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Aggie Entomologists Show How Ant Colonies Adapt To Urbanization

A group of Texas A&M researchers has identified behavioral and physiological changes in ants disturbed by development and urban sprawl.

Exceptional Scientists Elected As Fellows Of The Royal Society 2023

Seven outstanding Cambridge researchers have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences and the oldest science academy in continuous existence.

Just Like Humans, More Intelligent Jays Have Greater Self-Control

A study has found that Eurasian jays can pass a version of the ‘marshmallow test’ – and those with the greatest self-control also score the highest on intelligence tests.

Solar-Powered System Converts Plastic And Greenhouse Gases Into Sustainable Fuels

Researchers have developed a system that can transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other valuable products – using just the energy from the Sun.

Small-Scale Octopus Fisheries Can Provide Sustainable Source Of Vital Nutrients For Tropical Coastal Communities

Undernourished coastal communities in the tropics - where children’s growth can be stunted by a lack of micronutrients – can get the vitamins and minerals they need from sustainable small-scale octopus fisheries, say researchers.

Texas A&M AgriLife Designs System To Create Bioplastics

The new method could be used to cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce reliance on nondegradable plastics.

Power of the Pulpit: Uh Study Suggests Lower Mortality Rates for Men 50+ Who Attend Religious Services

Faith-based communities have long provided members with life enhancing benefits. Beyond offering messages of hope, churches and other spiritual institutions offer members many support services that enrich lives and strengthen family bonds.

First Study of Its Kind Links Moms’ Problems to Adolescent Attachment

Mothers’ Own Experiences with Caregivers May Be Important Driver Within This Relationship

Researchers Identify African Dust By Measuring Isotopes

Using NASA satellite images and large-scale models, they tracked the same dust plumes from Africa to Houston.

Building the Best Zeolite

Review Concludes Big Data Rocks, Pushing Formation of Crystals Forward

Texas A&M Researchers Create Toe-Tapping Test To Evaluate Fall Risk In Parkinson’s Patients

The test uses smart shoe insoles to assess a patient’s falling risk and symptom progression, as well as provide treatment suggestions through an easy-to-use phone application.

Coloration Signals Among Male Locusts Reduce Mating Mistakes

A Texas A&M professor has identified a sex-adapted color-change gene that helps the insects distinguish between females and fellow males in swarms.

Researchers Report Major Advance in Semiconductor Materials

High Carrier Mobility in Cubic Boron Arsenide Offers Promise for Next-Gen Electronics

New Discoveries in Lupus Research

University of Houston Expert Identifies Biomarkers for Heart Disease and for Children with Lupus Nephritis

Unlocking Cell Nucleus Behaviors May Be Key In Cancer Fight

Researchers discovered how the nucleus of a cell preserves its shape, allowing cells to squeeze past pores and fibers in body tissues.

Research Reveals Issues With Fracture Healing In People With Down Syndrome

A Texas A&M study sheds light on a "major" health concern for a population already facing bone density loss.

Texas A&M AgriLife Develops New Bioremediation Material To Clean Up ‘Forever Chemicals’

The sustainable, cheaper method has potential for commercial applications.

Set Up Reserve Lab Capacity Now For Faster Response To Next Pandemic, Say Researchers

Researchers say a ‘human bottleneck’, due to historical cuts in public health funding, delayed the UK’s scale-up of COVID-19 testing in the early stages of the country’s pandemic response.

‘Synthetic’ Embryo With Brain And Beating Heart Grown From Stem Cells By Cambridge Scientists

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have created model embryos from mouse stem cells that form a brain, a beating heart, and the foundations of all the other organs of the body – a new avenue for recreating the first stages of life.