Tag: University of Texas

Ovulation alters women's economic decisions For approximately one week every month, millions of women change their economic behavior and become more focused on their social...

Invasive “crazy ants” are rapidly displacing fire ants in areas across the southeastern U.S. by secreting a compound that neutralizes fire ant venom, according...

A new study correlating brain activity with how people make decisions suggests that when individuals engage in risky behavior, such as drunk driving or...

A new study shows that metamaterials can be designed to do “photonic calculus” by working like an analog computer. “Thanks to recent advances in nanotechnology,...

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have proposed the first design of a cloaking device that uses an external source of energy...

Just when the nation has a need for more workers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, research at Cornell and the University...

A manipulation strategy often used in marketing and fundraising known as “Door-in-the-Face” could backfire among less concrete thinkers, according to new research from The...

Losing weight is generally beneficial for human health, but when one partner in a romantic relationship loses weight, it doesn’t always have a positive...

African-American students who need to improve their academic performance may do better in school and feel less stereotyped as underachievers if teachers convey high...

This summer, a radio navigation research team from The University of Texas at Austin set out to discover whether they could subtly coerce a...