Health Science Center researchers find protein essential in death
of heart muscle cells
Researchers at the Texas A&M Health Science Center Institute of Biosciences
and Technology at Houston have identified a key factor in human heart failure
that may also be successful against hypertension and erectile dysfunction.
Vegetables, like people, urged to live up to potential
Luis Cisneros, a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station food scientist,
has found that a major stress in a carrot's life—like the slash
of a kitchen knife—causes the tapered tuber to pump up its phytochemicals
in a process he calls “abiotic stress.”
TTI researchers to study motorcycle safety
TTI's Center for Transportation Safety has been awarded two separate contracts
totaling approximately $260,000 to address alcohol-impaired motorcycle
riding and to improve motorcycle safety and increase motorcycle awareness.
Experiment Station research to assist national urban water demand planning
As predicting future urban water use becomes more complex, a Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station study funded by the U.S. Geological Survey could help
lessen the burden facing city planners nationwide.
WTAMU awarded near-$1 million NSF grant
The National Science Foundation has awarded West Texas A&M University
almost $1 million to participate in a program to increase the number of
rural and underserved students who receive baccalaureate degrees in mathematics,
science and engineering.