Three University of Texas at Arlington faculty members were recognized for their research and creative contributions as part of the faculty research honors. J. Ping Liu, professor of physics, received the University Award for Distinguished Record of Research or Creative Activity. Kyrah Brown, associate professor of kinesiology, and Ben Jones, associate professor of physics, received the University Award for Outstanding Research or Creative Accomplishment.

Published this month in Nature Partner Journal Sustainable Agriculture, a cost-feasibility analysis found that using rice malt instead of milled rice in beer brewing, as performed by large breweries, would decrease the cost of beer production by up to 12 percent. Malted rice also reduces crop-growing acreage needs by half or more because it produces more grain per acre than barley while having an equivalent or greater sugar extract potential, the study noted.