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…
This handout image supplied by the IIPA (Iran International Photo Agency) shows a view of the reactor building at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant as the first fuel is loaded, on August 21, 2010 in Bushehr, southern Iran. (Photo by IIPA via Getty Images) By Texas A&M University…
Since 1967, the Cyclotron Institute has served as the core of Texas A&M University’s nuclear science program and as a major technical and educational resource for the state, nation and world. By Shana K. Hutchins, Texas A&M University College of Science In 1964, Texas Governor John B. Connally personally…
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…
Fracking has led to an increase in truck traffic, one of the reasons for worsening trends on air quality in areas with oil and gas drilling. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) By Gunnar W. Schade, Texas A&M University College of Geosciences, for The Conversation Urban air pollution in the U.S.
Erazo-Oliveras conducts research in the college’s Program in Integrative Nutrition and Complex Diseases laboratory. By Research Communications and Public Relations The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Ford Foundation have selected Alfredo Erazo-Oliveras, a postdoctoral research associate in Texas A&M University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, to…
Cameron Cassidy uses several adaptive technologies to help him in class. By Rachel Rose, Texas A&M University College of Engineering Cameron Cassidy, a senior in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, does not let his visual impairment slow him down as he pursues a degree…
Dr. Lonesome Malambo flies a quad copter over a corn and sorghum research field. (Texas A&M AgriLife/Lonesome Malambo) By Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M University AgriLife Building three-dimensional point clouds from high-resolution photos taken from unmanned aerial vehicles or drones may soon help plant breeders and agronomists save time and…
Vince Estrada-Carpenter is in his third year of graduate study within the George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, where his focus is observational cosmology. By Chris Jarvis, Texas A&M University College of Science Vince Estrada-Carpenter ’19 remembers watching a documentary about the origins…