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Science & Technology

Video game review: ‘Civilization VI’ has checks in all the boxes

By Josh Hopkins October 23, 2016

"Civilization VI" was released  Friday, joining five other Civ games in the expansive franchise. Battalion science and technologywriter Joshua Hopkins has played hundreds of hours of other games within...

Public Health

Lecture series unites architecture and public health departments

By Kylee Reid October 20, 2016

The Texas A&M College of Architecture, the Center for Health Systems & Design, Center for Health Organization Transformation (CHOT) and the School of Public Health at Texas A&M University have...

With the first half of 2016, being the hottest on record according to NASA, evidence can be seen throughout the globe.

A&M researchers weigh in on climate change

By Pranav Kannan October 20, 2016

There is a crisis unfolding on earth in the form of melting ice-caps, rising sea-levels and unprecedented global temperatures, and some Texas A&M professors say while this could have significant impacts,...

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Researchers design robotic hummingbird

By Justin Dominguez October 19, 2016

Sequestered in the basement of the Bright Building behind a looming vault door lies a place where math, science and nature culminate to take flight.A duo comprised of aerospace assistant professor Moble...

Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE

Exploring the undiscovered ocean floor

By Ezra Skeete October 18, 2016

For years, humans have been restricted by high costs and limited current technologies when exploring the ocean, but an A&M ocean engineering team is competing to rectify this problem by participating...

Chemistry Open House

Connecting children to chemistry

By Gracie Mock October 16, 2016

Strawberry DNA extraction, super slime and polymer smoothies were just a sliver of the numerous demonstrations and hands-on activities available to attendees at Saturday’s 29th annual Chemistry Open...

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A&M’s Borlaug Institute assists Afghan farmers

By W.R. Harvey October 16, 2016

Continuing the legacy of Norman Borlaug — a Nobel Peace Prize recipient and the “Father of the Green Revolution” — A&M’s Borlaug Institute is dedicated to helping fight...

Magellan Telescope

Texas A&M astronomers explore the edge of the universe

By Pranav Kannan October 13, 2016

An international team of astronomers led by Texas A&M experts investigate the mysteries of galaxy formation in the early universe.Texas A&M astronomers Kim-Vy Tran, Casey Papovich and Ryan Quadri...

Simon North was recently appointed as the new Head of the Department of Chemistry.

Q&A: Exploring chemistry

By Barath Menon October 13, 2016

Simon North is the head of the Chemistry Department at Texas A&M and Battalion science & technology reporter Barath Menon sat down with him to discuss his journey to A&M and his future plans...

A newly launched app called PhoneFlare senses when a user is in danger and automatically notifies family and campus police in an effort to combat sexual violence.

New app designed to prevent sexual assault on campus

Gap Barbin October 12, 2016

A new weapon has been introduced to combat sexual assault on college campuses across the country — a phone application that can be activated with the flick of a headphone. PhoneFlare is a free safety...

A team of A&M researchers is looking for certain chemicals that can be added to astronauts’ diets to help repair DNA damaged by radiation.

NASA, A&M partner to prevent cancer in space

By Alex Sein @Alexandrsein October 12, 2016

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States — but a little dietary adjustment could go a long way toward lowering...

CRISPR-Cas9 representation

Modifying Medicine

By W.R. Harvey October 11, 2016

Trimming, changing and replacing DNA could revolutionize modern medicine and prevent common medical conditions, like HIV and cancer. A new genetic modifying tool called CRISPR-Cas9 is being researched...

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