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Research

When Good RNA Turns Bad

Biophysicist Dave Thirumalai and his team developed a computer model that helps explain how certain kinds of RNA molecules can clump together in a way that is correlated with neurological disorders

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Accolades

Xiuling Li Receives 2022 Pioneer Award

Accolades

Sessler Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Jonathan Sessler of UT Austin joins 22 others on the College of Natural Sciences faculty who have been elected to the American Academy.

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Texas Scientist

Charging Ahead

Chemists and physicists are making steady progress on developing new materials that may prove key for our future energy needs.

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Accolades

Zak Page Named a 2022 Cottrell Scholar

For Zachariah Page's research in materials chemistry, he has been selected as a 2022 Cottrell Scholar.

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