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State officials issue bird flu warning as virus spreads near Brazos County

Jennifer Alatuogu-Okechukwu, Senior News Reporter February 2, 2025

Texas wildlife officials are raising concerns about the spread of bird flu, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, following confirmed cases in Harris County and Galveston.  The...

The Academic Building in Academic Plaza on Thursday, October 17, 2024.

A&M halts research to comply with executive orders, upcoming federal funding freeze

Nicholas Gutteridge, Editor-in-Chief January 28, 2025

Texas A&M’s Sponsored Research Services distributed a memo to researchers Monday updating them on the impact of several executive orders signed by President Donald Trump and a memo from his administration...

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A&M secures nation’s first NIH grant for lymphatic biology training

Jennifer Alatuogu-Okechukwu, News Writer November 20, 2024

Texas A&M’s College of Medicine has broken new ground by securing the first National Institutes of Health, or NIH, grant in the United States dedicated specifically to training researchers in lymphatic...

An adult kissing bug. Courtesy of Hamer Laboratory.

Aggie researchers find deadly parasite in Texas kissing bugs

Erin Wunderlich, Guest Contributor November 18, 2024

New research has found that microscopic parasites found in two species of the Texas kissing bug, a blood-feeding insect prevalent in the Brazos Valley, can cause Chagas disease in pets, humans and wildlife. Sarah...

Prescription drug abuse is a serious problem among students.

Nanotechnology, cells, drugs: Researchers seek to prevent mitochondria damage

Cameron Gibson, Senior News Reporter November 15, 2024

Texas A&M researchers have been working to prevent harm to mitochondria organelles impacted by diseases through a new nanotechnology named nanoflowers. The technology has successfully regenerated mitochondria...

Graduate student Tessa Williams swabs petri dishes at the Veterinary Research Lab on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (Armani Jones/ The Battalion)

A&M chosen to create new method for preservation of microbes

Jennifer Alatuogu-Okechukwu, News Writer October 17, 2024

Texas A&M has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, to develop a new method for preserving microbial samples. The initiative aims to enhance the long-term viability...

A photographic depiction of a lethal dose of fentanyl. (Hannah Harrison/The Battalion)

United against overdose deaths

J. M. Wise, News Editor October 17, 2024

Texas’ public health system is facing a crisis fueled by opioid and fentanyl misuse. In 2023, 5,093 Texans died from drug poisoning, 45.3% of which were from fentanyl alone. In response to this trend,...

Journalists using AI-produced content could be liable for copyright infringement

“We hereby find the defendant, John Doe, guilty of copyright infringement.” Those are words that made Doe’s heart sink. Doe is a journalist who used artificial intelligence, or AI, to...

Director of Cyclotron Institute Sherry Yennello, PhD, shows the outside case of NIMROD Multi-Ditector Array at the Texas A&M Cyclotron Institute on Thurday, April 13, 2023.

Cyclotron Institute bridges gap between fundamental science, real-world applications

By Jack Lee @JackTheBatt April 17, 2023

Tucked away between the Zachry Engineering Education Complex and the Mitchell Physics Building is the Texas A&M Cyclotron Institute. Closed to the public and most students, beneath the building’s...

Nick Suntzeff

Abominable mystery

By Jack Lee @JackTheBatt February 28, 2023

Editor's Note: This article has been updated since initial publication to correct factual errors. After 17 years at Texas A&M, Nick Suntzeff, Ph.D., director of A&M’s astronomy program, is...

Norman Borlaug, Ph.D. talks to a group of scientists. From the beginning of his work, Dr. Borlaug dedicated his time and attention to the training of young scientists. 

Norman E. Borlaug: The Aggie who fed the world

By Jack Lee @JackTheBatt November 29, 2022

On Nov. 15, the United Nations declared that the eight-billionth person had been born. Unbeknownst to most Aggies, the man who had done much to pave the way for that figure called Texas A&M home. Norman...

The single-cell-resolution device created by Texas A&M's Arum Han, Ph.D. and Ph.D. student Yuwen Li, as well as Can Huang and Song-I Han.

A&M scientists build device to isolate, analyze single cells

By Jack Lee @JackTheBatt and November 10, 2022

Texas A&M scientists have pioneered a new technology with implications for stem cell research, public health and renewable energy. Electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. student Yuwen Li and his...

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