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What causes the powerful winds that fuel dust storms, wildfires and blizzards? A weather scientist explains
The Conversation • Mar 20, 2025Windstorms can seem like they come out of nowhere, hitting with a sudden blast. They might be hundreds of miles long, stretching over several states, or just in your neighborhood. But they all have one thing in common: a change in air pressure.
Why you should make ‘spring resolutions’
KSN-TV • Mar 20, 2025Spring is the perfect time for resolutions and outdoor health.
Researchers in Texas Figure Out a Non-Toxic Method of Making Fuel for Nuclear Fusion
Gizmodo • Mar 20, 2025A team of researchers at Texas A&M University discovered the new process by accident while working on a method for cleaning groundwater contaminated during oil and gas extraction. The research has just been published in the scientific journal Chem under the title “Electrochemical 6-Lithium Isotope Enrichment Based on Selective Insertion in 1D Tunnel-Structured V2O5.”
What is a vertical greenhouse? Cleburne farm uses less land and water to grow more produce
The Dallas Morning News • Mar 20, 2025Genhua Niu is a Texas A&M professor of urban agriculture. A couple years ago, Eden Green emailed her with questions about their farming practices. She said there are also limitations to the types of crops that can be grown in a vertical greenhouse. For example, it’s optimal for leafy greens and herbs but not for growing fruit trees like apples. However, Niu said vertical greenhouse farming has grown in popularity over the years and will continue to become prevalent.
Donald Trump’s nonstop news-making can be exhausting, making it harder for people to scrutinize his presidential actions
The Conversation • Mar 19, 2025I study the relationship between communication and democracy. I teach university classes on propaganda, presidential communication and the dark arts of communication, and I’m the author of an award-winning 2020 book on Trump’s communication strategies.
Under pressure from Trump, Columbia plans its next move with other colleges watching closely
The Associated Press • Mar 19, 2025Columbia’s response will set an example for the rest of higher education but there are no easy options, said Rachel Moran, a law professor at Texas A&M University. It appears the Trump administration improperly cut the university’s funding, she said, but there’s no guarantee a judge would restore the aid amid a legal challenge. And Columbia has to consider other factors, including the possibility of future retaliation from the administration.
Honeybee colonies dying at highest recorded rate; beekeepers and prices struggling
KLTV-TV • Mar 19, 2025“Commercial beekeepers have somewhere between 1,000 and 10,000 colonies,” explains Garett Slater, a Honeybee Extension Specialist with Texas A&M AgriLife. “So, imagine losing 50-percent of those colonies. We can split those colonies in half and make up those winter losses and those summer losses. But if you have 70 to 80 percent, it gets even more and more difficult and more of a financial burden to make up those colony losses.”
Texas A&M University has brought AR/VR production into its celebrated Visualization program, letting students learn to build state-of-the-art virtual productions before they leave college.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams made their return to Earth after spending nine months on the International Space Station. Retired astronauts Winston Scott and Michael Fossum join “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” to talk about the return of the two astronauts and what’s next for them.
Wholesale egg prices are going down. How soon will it affect your grocery bill?
NPR/National Public Radio • Mar 17, 2025It's no surprise that soaring egg costs have left many Americans looking elsewhere for a source of protein. Ironically, that attitude shift may be helping keep egg prices from rising even further. "That should happen, because high prices is really the market signal to us consumers to buy fewer eggs. If we buy fewer eggs, that leads to some lower prices," David Anderson, a livestock economist and professor at Texas A&M University, said in an email.