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Awards and Achievements 27 Aug 2013 | 12:31 am
Please join us in congratulating our faculty, staff, current students and former students on their recent awards and achievements. Jayaprakasha named American Chemical Society Fellow Dr. G.K. Jayaprak...
A Land in Balance: Benefits of Prescribed Fire 21 Aug 2013 | 11:46 pm
Less than two years removed from the worst wildfire season in Texas history, it’s no wonder that when fire is mentioned the first thing that comes to most Texans’ minds is fear. However, fires aren’t ...
Teens tour TVMDL facility, “investigate” cat’s mysterious illness 19 Aug 2013 | 11:24 pm
COLLEGE STATION — What’s wrong with Bob the cat? Can Bob be saved? On July 18, students from a Texas A&M University summer program followed a cat’s diagnostic case to learn about how the Texas A&M Vet...
Texas A&M entomology department marks new construction with naming ceremony 13 Aug 2013 | 12:48 am
Rollins Urban and Structural Entomology Facility honors major benefactor Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. David Ragsdale, 979-845-2516, dragsdale@tamu.edu Dr. Roger Gol...
59th Beef Cattle Short Course: Cattle producers should plan for drought 8 Aug 2013 | 07:59 pm
Texas beef cattle producers should plan for future periods of dry conditions as drought patterns exhibited in the 1950s continue to prevail in current models, according to an expert. “We are still rel...
Pecan Experts from Around the World Gather for the 1st International Pecan Symposium 31 Jul 2013 | 08:41 pm
The 1st International Symposium on Pecans and Other Carya in Indigenous and Managed Systems was held in the AgriLife Center on the Texas A&M University College Station campus on July 17-20, 2013. Scie...
Can Spinach Save the Orange? Read The New York Times Article 31 Jul 2013 | 01:18 am
Read The New York Times Article → Spinach doesn’t just work for Popeye anymore… and no one knows that better than Dr. Erik Mirkov, a plant pathologist at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension ...
AgriLife Research Scientists view ‘protein origami’ to help understand, prevent certain diseases 24 Jul 2013 | 01:32 am
Scientists using sophisticated imaging techniques have observed a molecular protein folding process that may help medical researchers understand and treat diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Lou Gehrig’s an...
Military kids have stress-free week at Camp Corral 22 Jul 2013 | 08:09 pm
Military life can be demanding and dangerous. That reality is something each service man and woman faces every day. But what many people don’t realize is that their spouses and children must also sacr...
Monster Machines: This Clever Egg Washer Could Save 90 Million Chickens A Year 17 Jul 2013 | 07:50 pm
Regardless of which came first, chickens and their eggs are big business. The problem is eggs have a natural failure rate (due to bacterial infections and such) of 1 per cent — 90 million birds annual...
