/tags/breakthroughs Breakthroughs en-US Copyright Tue, 28 Jan 2020 15:00:29 GMT /texas-news/2020-01-28/food-delivery-robots-roll-onto-ut-dallas-campus Spend some time on the campus of the University of Texas at Dallas, and you may see some robots roaming around. They're on a mission: delivering food and… Tue, 28 Jan 2020 15:00:29 GMT /texas-news/2020-01-28/food-delivery-robots-roll-onto-ut-dallas-campus Justin Martin /texas-news/2019-12-16/fitbits-for-cows-tarleton-state-professor-uses-tech-to-track-cattle Millions of people track their activities through wearable devices like the Apple Watch or Fitbit. Now a team at Tarleton State University in Stephenville… Mon, 16 Dec 2019 23:00:00 GMT /texas-news/2019-12-16/fitbits-for-cows-tarleton-state-professor-uses-tech-to-track-cattle Justin Martin /texas-news/2019-10-29/doctors-in-zambia-use-virtual-reality-developed-at-smu-to-train-surgeons Virtual reality has advanced significantly in recent years. What was once mostly for video games and entertainment is now being used as a teaching tool —… Tue, 29 Oct 2019 17:32:08 GMT /texas-news/2019-10-29/doctors-in-zambia-use-virtual-reality-developed-at-smu-to-train-surgeons Justin Martin /texas-news/2019-08-20/bioengineered-glove-offers-new-kind-of-healing-for-hand-wounds The human hand is complex, made up of 27 bones connected by joints and ligaments. The hand is also delicate and vulnerable, meaning hand injuries are… Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:17:22 GMT /texas-news/2019-08-20/bioengineered-glove-offers-new-kind-of-healing-for-hand-wounds Justin Martin /texas-news/2019-07-25/unt-health-science-center-project-focused-on-understanding-pain The UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth is pioneering a new way to combat back pain. It's called the Precision Pain Research Registry. Dr. John… Thu, 25 Jul 2019 20:35:10 GMT /texas-news/2019-07-25/unt-health-science-center-project-focused-on-understanding-pain Justin Martin /texas-news/2019-07-09/unt-is-helping-shape-standards-for-auditory-processing-disorder-testing Auditory processing issues are common in children with autism spectrum disorder. Yet there are no set standards for testing for what doctors call auditory… Tue, 09 Jul 2019 14:03:07 GMT /texas-news/2019-07-09/unt-is-helping-shape-standards-for-auditory-processing-disorder-testing Justin Martin /education/2019-03-14/new-childhood-development-study-follows-300-minority-families-in-north-texas The Dallas Project on Education Pathways has been described as one of the most comprehensive studies into childhood development and school readiness in… Thu, 14 Mar 2019 10:00:00 GMT /education/2019-03-14/new-childhood-development-study-follows-300-minority-families-in-north-texas Justin Martin /health-science-tech/2018-12-18/texas-womans-university-students-win-nasa-award-for-back-supporting-space-shirt A six-person team at Texas Woman's University in Denton designed a special type of shirt that targets lower back pain in astronauts. The students created… Tue, 18 Dec 2018 23:12:58 GMT /health-science-tech/2018-12-18/texas-womans-university-students-win-nasa-award-for-back-supporting-space-shirt Justin Martin /health-science-tech/2018-12-11/utsw-researcher-wins-2019-breakthrough-prize-for-enzyme-discovery A UT Southwestern Medical Center biochemist was recently named the winner of the 2019 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his discovery of an enzyme… Tue, 11 Dec 2018 14:30:00 GMT /health-science-tech/2018-12-11/utsw-researcher-wins-2019-breakthrough-prize-for-enzyme-discovery Justin Martin /health-science-tech/2018-11-28/dna-vaccine-from-ut-southwestern-could-be-a-game-changer-in-fight-against-alzheimers A radical new vaccine that reduces the two proteins linked to Alzheimer's disease should give the public hope, says the founding director of the… Wed, 28 Nov 2018 23:55:49 GMT /health-science-tech/2018-11-28/dna-vaccine-from-ut-southwestern-could-be-a-game-changer-in-fight-against-alzheimers Justin Martin, Christy Robinson