When launched in 2019, the Frontera supercomputer will help scholars improve their ability to generate simulation models, such as this one of Earth’s mantle created by a current supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center. (Courtesy of the University of Texas at Austin) By Texas A&M University Research Communications…
Image of 3D-printed meniscus. (Dr. Shiren Wang) By Savanna Hoover, Texas A&M University College of Engineering The meniscus, a wedge-shaped piece of cartilage, acts as a “shock absorber” in the knee. Each year, 1.5 million people have surgery to treat meniscus tears in the U.S. and Europe. The people…
CLEVERarm encases the upper limb of a patient suffering with impairments and neurological disorders, such as stroke, and provides a new and improved form of physical therapy. (College of Engineering) By Jessica Spence, Texas A&M University College of Engineering Rana Soltani and her team of fellow Texas A&M University engineering…
Jing Du uses virtual reality software to explore a digital building. (Texas A&M University College of Architecture) By Sarah Wilson, Texas A&M University College of Architecture First responders’ lives depend on their ability to navigate structures during a emergency — a task Jing “Eric” Du, Texas A&M assistant professor of …
The lack of the CHR2 gene alters plant architecture. (Texas A&M AgriLife Research) By Blair Fannin, Texas A&M University College of Agriculture & Life Sciences A team of Texas A&M and Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists now have a deeper understanding of a large switch/sucrose non-fermentable (SWI/SNF) protein complex that…
Part of the observatory science and engineering team part of the NSF-sponsored project to design and install sub-seafloor observatories within the Hikurangi subduction zone offshore New Zealand to study the physics of earthquakes. From left to right: Patrick Fulton (Texas A&M – Geology & Geophysics), Katerina Petronotis (Texas A&M –…
Ripples in the Elatina Formation in South Australia. (Ryan Ewing/Texas A&M University College of Geosciences) By Leslie Lee, Texas A&M University College of Geosciences Though the term “Snowball Earth” was first coined in 1992 and the science behind the hypothesis had existed for decades, now for the first time scientists…
Spear points with fluted edges prove that early inhabitants traveled all over North America. (Heather Smith) By Keith Randall, Texas A&M University Marketing & Communications Highlights Researchers found that early settlers in the emerging ice-free corridor of interior western Canada were traveled north to Alaska, not south from Alaska, as…