An illustrated image of an apple with a wax coating.

Researchers in Texas A&M University’s chemical engineering department combine food-grade wax with essential oils to defend produce from bacteria.

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Leading a two-fold research project, Dr. Hamidreza Samouei is working to extract critical minerals unclaimed in produced water, often considered an oil and gas operations waste product, while also purifying the water for agricultural use.

An illustration of a jackhammer and cancer cells with a NIR lamp.

The first-of-its-kind technique could offer a much safer and more effective alternative to current cancer treatments.

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The U.S. Space Force awarded $37.6 million for the five-year project that will infuse new technologies into space research and operations.

An illustration showing ants creating a bridge with their bodies with a green background.

Inspired by fire ant survival behavior, Texas A&M researchers developed a method that allows synthetic materials to assemble into a structure and disassemble autonomously in response to an environmental change.

A graphic of a hand wearing a watch-like device with a line-graph reading and a diagram of the layers of skin on a wrist with the watch on the epidermis and the biosensor in the hypodermis, sending signals to each other.

Researchers receive funding to develop injectable grain-of-rice-sized continuous glucose monitor technology.

Enrique Lavernia and Julie Schoenung headshots.

Two National Academy of Engineering members, Drs. Enrique Lavernia and Julie Schoenung, are the latest joint additions to Texas A&M University’s materials science and engineering and mechanical engineering departments.

Solar panels on a roof in Puerto Rico.

A mechanical engineering professor, Dr. Zheng O’Neill, is part of a research team using technology to improve community energy resilience in Castañer, Puerto Rico.

Orion spacecraft orbiting the moon.

Researchers in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University are joining a multi-university team to improve space domain awareness.

Grains being processed for drying and storage.

Researchers, led by Dr. Zheng O’Neill, are advancing heat pump and dehumidification technology in hopes of making the food and agriculture industry carbon-pollution-free in the coming decade.