to Pandemics
The grant establishes a new multidisciplinary research center focused on identifying the ways human activities contribute to the spread of infection.
The Conversation: Robocars Promise To Improve Traffic Even When Most of the Cars Around Them are Driven by People, Study Finds
Traffic is worsening in every major city across the globe, leading to significant economic and environmental costs.
The Conversation: Seafloor Sediment Reveals Previously Unknown Volcanic Eruption 520,000 Years Ago in South Aegean Sea
IODP Expedition 398 collected drill cores to better understand the volcanic history and recurrence interval of the Santorini, Christiana and Kolumbo volcanoes in this region.
Seven Students and Recent Graduates Offered NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Seven students have been offered National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships to encourage their diverse talents in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.
The Conversation Weekly Podcast: Sharing That Moment: Can Collective Experiences Bring People Closer Together?
Studies show that when people experience something together, it amplifies the experience.
UT Leads $25M Nuclear Technology Consortium
The new consortium will lead advances in global security, clean energy and artificial intelligence.
The Conversation: Ferns and Flowers Bribe Helpful Ant Defenders with Nectar, but Ferns Developed This Ability Much Later – Our Study Shows Why
Understanding how plants defend themselves against predators is a critical challenge.
The Conversation: The Renaming of Universities and Campus Buildings Reflects Changing Attitudes and Values
Many universities have developed policies to govern the place naming process on their campuses.
The Conversation: Complaints Are Different When Customers Think a Company Cares
When deciding whether to report a negative incident, customers seem to be more influenced by “brand warmth” rather than “brand competence.”
The Conversation: Losing Winter Ice is Changing the Great Lakes Food Web – Here’s How Light Is Shaping Life Underwater
Microbes are crucial to the Great Lakes’ health as they clean the water of pollutants and are the first step in the complex food web.