Research
News and updates in the Research category.
The Modeling, Engineering, Design and Analysis Laboratory (MEDAL), led by nuclear engineering professor Carlo Fiorina, investigates the use of computer simulations to solve a wide variety of problems in nuclear engineering.
What’s in your salad? Crops exposed to nanoplastics may boost heavy metal intake
March 5, 2026 • 4 min. readResearchers are uncovering how nanoplastics and heavy metals interact in a controlled hydroponic model, revealing new insights to food safety.
The Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas has developed a tool to monitor power outages in near real-time, benefiting emergency responders and civilians.
Texas A&M University civil and environmental engineering researcher secures NASA fellowship to study Amazon River water loss from evaporation.
Texas A&M University researcher Dr. Gregory Reeves has uncovered new insights into how gene regulation could affect inflammation, immunity and cancer.
Texas A&M biomedical engineers developed new models and imaging to learn more about colorectal cancer’s spread to the liver and how to treat it.
Nuclear engineering Ph.D. student Dan Watson built an online tool that gathers public data into an interactive dashboard that visualizes nuclear power plants across the United States.
Dr. Wayne Chen is advancing trustworthy AI that can generate novel, feasible engineering designs and transform how engineers discover, create and innovate.
Researchers at Texas A&M are testing smart catheter sensors for early diagnosis and treatment of UTIs to lower the risk of patient complications.
Researchers are developing emergency injectable bandages that could decrease bleeding time by as much as 70% and revolutionize the future of trauma care.









