By Shana K. Hutchins, Texas A&M University College of Science Experience is widely recognized as one of the life’s most effective teachers, and organizers of the upcoming 2018 Susan M. Arseven ’75 Conference for Women In Science and Engineering (WISE) guarantee multiple opportunities to learn from some of…
An Amazon molly, Poecilia formosa, an asexual fish species native to Texas that is entirely female. (Dr. Manfred Schartl) By Shana Hutchins, Texas A&M University College of Science Highlights The Amazon molly has flourished by defying nature’s odds to reproduce asexually, cloning themselves by duping the male fish of another species to…
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.
A redesigned metastable phase of vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) shows extraordinary performance as a cathode material for magnesium batteries. The graphic compares the conventional (right) and metastable structures of V2O5. (College of Science/Justin Andrews) By Shana K. Hutchins, Texas A&M University College of Science Move over, lithium-ion; now, there’s a better…
Starry skies over Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile and the 4-meter Victor M. Blano Telescope (center), home to the 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera and unprecedented discovery potential for astronomers at Texas A&M University and around the world as members of the Dark Energy Survey. (Fermilab) By Shana K. Hutchins,…
By the Texas A&M University Colleges of Medicine and Science Biological clocks throughout the body play a major role in human health and performance, from sleep and energy use to how food is metabolized and even stroke severity. Now, Texas A&M University…
By Shana K. Hutchins, Texas A&M University College of Science After earmarking more than $500,000 this past spring to support cutting-edge interdisciplinary research activities in 2017, the Texas A&M University College of Science is poised to kick off 2018 with an additional $344,000 commitment toward its campus-wide collaborative research…
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, …