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Junior high teacher Michelle Beineman won the Texas Science and Engineering Fair’s 2026 Truman T. Bell Award for dedication to fostering STEM education.

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A Texas A&M Engineering team’s latest work enables swarms of autonomous robots to perform reliably in harsh and adversarial environments and earned students the top prize in their major at the College of Engineering Project Showcase.

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Texas researchers are sending their smart skin prototype into space where it will endure months of exposure on the International Space Station, tested against harsh conditions to better protect space technology in future missions.

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Driven by curiosity and determination, Aiden Ware Bosanko ’28 turned opportunity into achievement — and is now pursuing his future at Texas A&M University in his first choice major.

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A NASA centrifuge finds a new home at Texas A&M’s Anthony Wood ’87 Artificial Gravity Lab, enhancing research on health impacts of human space travel.

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The very-high temperature modular reactor could attract $1B in research funding for Texas A&M Engineering.

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Dr. Wayne Chen is advancing trustworthy AI that can generate novel, feasible engineering designs and transform how engineers discover, create and innovate.

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The multi-year collaboration will accelerate experimental validation, modeling and workforce development for next-generation microreactor deployment.

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Researchers at Texas A&M are testing smart catheter sensors for early diagnosis and treatment of UTIs to lower the risk of patient complications.

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Research

Stopping fatal blood loss with clay

Feb. 13, 2026 • 4 min. read

Researchers are developing emergency injectable bandages that could decrease bleeding time by as much as 70% and revolutionize the future of trauma care.