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Want a Stronger, Younger Brain? Texas Researchers Say They Have Made a Fascinating Breakthrough
Inc. • Apr 16, 2026“Brain age-related diseases like dementia are a major health concern worldwide,” said Ashok Shetty of Texas A&M’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine, who led the research. “What we’re showing is brain aging can be reversed, to help people stay mentally sharp, socially engaged, and free from age-related decline.”
Why does stress push people to habits like drinking?
Futurity • Apr 15, 2026The team, led by Jun Wang, professor in the neuroscience and experimental therapeutics department in the Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine at Texas A&M University, published its findings in eLife.
“What we’re showing is brain ageing can be reversed, to help people stay mentally sharp, socially engaged and free from age-related decline,” research author Dr Ashok K. Shetty told Texas A&M University.
The Texas A&M University Board of Regents named Susan Ballabina as sole finalist for the presidency on Monday. She has deep ties to both College Station and the system.
A Guide To Raising the Volume With AI, Without Losing Quality: With Texas A&M’s Marketing Chief Ethan Braden
BuzzFeed • Apr 12, 2026Ethan Braden, Vice President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at Texas A&M University, sees that perception gap as a serious liability. His approach is shaped by more than a decade at Eli Lilly and Company, where he developed a Fortune 500-level discipline around marketing fundamentals. At Texas A&M, that fundamentals-first mindset has delivered measurable results.
Not only was it a never-before-seen specimen, but it was also carrying larvae, a state Dr. Maria Pia Miglietta, associate professor of marine biology at Texas A&M Galveston, described as the jellyfish equivalent of being pregnant. That rare find gave researchers a fleeting window to do something even rarer: follow a brand-new species through its entire life cycle.
Abbott calls for ‘microchip independence’ at Texas A&M Semiconductor Institute groundbreaking
Community Impact • Apr 9, 2026Texas A&M University leaders, state officials and industry partners gathered at the university’s RELLIS campus on April 9 to break ground on the Texas A&M Semiconductor Institute. It’s a project worth more than $200 million, designed to expand training, manufacturing and domestic research on computer chips, which powers computers, phones and cars, among other technology.
Researchers at Texas A&M University, led by professor Elaine Oran, constructed a 16-foot experimental setup at a fire training facility in Texas to test whether fire tornadoes could clean oil spills more effectively than conventional methods.
For a presidential administration, a White House app is “another way to communicate directly with the public — something that presidents never did prior to Teddy Roosevelt, but has become expected today,” said Jennifer Mercieca, a professor of communication at Texas A&M University and a historian of American political rhetoric. She noted that President Bill Clinton launched the WhiteHouse.gov website, which the new White House app draws on for content, while Obama created a portal for Americans to post petitions about issues they cared about.
Stopgap measures aren’t enough to halt rising gas prices as the world scrambles for more oil
The Associated Press • Apr 1, 2026“They’re all incremental,” said Mark Barteau, professor of chemical engineering and chemistry at Texas A&M University. “You’re talking about these different patches being at the level of maybe 1 to 2 million barrels a day each, and you’ve got to get to 20, so it’s hard to see those actually adding up to the numbers that are needed. And then the question is, how long can you sustain those?”