Researchers' discovery could yield protein to feed millions
A Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station plant biotechnologist and colleagues have discovered
a technique for reducing the toxic compound gossypol from cottonseed, creating
a new, high-protein food that could potentially feed 500 million people
each year.
TEES San Antonio research center gets $1 million for rotor blade protection
research
Texas Engineering Experiment Station researchers in San
Antonio have received $1 million to conduct research to improve the protective
coatings on a helicopter’s rotor blades. Coatings that are not easily
eroded could extend the useful life of rotor blades in desert terrains
such as Iraq and Afghanistan.
Texas A&M
astronomers study shape of stellar candles
After more than a decade spent studying Type Ia supernovae, Texas A&M
University astrophysicist Lifan Wang and colleagues in Munich, Germany,
are reporting that this type of supernova goes through a two-stage explosion
process, an important finding in cosmology.
College of Medicine, SRPH researchers receive grant for collaborative
project
Researchers from the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
and School of Rural Public Health are using a recent grant to initiate
a comprehensive strategic planning process that will develop the infrastructure
necessary to provide high quality health care in rural areas.
Texas Cooperative Extension releases second round of phorid flies
to combat fire ants
Thousands of South American phorid flies were released in a park near
Dallas this fall by Texas Cooperative Extension for the control of fire
ants. The flies are a natural enemy of fire ants and researchers will study
their effectiveness as a supplement to other forms of fire ant control.