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Farmers Face Challenge to Win Acceptance of Genetically Modified Wheat
Wheat trials at a field day in Texas. Photo courtesy of Texas A&M AgriLife/Flickr. By Joseph Baucum For Reporting Texas Jack Norman knows firsthand that genetically modified corn and soybeans...
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Beekeeping Takes Off In Central Texas
Ewing and Sabra Brown search for the queen bee in one of their hives. Photo by Andrea Kurth. By Andrea Kurth For Reporting Texas Sabra and Ewing Brown step into the oversized white suits that will...
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Solar Stations Put a Charge into UT Campus
Sol Design Lab creator Beth Ferguson, and UT sculpture department instructor Rick Mansfield assemble the upright poles on the steel base for one of two solar charging stations scheduled to be installed...
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Texas Ebola Expert: ‘There Was a Breakdown in Communication’
A pedestrian wears a surgical mask in front of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, where Thomas Eric Duncan died this week of Ebola. AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News. By Alisa Semiens For...
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‘Kissing Bugs’ on the March in Texas
University of Texas at Austin researcher Sahotra Sarkar is tracking the spread of a potentially deadly disease called Chagas that is spread by “kissing bugs.” Photo by Megan Dolan/Reporting Texas By...
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UT Researchers Aim for Electromagnetic Railgun
Dr. Robert Hebner explains developments in railgun technology to a military delegation. Photo courtesy of The University of Texas at Austin Center for Electromechanics By Wes Martin For Reporting Texas...
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Texas Sugarcane Faces Small but Devastating Foe
The red-streaked leafhopper, a fifth of an inch long insect, carries a disease that could affect Texas’ $200-million sugarcane industry. Photo courtesy of Chris Wilson/Texas Invasive Species Institute...
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A Leap Forward in the Search for Life on Other Planets
Professor William Cochran in front of a telescope on top of the Robert Lee Moore Hall at the University of Texas. Cochran and other professors hope to make improvements to another telescope at the...
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Superbug Fears Mount in Texas After Deaths at UCLA
The tip of a duodenoscope includes a camera, a light, an air nozzle and an elevator channel to take samples. The complex design of these scopes makes them difficult to clean. Photo courtesy of FDA By...
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Robot Teamwork Could Help Save Lives in Search-and-Rescue Missions
Robots such as the iRobot 510 Packbot were used during the cleanup of the Fukushima nuclear plant. Robots can operate in disaster conditions, including high radiation levels, that would be too...
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