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6:08 pm
Tue April 2, 2013

Obama's Plan To Explore The Brain A 'Most Audacious Project'

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A colored 3-D MRI scan of the brain's white matter pathways traces connections between cells in the cerebrum and the brainstem.
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Originally published on Mon April 8, 2013 1:35 pm

President Obama has announced an ambitious plan to explore the mysteries of the human brain.

In a speech Tuesday, Obama said he will ask Congress for $100 million in 2014 to "better understand how we think and how we learn and how we remember." Other goals include finding new treatments for Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy and traumatic brain injury.

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Science
4:03 pm
Thu February 28, 2013

UT Arlington Receives Record $7.5 Million For Scientific Research

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The University of Texas at Arlington has received the largest philanthropic gift in its history- $7.5 million to install equipment designed for advanced scientific research.

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Breakthroughs
2:56 pm
Tue December 11, 2012

UTA Project Gives Robots Sensitive Skin

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Examples of artificial skin and sensors that UTARI researchers are experimenting with adding to robots. Sensors will allow robots to gauge touch, temperature, pressure, and other data.
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The ZENO robot model. The University of Texas at Arlington's Research Institute (UTARI) hopes to add sensors and other enhancements to ZENO as a tool for diagnosing autism in toddlers and infants.
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Graduate student Joe Sanford controls a KUKA robot using a Wii game controller. In addition to adding sensors, researchers at UTARI are helping to develop more delicate motor functions for robots.
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An example of one type of sensor that can be embedded in artificial skin for robots. UTARI researchers work with sensors of various sizes depending on how large of an area will be covered on the robot and how accurate a sense of touch is necessary.
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By David Chong

Think about robots, and up pop images of soulless automatons made out of metal and circuits. But a team from the University of Texas at Arlington has just won a $1.35 million National Science Foundation grant to give robots sensitive, human-like skin.

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Science
4:24 pm
Fri November 30, 2012

A Way-Cool Look At How To Build A Museum, And A Dinosaur

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The new Perot Museum of Science and Nature is tough to avoid in these parts, with its opening Saturday and the weeks  of coverage leading up to the big debut. But one of the coolest products just arrived: a time-lapse video showing the construction of architect Thom Mayne's landmark building.

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