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How artificial intelligence will affect opportunity

By Henry Mureithi @SOCOMBlack December 10, 2017

Several Texas A&M researchers are working on various innovative applications for Artificial Intelligence (AI), intelligent systems, machine learning and natural language processing technologies. For...

The LSST Facility will change how astronomers study the sky by providing a new method of examination. 

A&M professors help develop new telescope

By Elaine Soliman @ElaineSoliman_ December 4, 2017

The ability to finally be able to analyze and learn more about dark matter and dark energy is just around the corner thanks the innovative Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, or LSST. It is being developed...

Professor Kentaro Hara discusses his research on computational modeling of how electrons behave in electric and magnetic fields.

Professor Kentaro Hara receives grant from Air Force

By Alex Sein @AlexandrSein December 3, 2017

Kentaro Hara, assistant aerospace engineering professor, recently received the 2018 Young Investigator Research Program Award from the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research, which entails a $450,000...

A 3-foot key with the Texas A&M seal that was printed using the EIC's Polyjet printer.

Startup Aggieland technologically advances with the installment of 3D printers

Kathryn Whitlock @kathrynwhitloc8 December 3, 2017

Aggie entrepreneurs can see and hold their inventions now that Startup Aggieland has installed 3D printers at their facility. Startup Aggieland is open to students, staff, faculty, former students and...

Electrical engineering grad student Alfredo Costilla Reyes was awarded the Mexico National Youth award Nov. 7. 

National Entrepreneur, internationally recognized

The Mexico National Youth award, the highest award presented by the Government of Mexico to the country’s youth, was presented to Alfredo Costilla Reyes, a Texas A&M graduate student working...

Wilderness Course

Training for wilderness emergencies

Kathryn Whitlock @kathrynwhitloc8ate November 29, 2017

For many, venturing into the wild is a common hobby, yet it comes with it’s own set of dangers. Texas A&M Recreational Sports offers a course covering treating injuries and illnesses in the wild...

The range for broadband score is 0 to 2, with 2 having high broadband available and 0 having the least, according to Brookings Institution. 

Rural broadband gaps

By Henry Mureithi @SOCOMBlack November 28, 2017

The digital divide in Bryan-College Station and across central Texas has narrowed in recent years due to a variety of public and private efforts, but significant gaps remain at the household level. According...

Alfredo Erazo-Oliveras, a Texas A&M University postdoctoral research associate, to receive an NIH research award and a Ford fellowship.

Ford Foundation Honors Texas A&M Postdoctoral Researcher

By Henry Mureithi @SOCOMBlack November 20, 2017

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Ford Foundation have recently chosen Alfredo Erazo-Oliveras, a Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences postdoctoral research associate,...

Children at the border witness the difference between healthy and damaged lungs.

Tackling healthcare along the border

By: Alex Sein @AlexandrSein November 20, 2017

Over the past several years, Genny Carrillo has been working to map asthma rates in communities along the US-Mexico border. Carrillo, director of the program on asthma research and education and associate...

Aggies Invent participants are chosen based on an application process and range from freshman to Ph.D candidates as well as a variety of majors. 

Teams apply virtual perspectives to practical problems

By Alex Sein @AlexandrSein November 19, 2017

Last Friday, Aggies Invent opened its doors to 56 students. Unlike previous versions of the event, this one was sponsored directly by Dell, which gave every member of the winning team a high-end Dell workstation. According...

Professor Remco Zegers from Michigan state discusses nuclear astrophysics during the Cyclotron Institute 50th Symposium and Celebration.

Cyclotron Institute celebrates 50th anniversary

By Elaine Soliman @ElaineSoliman_ November 16, 2017

One of the sparks that spurred Texas A&M forward into becoming a research university was the installment of the Cyclotron Institute, according to Cyclotron Institute director Sherry Yennello. The institute...

Data breaches

Understanding data breaches

By Henry Mureithi @SOCOMBLACk November 15, 2017

The proliferation of digital technology in the last two decades has brought with it a slew of various cyber-threats, especially cybercrime, the most common example of which is data breaches. The International...

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