Senior Tessa Johnson ’17. By Chris Jarvis, Texas A&M University College of Science When Texas A&M University senior Tessa Johnson ’17 receives her diploma on Aug. 11, it will mark a major milestone for both her and the Department of Statistics. Johnson will walk across the summer commencement…
The genome of Botryococcus braunii, being studied for its potential for biofuel by Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists in College Station, has been sequenced. By Kathleen Phillips, Texas A&M University AgriLife Story Highlights Sequencing the genome will help identify all the genes and enzymes in the genome needed for hydrocarbon…
By Stephanie Jones, Texas A&M University College of Engineering Before the Industrial Revolution, custom products were handmade by highly skilled individuals. Basic products that most people have in their homes today were very expensive and considered luxuries because of the time and skill that it took to make just…
Dr. Jennifer A. Doudna. By Shana K. Hutchins, Texas A&M University College of Science Dr. Jennifer A. Doudna, the Li Ka Shing Chancellor’s Chair in Biomedical and Health Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, is the 2017 recipient…
Texas A&M University and Texas A&M University System representatives gathered for the grand opening of the new TVMDL facility. By Shawn Eyre, TVMDL Communications The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) celebrated the grand opening of the new 93,000- square-foot College Station laboratory and agency headquarters with a ribbon…
The aircraft the Texas A&M team’s research will focus on designing an aircraft that can modify its shape in real time in order to optimize for fuel efficiency or quiet flight as the flight phase and conditions change. By Aubrey Bloom, Texas A&M University College of Engineering A team of…
Artist’s conception of galaxy ZF-COSMOS-20115 . By Swinburne University and Texas A&M University College of Science Staff An international team of astronomers including two from Texas A&M University has, for the first time, spotted a massive, inactive galaxy from a time when the Universe was only 1.65 billion years old.
Students work at a Texas A&M-hosted game jam. By Texas A&M University College of Architecture Staff Texas A&M’s standing as an elite video game design school is reflected in new rankings published by The Princeton Review, a leading test preparation and college admission services company. In the rankings, published…
By Christina Sumners, Texas A&M University Health Science Center In an effort to better classify the signs and symptoms of organophosphate poisoning, researchers at the Texas A&M University Health Science Center published a study on the use of social media footage to examine three different lethal chemical exposure incidents. The…
By Rae Lynn Mitchell, Texas A&M University Health Science Center Thanks to a new $1 million funding award, a Texas A&M School of Public Health research team will explore new ways to integrate diverse datasets for improving patient outcomes through data-driven research that is effective and respectful of patient privacy.