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Company Donates Night-Vision Goggles For Student Learning
Leading aerospace defense contractor L-3 Communications has donated a large collection of night-vision goggles to UT Dallas' School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. The gift-in-kind, valued at nearly $700,000, was made through L-3 Infrared Products, the Dallas-area division of the company, based in Garland. read more
Robot Contest Showcases Technical, Creative Abilities
Boisterous crowds, pep bands and school mascots are staples of athletic events, but they found a different point of pride at a recent event that placed science and engineering at the center of attention. UT Dallas recently sponsored and hosted the 2012 Texas BEST Regional Robotics Championship. read more
Wax-Filled Nanotech Yarn Behaves Like Powerful, Super-Strong Muscle
New artificial muscles made from nanotech yarns and infused with paraffin wax can lift more than 100,000 times their own weight and generate 85 times more mechanical power than the same size natural muscle, according to scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas and their international team from Australia, China, South Korea, Canada and Brazil. The artificial muscles are yarns constructed from carbon nanotubes, which are seamless, hollow cylinders made from the same type of graphite layers found in the core of ordinary pencils. Individual nanotubes can be 10,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair, yet pound-for-pound, can be 100 times stronger than steel. read more
Texas Biomedical Device Center to Support Tinnitus Study
The Texas Biomedical Device Center at UT Dallas has agreed to partner with neuroscience-based medical device company MicroTransponder to conduct one of the first U.S. clinical tests of a novel tinnitus therapy developed by the university's researchers. The therapeutic approach developed at UT Dallas pairs audible tones with brief pulses of electrical stimulation to the vagus nerve. Preclinical tests demonstrated that this approach "rewires" damaged brain circuitry associated with tinnitus, potentially yielding long-term reversal of symptoms. No device-related adverse events were seen in the initial human safety study conducted in Belgium, and the initial results were encouraging. read more
NS&M Faculty and Staff Recognized at Diversity Awards Gala and Scholarship Event
Chemistry's Dr. Mihaela Stefan and Sharon Edwards of the Center for Lithospheric Studies were Diversity Award recipients (read more)
