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Science & Technology

Professors and graduate students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are working together to improve agriculture by developing new technology.

Agricultural technological innovation

By Henry Mureithi @SOCOMBlack February 28, 2018

Agriculture is an essential part of many rural communities in Texas, and the wider Texas community. While agricultural productivity in Texas has slowed down in recent years due to the 2007 recession and...

Atlantic sixgill shark

This week in science

By Anthony Pangonas @apangonas February 28, 2018

When it comes to the world of science, discoveries and breakthroughs are made every day. To help you keep up with them, The Battalion compiles a few of the most compelling scientific stories from this...

Mix Alco

The MixAlco process: Green energy for the future

By Matt McDowell @MattMcDowell43 February 26, 2018

In an energy landscape where there is growing public and corporate support for ‘green’ energy alternatives to traditional sources, research by current and former Texas A&M students and...

Public Health assistant professor Natalie Johnson uses both exposure characterization and animal models to conduct her research.

Johnson awarded $2 million grant

By Kathryn Whitlock @KathrynWhitloc8 February 25, 2018

Examinations of prenatal pollutant exposure are progressing as a Texas A&M School of Public Health assistant professor has received an extensive grant. The National Institutes of Health has awarded...

This Week in Science

This week in science

By Anthony Pangonas @apangonas February 21, 2018

When it comes to the world of science, discoveries and breakthroughs are made every day. To help you keep up with them, The Battalion compiles a few of the most compelling scientific stories from this...

The Millennial Nuclear Caucus was moderated by Suzie Jaworowski, a Senior Advisor to the Office of Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. The Panelist Included (left to right), Daniel Vega, Lenka Kollar, Sarah Camba Lynn, and Taylor Haby. 

Millennial Nuclear Caucus held in the MSC

By Matt McDowell @MattMcDowell43 February 20, 2018

The Millenial Nuclear Caucus forum addressed the current state of nuclear energy, technology and future developments the industry might include. The panel consisted of senior members in the U.S. Department...

Self Driving Semi

Self-driving 18-wheelers aim to make roads safer

By Naren Venkatesh @KnowNaren February 20, 2018

The Texas A&M Transport Institute (TTI) is researching ways to make highways safer by using self-driving 18 wheelers to help combat human error and reduce fuel consumption. The process has been termed...

TAMU Make

TAMU Make focuses on hardware rather than software creation

By Naren Venkatesh @KnowNaren February 18, 2018

The student chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers at Texas A&M organized a 24-hour hardware hackathon open to both graduate and undergraduate students, where participants...

Blockchain: the technology behind cryptocurrencies

By Matt McDowell @MattMcDowell43 February 18, 2018

In a seminar given in the Mitchell Institute building, a Texas A&M graduate student who typically does work on in the area of computational physics instead gave a lecture to professors and other graduate...

This Week in Science

This week in science

By Anthony Pangonas @apangonas February 14, 2018

When it comes to the world of science, discoveries and breakthroughs are made every day. To help you keep up with them, The Battalion compiles a few of the most compelling scientific stories from this...

Trump and Technology

Reviewing Trump’s administration and tech policy after one year

By Henry Mureithi @SOCOMBlack February 12, 2018

Donald Trump’s State of the Union address was the president's opportunity to list his achievements over his first year and mark a path forward for his policy agenda for the coming year. In his speech,...

Professor Tim Logan has studied how rain development is effected by aerosols.

A&M professor studies effects of aerosols

By Anthony Pangonas @apangonas February 11, 2018

Cloud formation and the amount of rain that can be brought by these clouds can be negatively affected due to the amount of aerosols in the atmosphere, which can include wildfire smoke, sea salt and air...

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