Researchers examine how psychological distress like depression and anxiety can affect preventive care in older adults. By Rae Lynn Mitchell, Texas A&M University School of Public Health For adults over 65, staying healthy means following recommendations on several preventive care services, ranging from blood pressure and cholesterol checks to cancer…
Dr. Daniel Roelke/Texas A&M AgriLife) By Kendra Davis, Texas A&M University College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Researchers at Texas A&M University have discovered a correlation between the degree of competition within microalgae communities’ and the overgrowth of algal blooms that can be manipulated through hydrology, which will help to…
Texas A&M University President Michael K. Young visited a group of Fish Camp Counselors. By Lesley Henton, Texas A&M University Marketing & Communications President Young paid a surprise visit to a group of Fish Camp counselors who were taking photos on the steps of the Jack K. Williams Administration Building…
The IMPEDE Embolization Plug is made from polyurethane-based shape memory polymer foam that expands to a “memorized” larger conformable shape when delivered into a blood vessel, allowing it to obstruct or reduce the rate of blood flow in the vein or artery targeted. (Duncan Maitland) By Jennifer Reiley, Texas A&M…
The 21 veterans who participated in this year’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Disabled Veterans came from across the United States and represented nearly every branch of the military. By Stephanie Burns, Texas A&M University Mays Business School The ventures at this year’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Disabled Veterans (EBV), hosted by Mays Business…
Dr. Suresh D. Pillai shows where food and other materials pass along an automated conveyor belt to be sanitized. Pillai is a Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist and director of the National Center for Electron Beam Research, College Station. (Texas A&M AgriLife Communications) By Adam Russell, Texas A&M University College…
Stratos Pistikopoulos was recently named the director of the Texas A&M Energy Institute. By Texas A&M University Research Communications and Public Relations Stratos Pistikopoulos, TEES Distinguished Research Professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, was recently named the director of the Texas A&M…
An enzyme overexpressed in cancer can be both a marker of the disease and a way to target the cancerous tumor. By Christina Sumners, Texas A&M University Health Science Center A type of enzyme that you’ve probably never heard of, called matrix metalloproteinase (MMP), could be key to the development…
By Sam Peshek, Texas A&M University Marketing & Communications Approximately 6,500 soon-to-be Texas A&M University freshmen will become acquainted with college life and Aggie traditions as Fish Camp 2018 kicks off this weekend. The first session of the decades-old, student-led summer new student orientation program will begin this…
