Archive for the ‘Section of Integrative Biology’ Category

A decade of discovery

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

The Texas Advanced Computing Center marks 10 years of helping scientists explore phenomenon too large, small or expensive to investigate in the lab.

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Science fiction meets real biology in "Avatar"

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

In the latest installment of Science Study Break, Dr. Misha Matz of the School of Biological Sciences reveals the real science behind the science fiction world of the film “Avatar.”

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