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Fibrous Feeds Prove Beneficial For Livestock Gut Health

Compared to the fattening up power of soybeans and corn, high-fiber animal feeds are often considered to be inefficient for optimal growth and production. But livestock producers may want to reconsider that stance.

Easing the Burden on Transgender and Nonbinary Graduate Students

Report Offers Suggestions to Relax a “Toxic” Atmosphere

Commuters Are Inhaling Unacceptably High Levels Of Carcinogens

Twenty minutes or longer in the car also raises risk of birth defects

How Otters’ Muscles Enable Their Cold, Aquatic Life

Texas A&M researchers found that the small mammals are internally warmed by thermogenic leak from their skeletal muscle, which elevates their metabolic rate.

3D Printable Phase-Changing Composites Can Regulate Temperatures Inside Buildings

The composites can be added to building materials or 3D printed as decorative assets.

Individual Privacy And Big Data Uses In Public Health

A study from the Texas A&M School of Public Health suggests that current U.S. data-protection laws do not reflect the public’s preferences.

Quieter Airplane Landings May Be Possible With Shape-Memory Alloys

Texas A&M researchers have shown that shape-memory metal fillers inserted into the front edge of airplane wings can reduce noise generated during landing.

New System For Tracking Macaws Emphasizes Species’ Conservation Needs

Researchers with Texas A&M's Macaw Society used satellite telemetry to track the movements of 10 birds over a period of 8 years.

Texas A&M Entomologist Wages War On Ticks

Adela Chavez's research focuses on preventing the negative health and economic impacts of tick-borne diseases.

Big Data-Derived Tool Facilitates Closer Monitoring Of Recovery From Natural Disasters

Texas A&M researchers have mined location-based data to essential establishments during Hurricane Harvey to develop a framework for monitoring communities’ resilience.

Playing Hide and Seek in the Centromere

Centromeres, the DNA sections often found at the center of the chromosomes, display enormous interspecies diversity, despite having the same vital role during cell division across almost the entire tree of life.

Newly Discovered Fish Songs Demonstrate Reef Restoration Success

Whoops, croaks, growls, raspberries and foghorns are among the sounds that demonstrate the success of a coral reef restoration project.

Streetwise Bees Cut Corners to Find Food

Bumblebees waste no time enjoying the beauty of flowers – instead learning the bare minimum about where to land and find food, new research shows.

Pioneering Stem Cell Research Could Ease Global Sustainable Food Crisis

Scientists have made a pivotal breakthrough in the quest to ease the global sustainable food crisis through pioneering stem cell research.

Falls in Care Homes Can Be Significantly Reduced with Intervention, Says New Study

The largest study of care homes in the UK, led by experts at the University of Nottingham and involving the University of Exeter, has found that a co-

The Importance of Family Time During COVID-19

Middle Schoolers with Elevated Mental Health Problems Showed Reduction in Symptoms in Early Stages of Pandemic

Better Understanding Impact of Shame on HIV Patients Can Help Improve Healthcare, Study Argues

Ensuring healthcare workers better understand the psychological, social and physical impacts of shame on HIV patients will help improve their medical treatment, a study argues.

Quest to Deliver Ultra-Fast and Energy Efficient Magnetic Recording Moves Step Closer

The quest to deliver ultra-fast and energy efficient magnetic recording could be a step closer to fruition, due to pioneering new research on all-optical switching of magnetization.

Revolutionising 3D Imaging with an Endoscope the Width of a Human Hair

Scientists have developed a new form of endoscope, just a hair’s width in diameter, that could transform 3D imaging for a wide range of applications from industrial inspection to environmental monitoring, and eventually make medical imaging less uncomfortable for patients.

Unique Data Creates 'Fair and Robust' Online Exams

Researchers have developed a new way of reinforcing "fair and robust" online exams, a study reports.