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Science & Technology

Undergraduate and graduate students alike were able to network and discuss details of their current research.

Research expo provides undergrads with unique opportinites

By Elaine Soliman @ElaineSoliman_ October 4, 2017

Research at Texas A&M spans from entomology to investigating lyme disease. These research projects and projects similar to them presented at the Undergraduate Research Expo on Oct. 4 in the MSC Bethancourt...

Graphic showing how aerospace engineering involves aspects of various engineering disciplines. 

Aerospace department makes changes

By: Alex Sein @alexandrsein September 25, 2017

Of Texas A&M’s 14 engineering departments, aerospace engineering stands out from the rest as the only one that is aligned with an industry rather than a broad field of study.   According...

This new species of primate was named after Texas A&M professor Sharon Gursky to honor her many years of research in the field of primatology.

New species of primate named after Texas A&M professor

After several years of research, a new species of primate, the Tarsius spectrumgurskyae, also known as the Gursky’s spectral tarsier, was discovered. Due to her years of dedication to the study of...

Senior statistics major Jose Alfaro spends several hours a day sitting in the front of a computer doing homework and studying for his Graduate Record Examination.

Improving Sedentary Habits with Technology

By: Alex Sein @alexandrsein September 18, 2017

Sitting is the new smoking — at least, that is, according to James Levine, doctor at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, AZ, who coined the phrase after conducting a study that seemed to prove that sitting...

Mark Platt, instrumentation engineer, presents the detectors that are currently being made.

Detecting the invisible

By Sanna Bhai @BhaiSanna September 17, 2017

Dark matter is all around. It is invisible to the naked eye and can be felt, but detecting it hasn’t been possible. For 80 years, scientists have known that dark matter exists, but identifying it...

Sustainable Living

How to be sustainable on campus

By Savannah Mehrtens @SJMehrtens September 11, 2017

Living on campus often comes with difficulties, one of which includes maintaining a sustainable environmentally-friendly lifestyle. Carol Binzer, director of Sustainability and Development, recommends...

Detecting Damage in Aircraft

Detecting damage in aircraft

By Alex Sein @alexandrsein September 11, 2017

During flight, airplanes experience significant loads and stresses, and over time these loads can lead to cracks forming in high-stress areas of planes. In the past, these cracks were easy to detect because...

Texas A&M will be hosting several lectures informing others about the relationship between health and architecture.

Lecture series focuses on bringing healthcare to the public

By Sanna Bhai @BhaiSanna September 10, 2017

This fall’s Architecture for Health lecture series will emphasize having speakers who have successfully delivered health care to large populations and the two month series kicked off Friday, Sept....

Mechanical engineering students are shown the precision achievable by new 3D printing methods.

25 by 25 four years in

By: Sanna Bhai @sannabhai September 6, 2017

On Jan. 23, 2013, Texas A&M University announced the vision of acquiring 25,000 engineering students by the year 2025. Now, four years later, the program is focused on retaining students and making...

Morgan Smith, a doctoral student at Texas A&M, researched the Guest Mammoth site in Florida for two years. 

Texas A&M Ph.D. candidate and team could rewrite history

By Savannah Mehrtens @SJMehrtens September 5, 2017

Despite conventional wisdom stating the opposite, research currently being done by a Texas A&M doctoral student may show that over 12,000 years ago, humans and Columbian mammoths may have co-existed...

Ph.D. candidate Garrison Neel (right) and mechanical engineering seniors Amir Darwesh (center) and Quang Le (left) work together to build the first autonomous shuttle.

The self-driving shuttle of Texas A&M

By Savannah Mehrtens @SJMehrtens September 5, 2017

Autonomous shuttles, once thought to be a thing of the future, are becoming a realistic feat. On Sept. 1, Texas began enforcing a law that allows autonomous shuttles to drive on all roadways. At Texas...

Texas A&M creates a new initiative to increase STEM teachers state-wide.

Aggie STEM Helping Alleviate Teacher Shortage

By Alex Sein @alexandrsein September 4, 2017

Since 2006, Aggie STEM has been helping science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, teachers across Texas by providing them with various professional development tools that improve their ability...

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