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Science & Technology

Chunks of sea ice, melt ponds and open water in the Chukchi Sea in July 2016.

Climate change an ongoing phenomenon, A&M experts say

By Rachel Knight January 23, 2017

For three years in a row now, NASA and the NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, have documented record-breaking surface temperatures on Earth. The warming trend is an ongoing phenomenon...

Self Driving Car

Texas adopts “smart” automated vehicle technologies

Texas is on its way to becoming a nationwide leader by being the first state to collectively embrace smart solutions in automated vehicle technologies. The U.S. Department of Transportation wanted to jump...

Science events, such the Chemistry Roadshow, features demonstrations which allow the community to learn more about science.

What’s next in science

By Chris Martin @martin19340 January 23, 2017

Rocket launches, DNA extraction and a five-barrel depth charge — these are only a few of many exciting science events happening this spring semester both worldwide and at Texas A&M. Beginning...

Texas A&M Commerce created rolling carts to allow animals to walk again after losing limbs.

Prosthetics bring pups hope

By Sanna Bhai January 18, 2017

Technology to design prosthetics for humans has been around for years, but a class at Texas A&M Commerce will now focus on making prosthetics for disabled animals. E.A.S.T, or Empathy, Art, Science,...

Daniel Ragsdale, director of the Texas A&M Cybersecurity Center, said work in cybersecurity is difficult as new technologies develop and become more vulnerable.

Summit tackles cybersecurity challenges

By Josh Hopkins January 16, 2017

Last week, dozens of cybersecurity experts gathered to discuss an increasingly difficult question: What do you do when someone is trying to break into your house — from 6,000 miles away? The Cybersecurity...

Breast Cancer Awareness

A&M focuses on beating breast cancer

By Alice Corcoran & Sanna Bhai October 30, 2016

Since 1985, October has been nationally recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign created to generate awareness of the disease. A Sept. 2016 report from breastcancer.org found that...

Athlete Nutrition

Nutrition: athlete vs student

By Ezra Skeete October 27, 2016

The energy intake between athletes and students is vastly different — A&M athletes adhere to very specific diet while a typical student has a little more wiggle room. A team of A&M professors...

Space junk - or man made debris in space - may pose dangers to future expeditions.

Navigating a debris-filled orbit

By Alex Sein October 24, 2016

Since the launch of Sputnik in 1957, the amount of manmade objects in Earth’s orbit has grown exponentially, along with the danger of flying around them. When a satellite is launched into orbit,...

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,...

Robotic hummingbird

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...

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