GEORGETOWN – A 4-H team from Georgetown, Texas blasted into first place at the 11th annual Team America Rocketry Challenge 2013 national finals held recently in The Plains, Va. The 4-H team, consisting of Matt Janecka, 17, his brother Mark, 13, and Daniel Kelton,16, was one of 735 teams entering the challenge, which is touted [...]
Texas A&M researchers investigate cancer-fighting properties of mango COLLEGE STATION – In addition to being one of the most important tropical fruits consumed worldwide, recent studies by researchers at the Institute for Obesity Research and Program Evaluation at Texas A&M University in College Station have shown that mangos also may help prevent breast cancer. “We [...]
Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Giri Athrey, 979-845-1885, gathrey@tmail.com COLLEGE STATION – Malaria is responsible for about 700,000 deaths annually in sub-Saharan Africa alone, and a team of Texas A&M University researchers is doing their best to help stem this perpetual tide of human suffering. Dr. Giridhar “Giri” Athrey, post-doctoral associate with [...]
Research to be published in June issue of leading microbiology journal COLLEGE STATION – According to the Centers for Disease Control, about one in six Americans gets food poisoning each year. Additionally, virus infection risks from consumption of raw oysters in the U.S. are estimated to cost around $200 million a year. To address the [...]
Contact: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Conflict and Development at Texas A&M University in College Station will feature a lecture by a lead science and technology adviser from the U.S. Agency for International Development. The lecture will be held at 9 a.m. May 2 at the AgriLife Center, 600 John Kimbrough Blvd., Texas [...]
Large paper nests in South Central Texas trees most likely home to honey wasps SAN ANTONIO – If there’s a large, gray ball-shaped nest in your tree, the insects inside likely aren’t bees but Mexican honey wasps, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service entomologist in San Antonio. “I’ve been getting a lot more [...]
Addition makes five, setting Texas A&M apart from other universities Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Ed Runge, 979-845-3066, e-runge@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Silvano Ocheya and Ahmed Elsayed, two Texas A&M University doctoral students in the soil and crop science department, have been selected as recipients in Monsanto’s Beachell-Borlaug International Scholars Program, according to [...]
Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Delbert Gatlin, 979-847-9333, d-gatlin@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the department of wildlife and fisheries sciences at Texas A&M University are celebrating the 40 year anniversary of their aquaculture facility and its recently completed pond complex renovation. The 40-acre Aquacultural Research and Teaching Facility [...]
Uvalde center, producer team up to prove artichokes a viable alternative crop for Lone Star State VIDEO: Artichokes find place in the ‘heart’ of Texas BROWNSVILLE — It was cool and overcast during the recent harvest of a 12-acre field of artichokes being grown by MO Produce LLC in Rancho Viejo, near Brownsville. As the [...]
COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Fred Davies, a Texas A&M University horticulturist, will spend the 2013-2014 school year as a Jefferson Science Fellow assisting the U.S. government with foreign policy. Davies begins his 12-month fellowship in mid-August working in food security and international agriculture at the U.S. Department of State and [...]
