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Researchers at A&M continue to use data from LHC as it undergoes upgrades.
 

Researchers prep for Large Hadron Collider reopening

Bradley D’Souza October 20, 2014

The Higgs boson made headlines last year when its discovery was confirmed in Switzerland — an international scientific feat that included work done at Texas A&M. The particle accelerator that...

Simulator allows researchers to gauge pilot response

Eva Gilpin October 14, 2014

Aerospace engineering investigates much more than an airplane’s airfoil and engines — it also takes into account the pilot’s response. Texas A&M researchers hope to gain a deeper...

Photo by Tanner Garza
The OmniGlobe can project a line connecting every Facebook friendship that exists and can also model the surface of planets.
 

OmniGlobe brings complex data down to Earth

Trey Reeves October 14, 2014

For the past several weeks, the MSC has hosted an exhibit that can show visitors anything from the carbon footprint of different locations on Earth, to a line connecting every Facebook friendship that...

Ozone layer expected to recover by 2050

Eva Gilpin October 13, 2014

After a report from the U.N. in September stated that the ozone layer could be healed by 2050, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began appealing last week to the Obama administration for further...

PROVIDEDMembers of the engineering EPICS class work on a telecommunications project last semester.

EPICS class pushes boundaries of classroom engineering education

Josh Hopkins October 9, 2014

One engineering class takes its education well outside the limits of the classroom. Engineering Projects in Community Service, EPICS, is an interdisciplinary course that gives students the chance to tackle...

Grant paves way for ‘Innovation Corps’ node in Southwest

Duncan Rankin October 8, 2014

Teams formed by a research grant with A&M and some in-state rivals will soon begin training. Texas A&M, the University of Texas and Rice University won a three-year, $3.75 million grant from the...

Photo by Sarah Lane
Biomedical engineering associate professor Melissa Grunlan (left) and biomedical engineering graduate student Lindsay Nail work on facial reconstruction materials in the Emerging Technologies Building on Monday. afternoon.
 

Researchers develop facial reconstruction foam

Sam Scott October 6, 2014

Texas A&M researchers may have developed the next step in facial reconstruction — a foam that could one day be used to treat skull abnormalities. Student and faculty researchers in the Dwight...

 

US space policy shifts with privatized contract

Bradley D’Souza October 1, 2014

Sputnik and the ensuing Space Race may have been about points of national pride, but today private companies eye the sky for a different reason — lucrative government grants and large potential profits. NASA...

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The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation awards the largest U.S. monetary award to undergraduates.
 

Former astronaut to present scholarship

Katie Fuller October 1, 2014

A select few have seen Earth from the above, and one of them is coming to A&M. Scott Parazynski, former NASA space shuttle astronaut, will be on campus Thursday to present a $10,000 scholarship from...

 

International Space Station unites US and Russia

Eva Gilpin October 1, 2014

While the American space program awaits the ability to enter space on its own accord, the United States and Russia have created a lasting relationship to further their mutual space interests. The U.S....

Architecture students design Ebola relief pods

Gracie Mock September 30, 2014

Langford Architecture Building, 2 a.m.: 11 graduate students work against the clock to design a novel solution to one of the world’s pressing medical challenges. The Ebola virus has no cure, but...

A&M forms partnership with Yucat?n

Katie Fuller September 29, 2014

The Aggie influence will soon spread to the Mexican state of Yucatán as Texas A&M broadens its research portfolio with a new partnership south of the border. Texas A&M and Yucatán signed...

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