Yearly Archives: 2006

The red imported fire ant laboratory at The University of Texas at Austin's Brackenridge Field Lab is celebrating 20 years of research this month.

Women's math and spatial reasoning performance significantly improves when they are not worried about confirming negative gender stereotypes, University of Texas at Austin Assistant Professor Matthew McGlone reports in this month's issue of the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology.

By investigating the connection between hormonal levels in people and their animals, psychology researchers at The University of Texas at Austin may be able to provide hormonal clues into who has the potential to abuse their pets and how this abuse might be prevented.

The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin has acquired the archive of photographer Arnold Newman (1918-2006), whose 'environmental portraits' included Lyndon Baines Johnson, Pablo Picasso and Truman Capote.

By studying the interactions of drivers and bicyclists on Texas roads, transportation engineers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered that having painted bike lanes on streets and roads helps both commuters stay in safer, more central positions in their respective lanes.

Cosmologists from around Texas will gather at The University of Texas at Austin on Friday, Sept. 15 to discuss the Big Bang, the early universe and dark energy.

A microscope used to scan nanostructures can be dramatically enhanced by using a 'superlens,' reports an international team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry and The University of Texas at Austin in this week's issue of Science.

The political legacy of former Texas Governor Ann Richards (1933-2006) is represented in the Ann W. Richards Papers at The University of Texas at Austin Center for American History.

Dr. Robert A. Peterson has been named an associate vice president for research in the Office of the Vice President for Research at The University of Texas at Austin.

Materials related to the life and career of Woody Allen have been acquired by the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin.