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Science & Technology

A&M researchers use a type of bread mold to study and better understand how biological clocks work.

Biological clock research studies how humans tick

By Josh Hopkins October 10, 2016

In the modern day, clocks surround us in our daily lives, but no clock has such an impact on our lives as the one residing deep in our mind, influencing our daily lives far more than the mere digital and...

Women in STEM

Number of women in STEM increases

By Sanna Bhai October 9, 2016

Since 1980, the percentage of women in the engineering field has increased by 8.2 percent, according to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, resulting in an increase of female students enrolling...

Gulf Coast Regional Manufacturing Center

A&M selected as lead for new manufacturing center

By Justin Dominguez October 6, 2016

Texas A&M was hand-chosen to command the construction of the Gulf Coast Regional Manufacturing Center focused on local technology transfer and workforce development. As a part of the The Clean Energy...

Virtual Reality

Escape one world, enter another

By James Wong October 6, 2016

Imagine ending a long stressful day when nothing seemed to go right and all you want to do is escape to the blissful, soothing Hawaii beaches — with advancements in virtual reality, this is possible...

TAMU Hackathon

Go hack or go home

By Ezra Skeete October 2, 2016

Students, hackers and business firms gathered at the MSC this weekend for A&M's annual hackathon. TAMUhack is a 24-hour competition where students engage in collaborative computer programming....

Materials science grant

A&M awarded $3 million grant for material science research

By Pranav Kannan September 29, 2016

The National Science Foundation initiated a new program to encourage graduate students to perform innovative material science research. Texas A&M received a $3 million grant to research the design...

Solar Energy

Renewable energy continues to rise

By Sanna Bhai September 28, 2016

A three-day energy conference hosted at Texas A&M tackled methods on how to design renewable energy and how they will effect on society.  The A&M Energy Research Society hosted The 2016...

Hackathon

Hacking in the hundreds

By W. R. Harvey September 28, 2016

Students across the nation will assemble this weekend for A&M’s third annual hackathon — a 24-hour competition integrating coding, networking and teamwork. TAMUhack is an event during which...

Mars

Mars’ past, Earth’s future

Alex Sein September 28, 2016

Dozens of missions have left humans an immense reservoir of information about Mars — especially about its past — but substantial advancements remain necessary before humans can be sent there.As...

The RELLIS campus will be a new research facility located just outside of College Station. RELLIS is an acronym for the six core values of A&M.

A&M breaks ground on Rellis campus

By Trevin Cooper September 26, 2016

The Texas A&M University System became even larger Monday morning with the breaking of ground for a building at the new RELLIS campus. RELLIS, which is an acronym for the six core values of A&M...

Distracted Driving

The path to safer driving; Researchers address accident causing factors

By Trevin Cooper September 25, 2016

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, America mourns the loss of over 30,000 lives from motor vehicle accidents each year. A group of researchers from Texas A&M have spent the past...

Hawking Lecture

Leading Princeton physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed visits Aggieland

By Pranav Kannan September 25, 2016

Physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed discussed classical ideas of space-time and charts a path for the future in his lecture on Thurs. Sept 22. The Department of Physics and Astronomy hosted a seminar by leading...

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