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John Reynolds presents "Agile Architectures and Their Evaluations" as a member of the second panel at The Smart Grid Workshop on Tuesday.

Workshop addresses power grid challenges

By Srinivas Harshal April 22, 2015

While few dispute the idea that aging U.S. power grids are overburdened, the solution is less clear. To shed light on the matter, more than 100 students, faculty, researchers and industrial experts from...

Rice-sized research

A&M diabetes research could end painful insulin tests

By: Zach Grinovich April 19, 2015

Finger pricks and continuous glucose monitors may be things of the past if A&M researchers succeed in developing a new way to measure a diabetic’s glucose levels through fluorescent light. Two...

Graduate Student Kevin Shimkus feeding muscles cells and assessing muscle stem cells & myoblasts cell culture.

Astronaut muscle loss leads to student research

By: Cassidy Hudson April 16, 2015

Kevin Shimkus, doctoral candidate for the Space and Life Sciences Fellowship, researches the musculoskeletal effects of multiple space-flight missions on astronauts with a NASA grant. The Battalion news...

Apollo 13

Apollo 13, 45 years later

By: John Rangel April 16, 2015

‘Houston, we have a problem…”  Every kid on my childhood playground knew the phrase, and it’s one of the most uttered sentences you’ll ever hear when NASA comes up in...

Brazos Valley Museum

A history of the natural world: Deborah Cowman has been director of the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History for the past seven years.

Connor Smith April 13, 2015

A dinosaur, killed by a puncture wound, lies fossilized with its skin still apparent for visitors to see right inside the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History. The museum — a community staple...

Scientists, educators and other impactful thinkers will present talks to a sold out crowd Saturday on Texas A&M's campus. 

TEDxTAMU ready to present talks to sold-out crowd

Manya Rastogi April 9, 2015

Human life and dark matter — these are just two topics that will be discussed in depth at Saturday’s TEDxTAMU conference. TEDxTAMU will focus on the passionate ideas from some inspired thinkers...

Bone Research

Bone Research

April 2, 2015

Texas A&M researchers have developed a gel that induces bone regeneration when injected near a large bone injury. While the research is still in testing phases, those involved say it could one day...

Bone Research

Broken and Regrown: Researchers develop bone-growing technology

By Zach Grinovich April 1, 2015

A new technology that uses nanocomposite hydrogels to effectively regrow bones may one day change the way serious bone breaks and health issues are treated.Texas A&M researchers have developed a gel...

Physics fair to draw thousands

Bradley D’Souza March 27, 2015

Thousands will flock to the Mitchell Physics building for the annual Physics and Engineering Festival Saturday.   A collaboration between the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Department...

Another individual has passed away as a result of the tragedy that unfolded at the Astroworld festival.

New program will allow students hands-on EMS service to B-CS

Zachary Grinovich March 24, 2015

Students no longer need to wait until graduation to make an impact in the medical field. A new program called the Community Health Initiative Partnership, or CHIP, will provide a way for students to get...

Cockroaches 2

Remote-controlled roaches: Insect technology could improve surveillance and response

Connor Smith March 23, 2015

It is either breakthrough science or the stuff of nightmares, but remote-controlled cockroaches are now possible.The mechanical engineering department at Texas A&M has teamed up with entomologists...

Mechanical engineering senior Andrew Nelson demos the race car Saturday built by 21 A&M students with a budget of $52,000.

Aggie engineering students turn $52,000 into a race car

Srinivas Harshal March 22, 2015

A team of 21 senior mechanical engineering students will showcase the race car it built over a course of nine months as part of its senior capstone design course with the ultimate goal of a podium finish...

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