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Texas A&M has big plans for building small nuclear reactors for its program in College Station
Houston Chronicle • Jan 15, 2026Texas A&M has big plans for small reactors as it expands the nation’s largest nuclear engineering program and partners with six startups to develop new power plant technologies.
Texas A&M students develop backpack-sized operating room to save lives in disaster zones
Houston Chronicle • Dec 29, 2025But it takes time to move a patient to an operating room for potentially life-saving treatment. So medical students at the Texas A&M School of Engineering Medicine developed another solution – they decided to bring the operating room to the patient.
How will Texas A&M continue to attract top faculty? With $25 million
Houston Chronicle • Dec 11, 2025After two months as interim president of my alma mater, I think one thing is unmistakable: in 2025, Texas A&M University is moving forward with clarity and purpose, without ever losing sight of who we are.
Congestion affects 75% of astronauts — and it’s more than a minor inconvenience, study finds
Houston Chronicle • Nov 25, 2025Dr. Masayoshi Takashima, with guidance from one of his medical school classmates and former NASA astronaut Dr. David Hilmers, decided to catalog the prevalence of nasal and sinus issues so he could start finding potential solutions. He worked with students at Texas A&M University’s School of Engineering Medicine to publish a study earlier this year in the Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology journal.
Why SpaceX wants to ‘bank’ wetlands to expand its launch pad in South Texas
Houston Chronicle • Oct 19, 2025But approving a preservation-only mitigation bank would ultimately leave South Texas with fewer wetlands, said Rusty Feagin, a professor of coastal ecology and engineering at Texas A&M University. It does not offset SpaceX destruction by creating new wetlands or enhancing diminished wetlands.
Texas A&M leaders: The university needs a new president — not new values.
Houston Chronicle • Oct 8, 2025For a century and a half, Texas A&M has stood as a beacon of opportunity, research and service. Today, in a season of transition, we are as committed as ever to ensuring that this great university is even stronger in the next 150 years.
Texas A&M researcher helped NASA discover potential signs of past life on Mars
Houston Chronicle • Sep 12, 2025Mike Tice was listed as the second author on a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Houston researchers from Rice University, the Lunar and Planetary Institute and NASA’s Johnson Space Center also contributed to the report explaining why this rock might be proof that humans are not the only record of life in the universe.
This sweet, crisp fruit is ideally suited to the Houston climate — but it’s still relatively unknown
Houston Chronicle • Aug 7, 2025The trees are among the fruits best suited to the Texas climate, according to Tim Hartmann, an assistant professor and extension specialist who studies fruit at Texas A&M.
New Texas A&M retirement community comes with athletic event access, opportunities to sit in on classes
Houston Chronicle • Aug 2, 2025The residential development, opening around 2027, will come with priority access to Aggie athletics events, course auditing and a slew of other perks meant to better residents’ health and quality of life. Simpson originally wanted a house with a big yard, but the new option was appealing. He said he and his wife are going to look into it more.
Deb Zoran, director of the Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team, said there are more than 50 dogs searching the region right now — and that’s only counting those part of official federal and state search groups, which Zoran’s team is assigned to treat, like Indiana Task Force 1.