Research
News and updates in the Research category.
The new Bachelor of Science program kicked off this semester with their first cohort of students with classes designed to prepare them for a future of maintaining a permanent presence in space.
Researchers from the Texas A&M Department of Computer Science and Engineering determined that when large language models are trained on frivolous online content, they can get brain rot like humans do.
Chemical engineering assistant professor Chelsea Hu has been selected for a three-year Air Force Young Investigator award, supporting her research into innovative scientific approaches with the potential for broad impact.
Simulating radiation behavior better with advanced computer hardware
Oct. 14, 2026 • 4 min. readFour graphics processing units provided by technology company Nvidia will enable researchers to investigate better ways of simulating radiation transport for nuclear engineering.
Texas A&M University engineers make groundbreaking discovery about the origins of life and establish a framework that improves research outcomes.
Graduate student and NASA fellow John Hayes took a gap year. Today, he is closing research gaps.
A material from the Texas A&M Soft Matter Facility that stores daytime heat and releases it at night was recently featured on the cover of a top materials journal.
Okoroafor earns NSF CAREER Award for work in hydrogen generation
Oct. 6, 2026 • 2 min. readDr. Rita Esuru Okoroafor received the National Science Foundation's highest honor for early-career faculty for her research on understanding and sustaining hydrogen generation from reactive rocks deep beneath the Earth's surface.
Mechanical engineering researcher Dr. Minghui Zheng wins a National Science Foundation grant for her project that implements aerial robots to improve automated harvesting in dense, complex apple orchards.
Researchers are examining how electrons and ions move through metal-organic frameworks, offering insights to advance neuron-inspired computing.









