Musculoskeletal disorders account for nearly 30% of all workplace injuries in the U.S., costing an estimated $45 billion to $54 billion each year in medical recovery and workers’ compensation, according to The University of Texas at Arlington.

Engineers at UTA are working on a potential way to reduce that toll.…

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UT Dallas has secured renewed federal funding for WindSTAR, its long-running research center focused on improving the reliability, performance, and resilience of wind energy systems.

The National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year, $500,000 grant to the Center for Wind Energy Science, Technology, and Research, which UT Dallas operates jointly with the University of Massachusetts Lowell.…

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Geophysicists at SMU have developed a sensor small enough to slip into a pocket—and produced it at a scale that is changing how scientists study the atmosphere.

The Sapphire microbarometer measures low-frequency sound waves that travel through the air below the range of human hearing.…

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UTA and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station have opened a new biomanufacturing training and research hub at Pegasus Park focused on workforce training and early-stage biotech development.

The National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing satellite campus, or NCTM2, offers hands-on training, state-of-the-art lab space and support for early-stage biotech companies.…

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Dallas-area researchers have earned three of the five 2026 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards from TAMEST (Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science & Technology), showing the region’s strength in engineering, physics, and biomedical discovery.

The Dallas honorees—two from The University of Texas at Dallas and one from UT Southwestern Medical Center—were named alongside recipients from Baylor College of Medicine and bp.…

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TCU is making one of its largest research and technology investments to date with the launch of AI², a $10 million initiative designed to expand secure AI research computing, strengthen interdisciplinary research, and prepare students for a workforce increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence.…

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Tech Mahindra is expanding its North Texas footprint through a new partnership with UT Dallas that will advance applied AI research and create new student talent pathways. The Pune, India-based global tech company opened its Americas headquarters in Plano earlier this year.…

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As power demand from data centers and other large energy users continues to climb, the Texas A&M University System and Austin-based Last Energy plan to build a pilot microreactor at the Texas A&M–RELLIS campus.

ERCOT expects electricity demand in Texas to grow by 7% in 2025 and 14% in 2026—as new data centers and other large industrial loads come online, according to the U.S.…

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Virtual keyboards are one of the biggest pain points in augmented reality. They’re slow, they’re awkward, and holding your arm up to type in midair gets tiring fast. A UT Dallas team thinks they’ve found a better way. The researchers said improving text input could help make AR more practical for everyday and professional use.…

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UTA has landed a $450,000 gift from HF Controls to power new research at the intersection of nuclear engineering and artificial intelligence.

The funding supports work led by Yonghe Liu, professor of computer science and engineering, who is using AI to improve how nuclear plant control systems are developed, tested and validated.…

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A UT Dallas research team has built a small neuromorphic computer that learns patterns using far fewer training computations than today’s AI systems. The early prototype points to a future where advanced models could run on smart devices without relying on energy-hungry data centers.…

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A new chapter in inclusive capital is underway in Dallas.

The Dallas-based nonprofit has introduced IV Capital, which it calls the state’s first integrated capital fund investing flexible debt and patient equity in women- and BIPOC-led enterprises.

The announcement came during a kickoff event hosted by JPMorgan Chase in downtown Dallas, just ahead of the 2025 Inclusive Capital Summit held in early October.…

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The University of Texas at Arlington has been awarded nearly $127 million from the UT System Board of Regents to upgrade classrooms, laboratories, and campus infrastructure. The funding is part of a broader strategy to expand UTA’s role in the Dallas-Fort Worth innovation and workforce ecosystem.…

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As AI infrastructure scales across Texas and the nation, a team at the University of Texas at Arlington is working to solve one of the sector’s biggest energy challenges: how to cool the massive data centers powering generative AI without overwhelming electricity and water systems.…

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When scientists grow and engineer cells for research, those cells can be accidentally mislabeled, contaminated, or even copied without permission. The consequences are costly: industry-wide, such errors lead to billions of dollars in losses each year and put critical discoveries at risk.…

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After learning that microplastic fibers from textiles can lodge in human organs, Texas Christian University senior Adelaide Lovett wanted to explore fashion’s impact far beyond the runway—or even the microscope.

That curiosity led to a study published in May in Textiles, a peer-reviewed journal, where Lovett examined how synthetic fibers contribute to the spread of microplastics, nanoplastics, and textile fragments that make their way into the body.…

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A team of Garland High School student researchers spent their summer at SMU’s Lyle School of Engineering, trading textbooks for buckets of Dallas soil, mixers, and compactors. Their task: help design a low-cost, energy-efficient building material that could support affordable housing locally and abroad.…

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A $5.7 million federal grant is set to boost health care workforce development in North Texas, uniting four community colleges and the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council to train and place more skilled professionals.

The four-year Partners in Advancing Talent in Healthcare (PATH) Project will deliver targeted training, build innovative career pathways, and provide more than $1.3 million in tuition assistance.…

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Researchers at the University of North Texas and Stanford Medicine say they have created the first mini hearts and livers with complete blood vessel networks. The stem cell–based breakthrough could make lab testing safer, reduce reliance on animal models, and advance heart disease research.…

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A University of Texas at Arlington computer science professor has secured $3.1 million in federal funding to tackle one of medicine’s most time-consuming challenges: figuring out which antibodies will successfully bind to disease-causing targets.

Junzhou Huang, the Jenkins Garrett Endowed Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, will use the National Institutes of Health R01 award to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence in antibody drug discovery—research the university says could strengthen responses to future pandemics.…

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