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Science & Technology

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...

Afghaniwheat

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...

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...

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