Published on April 11th, 2017 | by Isabel Pen
Think “Westworld.” Futuristic artificial intelligence has advanced to a state in which machines are indistinguishable from humans. Is it possible? Maybe, thanks to research from a University of Houston professor. Zhigang Deng, the director of graduate studies in …... Read More →
Published on April 10th, 2017 | by Isabel Pen
Imagine a future where instead of taking medicine every morning, a colony of bacteria living within one’s gut can produce the precise dose of a prescription drug. Professor Krešimir Josić is using mathematics to aid in …... Read More →
Published on April 7th, 2017 | by Isabel Pen
Surrounded by forested wetlands, the University of Houston Clear Lake offers a place for students in Southeast Houston to earn a degree. UHCL held a groundbreaking for two new buildings last Friday, expanding their campus to …... Read More →
Published on March 31st, 2017 | by Isabel Pen
Students had the opportunity to learn the signs and reality of human trafficking in Houston Thursday through the University of Houston’s on-campus anti-human trafficking organization’s movie night and panel discussion. The Modern Abolitionist Coalition held a screening …... Read More →
Published on March 29th, 2017 | by Isabel Pen
A million years after a celestial object smashed into Mars, splintering part of the planet and launching debris into deep space, professor of geology Thomas Lapen is examining the rock samples born from the collision that …... Read More →
Published on March 22nd, 2017 | by Isabel Pen
Wearing a bulky version of La Forge’s visor from “Star Trek,” a man pinches and pulls the air in front of him; behind the lens of his futuristic goggles, reality is altered. University of Houston mechanical engineering …... Read More →
Published on March 7th, 2017 | by Isabel Pen
Stoners in Harris county can now breathe a sigh of relief with the implementation of a new policy that will keep marijuana users from clogging up county courts and jails. Effective March 1, offenders caught with …... Read More →
Published on February 15th, 2017 | by Isabel Pen
Amidst walls decked with posters of the solar system and celestial bodies, physics professor Liming Li often sits in his office on the fifth floor of Science and Research Building 1, contemplating the mysteries of the cosmos. …... Read More →
Published on February 2nd, 2017 | by Isabel Pen
In a move 14 years ago, inspired by the early 20th century poet Robert Frost, professor of pharmacology Tahir Hussain decided to take an uncommon path in medicine. Now, with a $1.7 million grant from the …... Read More →
Published on January 31st, 2017 | by Isabel Pen
Inside a machine the size of a refrigerator, a 3.6 millimeter rock sat on the head of a nail, hundreds of thousands of miles away from its home on the moon. On Friday at UH’s Energy Research …... Read More →
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