A University of North Texas College of Engineering team is one of 11 teams selected nationwide for a new NASA challenge aimed at supporting the agency’s capabilities for deep space exploration.
As part of the eXploration Systems and Habitation Academic Innovation Challenge, or X-Hab, students will work to improve life support for astronauts in space.
Led by faculty advisor...
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DENTON (UNT), Texas — A team of faculty, staff and students at the University of North Texas has reconstructed a native Texas tall grass prairie on a patch of land at Discovery Park.
In the works since 2016, the Pecan Creek Pollinative Prairie increases native plant and animal biodiversity on campus as well as offers outdoor education and volunteer opportunities for UNT students, faculty, staff and members of the community.
With existing prairie plants on-site, Di...
The University of North Texas Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program in Chile was recently awarded a 2019 Ocean Award by Boat International, a publisher of materials for boating enthusiasts.
UNT was recognized for the creation of the ...
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Imagine transforming manufacturing technologies to better develop complex 3-D objects to create viable market-based solutions that impact almost every industry from operating rooms to oil fields — all while producing practically zero waste and cost savings that give Texas’ companies an advantage.
That’s exactly what the University of North Texas’ Center for Agile and Adaptive Additive Manufacturing intends to do with $10 million in fundi...
What: The STARTALK program offers a free intensive beginning Russian language course.
When: Applications must be submitted between Feb. 1–April 1. Application forms and instructions are available at https://worldlanguages.unt.edu/resources/startalk-program
Program dates are June 1–June 28 (Monday–Friday) from 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Where: UNT Language Building located at 108 Ave. A in...
In April 2018, the University of North Texas became the first public university in the state to launch a collegiate esports program. Now, UNT continues to lead the way by becoming the first public university in Texas to offer scholarships for its esports gamers. Scholarships will be awarded to current players and recruits who show the exceptional talent and team dedication needed to play at the varsity level.
“We are serious about esports,” said UNT Vice President for Student Affairs Elizabeth With. “We already have one of the best college...
A team of University of North Texas College of Engineering seniors have created an energy efficient system for controlling solar panels on CubeSats using a nickel-titanium shape memory alloy.
Their design beat out teams from nine other universities to take first place at the CASMART 3rd Student Design Challenge in Germ...
University of North Texas BioDiscovery Institute Research Associate Jaime Barros recently authored a paper published in the journal Nature Communications that utilizes state-of-the-art techniques to confirm 40-year-old research explaining how plants produce lignin, a compound that provides structural rigidity in plants and allows them to grow upright.
“Understanding how lignin is produced in plants also means that it can be manipulated....
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