Science & Tech

  • Texas A&M, CHI St. Joseph Health Announce Strengthened Partnership

    CHI St. Joseph Health and Texas A&M University Health Science Center today announced plans to strengthen their partnership to establish a co-branded primary care network. (Texas A&M University Health Science Center) By Dominic Hernandez, Texas A&M University Health Science Center CHI St. Joseph Health and Texas A&M University Health Science…

  • Two Texas A&M Faculty Honored With UPUTE Professorships

    By Nancy Sawtelle, Texas A&M University Office of the Provost Two members of the Texas A&M faculty have been honored with University Professorships for Undergraduate Teaching Excellence (UPUTE) and were recognized as part of the Transformational Teaching and Learning Conference on April 18. The award is conferred only upon…

  • Texas A&M Scientists To Help Host 2nd Annual Pebble Creek Science Night April 24

    (Robin Haas/Facebook) By Chris Jarvis, Texas A&M University College of Science As a top international scientist specializing in materials and polymer chemistry, Texas A&M University chemist Dr. Karen L. Wooley is no stranger to being recruited. But when local elementary school teachers Robin Haas and Alison Dippel approached her for…

  • Caltech Chemist Harry B. Gray Receives 2018 Cotton Medal

    California Technical Institute chemistry professor Harry B. Gray is the 2018 recipient of the F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research. (California Institute of Technology) By Shana K. Hutchins, Texas A&M University College of Science Dr. Harry B. Gray, the Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry at the California…

  • Learning From Harvey: Researchers Use Data To Predict Future Storm Impacts

    Sand dunes protect coastal community from infragravity waves during a storm. (Getty Images) By Lorian Hopcus, Texas A&M University College of Engineering While many Texans were bracing for Hurricane Harvey’s landfall in late August 2017, a team of researchers set out to deploy instrument pods along the Texas coast. The…

  • Flaxseed-Like Particles Can Now Grow Bone, Cartilage Tissues For Humans

    By Lorian Hopcus, Texas A&M University College of Engineering Human stem cells have shown potential in medicine as they can transform into various specialized cell types such as bone and cartilage cells. The current approach to obtain such specialized cells is to subject stem cells to specialized instructive protein…

  • Texas A&M Architecture’s 25th Viz-a-GoGo Set For May 2-5 In Downtown Bryan

    By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture Viz-a-GoGo 25, the annual showcase of digital wizardry conjured by Texas A&M visualization students from the College of Architecture, will be staged May 2-5, 2018 at four venues in downtown Bryan. “The Brazos Valley community is invited help us celebrate…

  • Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick On Hand For Center For Infrastructure Renewal Ribbon Cutting

    By Rick Davenport, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Credited with acquiring the legislative funding needed for The Texas A&M University System’s Center for Infrastructure Renewal (CIR), Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick was the special guest for the center’s ribbon-cutting ceremony held on the RELLIS Campus April 11. The 138,000-square-foot, multidisciplinary…

  • Texas A&M AgriLife Researchers Push Drones To ‘Read The Weeds’

    A rotary wing drone captures images over a weed research plot at Texas A&M University, College Station. (Dr. Muthu Bagavathiannan/Texas A&M AgriLife) By Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M University College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Even barely poking through the ground, weeds are distinctive. Determining the right tools for early identification and…

  • EnMed Obtains LCME Approval, Can Begin Recruiting Inaugural Class Of Students

    By Holly Shive, Texas A&M University Health Science Center Engineering Medicine (EnMed), Texas A&M University’s innovative engineering medicine track at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, is now included in the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) accreditation of the Texas A&M College of Medicine’s Doctor of Medicine (MD) program.