By Tamim Choudhury, Texas A&M University Health Science Center Highlights The opioid crisis costs an estimated $78.5 billion annually Forecasts predict an annual death toll increase by at least 35 percent from 2015 to 2027 College of Pharmacy professor Juan F. Castro: “It is up to each one of…
Researchers at work in Rising Star cave. By Keith Randall, Texas A&M Marketing & Communications A research team that included a Texas A&M University anthropologist who determined the fossil remains discovered last year in a South African cave almost certainly coexisted with early Homo sapiens has been named one of…
By Christina Sumners, Texas A&M University Health Science Center “The synapse is essential for life,” said Mendell Rimer, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics at the Texas A&M College of Medicine. He studies a specific synapse called the neuromuscular junction, which—as the name implies—connects…
By Rachel Rose, Texas A&M University College of Engineering Highlights Two research projects looked at how to develop economical alternatives for longer-span bridges and investigate a new bridge system for short-span bridges The research helped to further the potential for precast, prestressed concrete bridge systems The state of Texas…
Erfan Vafaie, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service entomologist, holds a vile filled with whiteflies captured during a trial focused on the use of beneficial insects to control whitefly populations. (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo/Adam Russell) By Adam Russell, Texas A&M University College of Agriculture & Life Sciences A pesticide-resistant…
Dr. Ding Zhu (right) and master’s student Ryan Winner running a fracture conductivity experiment. By Nancy Luedke, Texas A&M University College of Engineering Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station and Marathon Oil Corporation have initiated an impressive research program to study advanced petroleum fluid flow processes and recovery techniques from unconventional resource…
Dr. Eric C. Rowell, Texas A&M mathematician. By Shana K. Hutchins, Texas A&M University College of Science Texas A&M University mathematician Eric C. Rowell is one of four principal investigators involved in a three-year, $1.3 million collaborative National Science Foundation grant with the potential to usher in the next big thing in…
By Shana K. Hutchins, Texas A&M University College of Science Two Texas A&M University laboratories have teamed up to create one small first with big potential beyond biochemistry circles — an enzymatic nanoreactor with the power to protect living cells from damage for more than a week. The research, …
Using a store’s mobile app can affect in-store purchases. (Javier Arres/Shutterstock) By Venkatesh Shankar and Unnati Narang, Texas A&M University Mays School of Business, for The Conversation Intense retail competition has led old standbys, such as Sears, to close dozens of stores. Walmart is venturing online more. And Amazon is expanding offline, opening…
In this handout image provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus mission specialist for space shuttle Atlantis STS-135, takes in the view while sitting in the Cupola addition of the International Space Station July 16, 2011 in space. (NASA/Getty Images) By Christina Sumners, Texas…