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A new "graphene-based" material that helps solve the structure of graphite oxide and could lead to other potential discoveries of the one-atom thick substance called graphene, which has applications in nanoelectronics, energy storage and production, and transportation such as airplanes and cars has been created by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin.

(University of Texas at Austin) The Houston-based Welch Foundation granted the Center for Electrochemistry at The University of Texas at Austin $5 million to start the Renewable Energy Initiative, an effort to promote advances in renewable energy technologies.

(University of Texas at Austin) A new "graphene-based" material that helps solve the structure of graphite oxide and could lead to other potential discoveries of the one-atom thick substance called graphene, which has applications in nanoelectronics, energy storage and production, and transportation such as airplanes and cars has been created by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin.

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(University of Texas at Austin) Engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have achieved a breakthrough in the use of a one-atom thick structure called "graphene" as a new carbon-based material for storing electrical charge in ultracapacitor devices, perhaps paving the way for the massive installation of renewable energies such as wind and solar power.

(University of Texas at Austin) Two chemical engineering professors from the University of Texas at Austin have been recognized by President George W.

Bush as 2007 National Medal of Technology and Innovation laureates, the nation's highest honor for technological achievement.

(University of Texas at Austin) A dynamic way to alter the shape and size of microscopic three-dimensional structures built out of proteins has been developed by biological chemist Jason Shear and his former graduate student Bryan Kaehr at the University of Texas at Austin.

(University of Texas at Austin) A class of powerful, invisible waves hidden beneath the surface of the ocean can shape the underwater edges of continents and contribute to ocean mixing and climate, researchers from the University of Texas at Austin have found.

(University of Texas at Austin) A biomedical engineering assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin has been awarded a $1.5 million National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute grant to conduct nanoparticle cancer research.

(University of Texas at Austin) Mechanical engineering Assistant Professor Adela Ben-Yakar at the University of Texas at Austin has developed a laser "microscalpel" that destroys a single cell while leaving nearby cells intact, which could improve the precision of surgeries for cancer, epilepsy and other diseases.