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Science & Technology

A team of astronomers discovered the existence of a dead galaxy more than 12 billion years old.

2 A&M astronomers helped team discover dead galaxy

A team of astronomers, including two from A&M, discovered a massive inactive galaxy more than 12 billion years old. Formed about 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang, a unique galaxy named ZF-COSMOS-20115...

Associate professor Yung Li and Huilei Zhao are researching and delving into the possibility of converting carbon dioxide to fuel.

A&M associate prof work to convert CO2 into solar fuel

By Josh McCormack April 17, 2017

A solar lab concentrator, a solar reactor and a group of dedicated researchers — herein lies a possible solution for the future of the environment: Converting carbon dioxide to usable solar fuel. Associate...

As of last semester one of the A&M nuclear reactors moved from the Zachry Engineering Building to the Nuclear Science Center due to building renovations.

Reactor relocated

By Chris Martin @martin19340 April 16, 2017

After two years of planning, A&M securely moved a 60-year-old device located in the basement of the former Zachry Engineering Building.Last semester, the AGN-201M reactor — one of A&M’s...

Aggie researchers use charged plates to control the heating for a pore-like chamber in an attempt to reproduce lava lamp-like activity.

A&M researchers develop alternate theory for creation of Earth’s lifeforms

Alex Sein April 12, 2017

A team of researchers at A&M has been working on an alternative theory for how life developed on Earth, and it could affect the way scientists look for extraterrestrial life on other worlds. A team...

Aggie and international researchers study movement of iron particles in the Pacific Ocean, particularly where hot and cold water collide.

Reaching ocean depths

36 scientists, 2,500 miles of Pacific Ocean and one goal: Discover how iron particles move as hot and cold water are mixed in deep ocean water. Jessica Fitzsimmons, assistant professor in the Department...

A team of A&M engineers will design an anchor to attach to an asteroid as part of the Micro-g NExT competition.

Anchored in space

The next generation of scientists interested in space exploration — including a few from Texas A&M — will compete in June against colleges around the country to come up with a potential...

A&M is working to have 25,000 engineering students by the year 2025.

Making room(s)

By Alex Sein April 6, 2017

Since the 2013 announcement of the 25 by 25 objective — the plan to have 25,000 students enrolled in the College of Engineering by 2025 — there has been doubt about the university’s ability...

Living Learning Community looks to build a committee within the dorms for mostly freshman students.

Program encourages students to get involved on campus

Sanna Bhai April 5, 2017

When Garrett Medellin, communication junior, first came to campus, he felt out of place and wasn’t sure if Texas A&M was the place for him, but by immersing himself in a Living Learning Community...

Kyle Field

T-Mobile invests $3.5 Million in Kyle Field

Josh Hopkins April 3, 2017

A $3.5 million deal announced last week will bring T-Mobile into Kyle Field to improve gameday connectivity for the company’s customers. As part of Kyle Field’s overhaul, which began in 2014,...

A new program called "Texas Cares" aims to assist those who have dementia and will make their lives during that time as comfortable and pleasant as possible.

A&M, Baylor faculty create project aimed at helping dementia patient caregivers

Timothy Deville April 3, 2017

In Texas alone, there are over one million unpaid caregivers for the growing number of individuals living with dementia. Dementia is a disorder that affects mental processes caused by brain disease or...

Harvard professor and local chefs collaborated to explore the physics of cooking at the Mitchell Physics Institute Friday evening.

Cooking up science

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit, bake for 20 minutes and cool for another five minutes — even the most simple of tasks in cooking have millions of chemical reactions happening on the surface...

Petroleum engineering junior Shahroz Khan and his partner light methane bubbles on fire, among 200 total demos at Saturday's physics festival.

A&M’s Physics and Engineering festival excites public about science

By Chris Martin @martin19340 April 2, 2017

“We do something some would call a little bit crazy — we light our hands on fire,” said petroleum engineering junior Shahroz Khan as he performed a demonstration at A&M’s 15th...

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