Dr. Georgianne Moore shows a graduate student how to install a sap flow sensor. (Texas A&M AgriLife) By Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences A new discovery is providing scientists a better understanding of how rainfall is shared beneficially by the plant community and…
Chris Ginter wades through deep floodwaters on September 6, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Houston resident Chris Ginter has been taking local residents to their flooded homes in his monster truck which can drive through waters up to 4 feet deep. Over a week after Hurricane Harvey hit Southern Texas,…
Purdue team members Hongxia Shi, Shenyang Yang, and Xiangyi Che won first place. They are flanked by Arvind Mahajan of Mays Business School, left, and Vipin Gopal of Humana, right. By Diane McDonald, Texas A&M University Mays Business School A student team from Purdue University won the $6,000 first-place…
Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp helped kick off the Healthy Texas initiative in Lufkin astride a “smoothie bike,” which blends health-conscious ingredients via pedal power. (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service /Adam Russell) By Adam Russell, Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences A statewide effort…
A truck of donated hay and other supplies from New Jersey is unloaded in Sour Lake, Texas. Hay and feed donations were valued at more than $1.3 million, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension economists.(Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service/Blair Fannin) By Blair Fannin, Texas A&M University College of…
Alfredo Costilla-Reyes, a graduate student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M developed a novel prototype containing electronic components for sensing, power, communications and LED light, and a 3-D printed container to accommodate electronics and seed. By Shraddha Sankhe, Texas A&M University College of Engineering…
Sorg joined the Texas A&M Department of Biology in 2010 and is considered one of the frontrunners in C. difficile research. He has earned five National Institutes of Health grants in the past five years, including two since 2016. By Shana K. Hutchins, Texas A&M University College of Science…
An NSF RAPID research grant will help the Colleges of Engineering and Geosciences evaluate Hurricane Harvey’s impact on Texas coastal waterways. By Jennifer Reiley, Texas A&M University College of Engineering Heavy rainfall during Hurricane Harvey flushed most of the salt water out of Galveston Bay, making the bay extremely…
Texas A&M graduate students measure photosynthesis on a coffee plant at the World Coffee Research’s farm in El Salvador. By Jeff Pool, Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Scientists from Texas A&M University are on the front line of protecting the multi-billion-dollar coffee industry. Experts agree…
Aditi Pandey of Nepal is working on a master’s degree at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Beaumont. By Kathleen Phillips, Texas A&M University AgriLife Highlights Aditi Pandey’s village in Nepal discouraged higher education for girls Agriculture grew as the field of choice for international students by 15…