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An Organic Material For The Next Generation Of HVAC Technologies

Texas A&M researchers have enhanced the dehumidification efficiency of a polymer that could help develop more energy-efficient systems with a smaller carbon footprint.

Following Hurricane Harvey, Pollutant Levels In Houston Neighborhood Exceeded Limit For Increased Cancer Risks

Soil samples collected by Texas A&M researchers showed increased exposure to harmful chemicals in the Manchester neighborhood.

During Emergencies, Social Media Is A Critical Channel For Warnings

A Texas A&M study of responses to the 2019 Deer Park chemical fire found that people who received warnings through social media, friends and family were most likely to take action.

Dow-Like Index For Energy Prices Might Help Smooth Transition To Clean Power

A metric designed by researchers at Texas A&M can calculate and forecast the average price of energy in the United States.

Could A Common Diabetes Drug Slow Down Aging?

Texas A&M College of Medicine researchers say a drug that treats Type 2 diabetes shows evidence of preventing age-related cognitive dysfunction.

Making Healthy Juice Requires The Right Technique

A Texas A&M study found that different juicing methods can affect the nutritional properties of vegetables.

Investors Are More Loyal To — And Buy More From — Brands Whose Stocks They Own

A new Texas A&M study found that stock ownership drives day-to-day spending.

Replenishing Atlantic Herring

A Texas A&M research team is using genome sequencing to monitor herring populations, which could help prevent overfishing.

Understanding The Resilience Of Barrier Islands And Coastal Dunes After Storms

The work of Texas A&M researchers is helping engineers better assess the vulnerability of coastal landscapes.

Smoking Cessation Drug May Treat Parkinson’s In Women

Texas A&M researchers have found that cytisine can reduce dopamine neuron loss, providing a protective effect against the neurodegenerative disorder.

Patient-Centered Care During COVID-19 Promoted

The COVID-19 pandemic has diminished people’s ability to make in-person, human connections, and such relationships are especially important in health care.

Longevity Gene Reduces Risk Of Death For Men With Some Chronic Diseases

Chronic cardiometabolic diseases of aging such as diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure increase the risks of death and a shorter lifespan

Hawaiʻi Drought During El Niño Winter? Not Always

El Niño events have long been perceived as a driver for low rainfall in the winter and spring in Hawaiʻi, creating a six-month wet-season drought

Rocky Planet Discovered Around One Of The Galaxy’s Oldest Stars

Almost all of the planets discovered to date (including the solar system planets) are confined to the plane of the Milky Way, and are unable to glimpse a sweeping vista of our galaxy

Planets Can Shrink? UH Astronomers Find New Evidence

From centuries of studying the planets within our solar system, astronomers have wondered how planets form and evolve to become the ones we observe today.

Newly Discovered Threaded Protein Class Explained

A recently discovered protein structure that controls the protein’s function and influences human health has been explained by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers.

Fleet Of Robots Successfully Tracks, Monitors Marine Microbes

After years of development and testing, researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have successfully demonstrated that a fleet of autonomous robots can track and study a moving microbial community in an open-ocean eddy

Preventing Spread Of COVID-19 Earlier Saves Lives

Rates of mortality from COVID-19 are lower in areas where public health measures aimed at preventing the spread of the disease were implemented earlier in the outbreak, according to a study from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa public health researchers. The findings are published in PLOS ONE.

Purple Pigments Discovered In Puhi Bay Sponge

Cosmetics, food supplements, pharmaceuticals and textile dyes are just a few of the many uses of natural pigments.

Urgent Need To Preserve Wetlands To Prevent Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The carbon balance in peatlands worldwide may shift from a sink (absorbing carbon) to a source (releasing carbon) this century primarily due to human impacts across the tropics, according to a paper published in Nature Climate Change by a multidisciplinary team of scientists, including Dave Beilman, associate professor of geography and environment in the College of Social Sciences.