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Science & Technology

Pictured above are the winners of Texas A&M's first-ever collegiate ROV competition.

Aggies compete in underwater tech contest

By Sanna Bhai @bhaisanna March 5, 2017

Students operated robots through underwater obstacle courses and designed buoyant devices at the Recreational Pool Center Saturday as part of a Remotely Operated Vehicle competition. The Remotely Operated...

Underwater ROV

Underwater ROV competition to be held Saturday

By Chris Martin @martin19340 March 2, 2017

Aggies will team up to maneuver a device through challenging underwater obstacles at the Rec Center Pool Saturday. The Society for Underwater Technology at Texas A&M is holding a Remotely Operated...

All seven of the planets orbiting “Trappist-1” are all roughly earth sized, and three may have water.

Q&A: What 7 new planets mean for science

Josh Hopkins March 1, 2017

The Battalion science and technology editor Josh Hopkins spoke with Darren DePoy, physics professor, about a recent discovery of seven earth-sized planets orbiting Trappist-1, a dwarf star about 40 light-years...

Automated cars that are currently on the roads actually have a relatively low level of automation in comparison to the potential they have.

Emerging regulations on automated vehicles focus on safety, potential risks

By Jaci Cooper February 27, 2017

As the technology for automated vehicles, or AVs, becomes increasingly developed, legal policies are being made to accommodate this new technology. In recent years, car manufacturers have begun to include...

The high speed rail would connect Dallas to Houston with a stop in College Station to connect them.

High-speed rail plan faces opposition

Sanna Bhai February 26, 2017

Despite efforts by staunch opponents against the high-speed rail, Texas Central continues to move forward in its plan to build a rail between Dallas and Houston. Last week, a group of Texas congressmen...

Quantum mechanics

Celebrating the past, looking to the future

Pranav Kannan February 26, 2017

Students, professors and the public filled the seats of a large auditorium in Mitchell Physics Building to hear distinguished speakers celebrate the history of science and politics marvel about the future.On...

Senior Michael Chen said he wants appreciativeness to be considered a core value of A&M.

A&M student, team, develops app for saying ‘Thank you’

By Alex Sein February 13, 2017

The saying goes, “There’s an app for everything,’” and now an Aggie-made app provides another way to say, “Thank you.” Over the past several years, university studies senior...

Students work with local representatives to help solve community wide problems.

Urban planning students lend aid to developing cities

Sanna Bhai February 9, 2017

Living in a developed area, the challenges underdeveloped cities face due to insufficient finances and lack of community involvement often go unacknowledged. Texas Target Communities (TTC) partners...

Energy can be generated through footsteps via special floor tiles which harness the motion and convert it.

A&M student works to convert walking energy into electricity in Rec

By Jaci Cooper @CooperJaci February 7, 2017

While the Rec Center may have just finished construction on a new weight room, it’s possible that future surprises are in store for it in the area of clean energy. One Texas A&M student has been...

CRASAR develops technology to aid first responders, lower human intervention risk.

Automated rescue

By Alex Sein @alexandrsein February 6, 2017

For well over a decade, the A&M Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR) has been using state-of-the-art robots to aid rescue workers in search and rescue operations. The lab’s robots...

Ph.D. student Suk Lae Kim and professor Choongho Yu are researching a new way to charge cell phones using body heat.

Cellphones could one day be charged by body heat

By Kylee Reid @CoastalAg January 31, 2017

Soon, it may be possible to charge a cell phone, not by connecting it to a wall outlet, but with power generated by the human body. A Texas A&M University professor and his graduate students are changing...

South by Southwest

Texas A&M to host 5 days of events at SXSW Festival

By Josh Hopkins January 31, 2017

Aggies will flock to Austin in March, not to show their prowess on the field or on the court as in the days of old, but instead to demonstrate Aggie innovation on a global stage. Last week Texas A&M...

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