Media Releases Archive
November 2016
November 22, 2016
Mars Ice Deposit Holds as Much Water as Lake Superior
Frozen beneath a region of cracked and pitted plains on Mars lies about as much water as what’s in Lake Superior, largest of the Great…
Read MoreNovember 17, 2016
Dino-Killing Asteroid Made Rocks Behave like Liquid and Could Have Provided Habitat for New Life
A study of the massive crater that formed when an asteroid crashed into Earth 66 million years ago, wiping out all nonavian dinosaurs and most…
Read MoreNovember 14, 2016
Fossil Shells Reveal How Ancient Animals Survived Global Warming
Researchers discovered exceptionally well-preserved animals that lived in the aftermath of Earth’s most catastrophic mass extinction event, 252 million years ago. William Foster, a postdoctoral…
Read MoreNovember 10, 2016
Statoil Partnership Bolsters UT Austin Graduate Research and Supports Longhorn Athletics
AUSTIN, Texas — Statoil, an international energy company based in Norway, has signed a $2.5 million partnership renewal agreement to support graduate student research focused…
Read MoreNovember 10, 2016
A Funnel on Mars Could be a Place to Look for Alien Life
A strangely shaped depression on Mars could be a new place to look for signs of life on the Red Planet, according to a University…
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