Renyi Zhang (left) receives the Sigma Xi Outstanding Distinguished Scientist award. By Texas A&M University Research Communications & Public Relations Texas A&M University’s chapter of Sigma Xi, the research honor society, presented its top honors to a scientist and a communicator during a reception on Wednesday at the University Club…
Texas A&M Distinguished Professor of Chemistry John A. Gladysz, explaining the reactionary mechanics involved in a molecular gyroscope. By Shana K. Hutchins, Texas A&M College of Science For decades, Texas A&M University chemist Dr. John A. Gladysz has been mixing metals and carbon to create novel molecules, from…
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. Its research programs are funded primarily by the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation and the Welch…
(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…
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…
Membrane protein samples are infused into the mass spectrometry using nanoflow electrospray ionization (nESI). In this artwork, free and lipid bound membrane proteins are emerging from droplets in the nESI process prior to entering the mass spectrometer. (Laganowsky Laboratory, Texas A&M University) By Shana K. Hutchins, Texas A&M University College…
From left: Erick J. Braham, Dr. Diane Sellers, Dr. Sarbajit Banerjee and Dr. Patrick J. Shamberger. (Texas A&M Materials Science and Engineering) By Elizabeth Thomson, Texas A&M University Researchers from Texas A&M University report significant advances in their understanding and control of a chameleon-like material that could be key to…
Texas A&M Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Kim R. Dunbar (right), working in the lab with former graduate student and 2015 Phil Gramm Doctoral Fellowship Award recipient Amanda David. (College of Science) By Shana K. Hutchins, Texas A&M University College of Science Texas A&M University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Kim R.
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, …
Dr. Matthew Sheldon, left, works with an undergraduate student. By Shana K. Hutchins, Texas A&M University College of Science Matthew Sheldon, assistant professor of chemistry at Texas A&M University, has been named a Moore Inventor Fellow by the California-based Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation in recognition of early-career scientist-innovators…
