'Dead zone' area shrinking, Texas A&M prof says
COLLEGE STATION, September 30, 2004 - A team of Texas A&M University and Louisiana State University scientists conducted a research cruise in late August to the "dead zone" - a region in the northern Gulf of Mexico that suffers from low oxygen and results in huge marine losses - and much to their surprise, the "dead zone" area had either moved or had disappeared completely....... Steven DiMarco,...Hardy buoys: Texas A&M project predicts oil spill movements
COLLEGE STATION, Sept. 15, 2004 - In these days when it costs nearly $50 a barrel, spilled oil - unlike milk - could be worth crying about, especially in Texas. ...... A team of Texas A&M University researchers has developed - and continues to refine - a system of buoys in the Gulf of Mexico that can accurately predict the movement of oil spills. Such spills can present Texas-sized problems, both...Water on Mars not easy to find, says Texas A&M researcher
COLLEGE STATION, Aug. 10, 2004 Suspected large lakebeds that once were scattered on the planet Mars have not yet been found, say the research team that operated the twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity. Their work appears in the current issue of Science magazine.... ...Members of the team have written several articles in the magazine, among them "The Spirit Rover's Athena Science Investigation at...Texas A&M, Ecor Corp. sign deal to produce health-related proteins
WESLACO Before a plastic surgeon injects collagen into a patient's face to repair damage, smooth out wrinkles, or create more sensual, pouty lips, the patient undergoes skin tests to detect any possible allergies to the collagen. ... That's because the collagen surgeons use is protein derived from either cow or human cadaver collagen. While the risk may be low, the potential nevertheless exist...'Trap' crop saves Texas cross timbers melon production
STEPHENVILLE -- Mark Allison, Comanche County farmer, first noticed a few yellow vines in his watermelon crop in the late 1990s but didn't think much of it. ... There are a number of diseases that cause melon vines to yellow, but this one thumbed its nose at conventional treatments. The next year, it struck again, turning half his crop into a mass of yellow, wilted heap of vines, leaves and unm...'Weed from hell' found in Texas
JASPER An infestation of tropical soda apple, a thorny plant on the federal noxious weed list, has been verified on a private ranch here.... ...Called alternately the "plant from hell" and "Sodom's apples" in Florida, the thorny weed can quickly take over pastures, first displacing the grass, then the cattle, said Dr. Mary Ketchersid, Texas Cooperative Extension pesticide safety specialist.......Global competition closes Texas sawmills/paper mills
OVERTON, TX While Texas' consumption of hardwood and softwood wood has increased increased in the last two decades, the number of sawmills and paper mills has decreased.... The mill closings have resulted in large loses in jobs and revenue to East Texas communities, said Dr. Darwin Foster, Texas Cooperative Extension forestry specialist.... The number of mills both large and small, has decrea...Fire ant killing protozoa found in 120 Texas counties
STEPHENVILLE If imported fire ants dreamed and who knows if they do or don't then a tiny protozoa could be their worst nightmare. ... Even better news: Texas A&M University System entomologists have completed a survey that detected the protozoa in fire ant colonies in approximately 120 of the 157 Texas counties where they have been found. ... Once a colony is infected, the protozoa debilitate...Tiny beetle wreaks havoc on Texas ornamental tree nurseries
OVERTON Long a threat, the Asian ambrosia beetle is now appearing in devastating numbers. This insect is wreaking havoc among the Southern U.S. ornamental tree growing industry this year, according to a Texas Cooperative Extension integrated pest management specialist.... ... Dr. Scott Ludwig and other IPM specialists have embarked in a search for an economically sound means of controlling the p...Tropical legume could be alternative hay/forage crop for Texas
OVERTON Lablab, a drought-tolerant, summer annual legume native to the tropics, could be a valuable addition to the Texas forage repertoire, according to a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station scientist.... ... "An accelerated lablab breeding and evaluation program will start for this summer to provide improved cultivars for both livestock and wildlife management systems in Texas," said Dr. Ray...East Texas feral hog numbers skyrocketed in last decade
OVERTON A Texas Cooperative Extension survey of 491 East Texas landowners indicates that feral hog populations dramatically increased during the last ten years. ... Prior to the survey, it was known that feral hog numbers were rapidly rising in East Texas starting in the mid 1980s. But the survey indicated the rate of increase since the mid 1990s was nearly double of that of the early 1990s. Th...'Knock out' rose receives Texas superstar and earthkind designation
DALLAS -- It has been called the perfect landscape shrub. Virtually disease-free, Knock Out rose has received the Texas Superstar and EarthKind designations by horticultural experts at Texas A&M University. ...... According to Dr. Steve George, Texas Cooperative Extension horticulturist in Dallas, Texas A&M presents these titles to plants that have undergone rigorous field trial testing to demons...Don't drink the water: Texas A&M researcher conducting study of polluted Mexican lake
GALVESTON, Sept. 26, 2003 Finding clean, fresh water can often be a problem. If it's Mexico City, with its population of 20 million people and a history as one of the world's most polluted areas, finding drinkable water can be more than just a problem it can be a matter of life and death. ... ...A Texas A&M University at Galveston researcher is trying to help by conducting an extensive study o...Texas chemist wins national award for vitamin, other natural products research
A. Ian Scott of College Station, Texas, will be honored March 25 by the world's largest scientific society for uncovering and recreating the processes nature uses to build vitamins, enzymes and other compounds potentially useful in medicine. He will receive the 2003 Nakanishi Prize from the American Chemical Society at its national meeting in New Orleans.... ...With more than 50 years of research...Wolf Prize shared by Texas A&M, Missouri researchers
COLLEGE STATION - Dr. Fuller W. Bazer, associate vice chancellor of agriculture and life sciences for the Texas A&M University System, has been awarded the prestigious Wolf Prize in Agriculture. Bazer will share the $100,000 prize with Dr. Michael Roberts of the University of Missouri, according to Yaron Gruder, Wolf Foundation director general in Israel. ... Bazer and Roberts independent...Texas A&M agriculturists set framework to safeguard food supply
COLLEGE STATION - Agricultural experts with Texas Cooperative Extension have created a process to help local jurisdictions across the nation assess the vulnerability of the food supply for terrorist attacks.... ...The assessment guideline has gone forward to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Justice, which are expected to recommend its implementation nationwide, accord...COLLEGE STATION Fumonisin, a toxin that is produced almost exclusively in corn and can be fatal to equine and rabbits, has been found in corn samples from the 2002 corn crop harvested in certain portions of Texas. ...The Office of the Texas State Chemist and the Texas Feed and Fertilizer Control Service have analyzed 53 samples of new crop corn for fumonisin since Sept. 19. Forty-nine percent o...Rice building Texas' fastest academic supercomputer
HOUSTON-- Aug. 5, 2002 -- Rice University has secured grant funding from the National Science Foundation and Intel Corporation to build a supercomputer that will rank among the world's fastest....... When fully operational next year, the Rice Terascale Cluster (RTC) will be approximately three times faster than any university computer in Texas. The RTC will consist of at least 70 interconnected s...Texas scientists reach out and touch molecules
COLLEGE STATION - A molecule - the smallest bit of any living substance - is no longer out of reach. Using haptic technology, researchers with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station are literally getting in touch with the atomic particles in hopes of finding new cures for diseases....... "In order to design a new drug, you have to see how a chemical compound will fit. With this device not onl...New coastal research center to aid wildlife conservation in Texas
HOUSTON, June 4, 2002 A new conservation and research center established by a private ranch and the University of Houston will provide a location for environmental studies aimed at protecting the natural resources and wildlife on the Texas coast. ...... The Fennessey Ranch, a 4,000-acre privately owned wildlife habitat near Corpus Christi in Refugio County, has partnered with the University of H...Texas A&M chemist wins national award for new ways to analyze molecules
D. Wayne Goodman of College Station, Texas, will be honored April 9 by the worlds largest scientific society for developing techniques to scrutinize catalysts chemistrys orchestrators, which help make everything from gasoline to pharmaceuticals in ever greater detail. He will receive the 2002 Arthur W. Adamson Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Surface Chemistry from the Amer...Chinese tallow tree invades Texas prairies
The Chinese tallow tree has been turning Gulf Coast grasslands into single-species forests, and... Rice University ecologist Evan Siemann hopes to find out how this tree has been able to "break all... the rules."... ... "The incredible diversity of native plants in the coastal prairies is gone within 30 years after the... Chinese tallow tree invades the area," said Siemann, assistant professo...COLLEGE STATION, February 14, 2002 - In what is believed to ...be the first success of its kind, researchers at the College of ...Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University have cloned a cat. A ...kitten, named "cc," was born to "Allie" a surrogate mother, on ...Saturday, Dec. 22, 2001. ... ... The kitten is believed to be the first successfully cloned ...companion animal, and Texas A&M is the...West Nile Virus heading toward Texas
COLLEGE STATION - Texans living near water are accustomed ...to annual warnings about St. Louis encephalitis. Now, they are ...being warned of a new virus sure to make its way into the state - ...West Nile encephalitis. ...... First detected in New York in the fall of 1999, the West ...Nile virus has recently spread from the east coast to Louisiana ...and Arkansas, putting Texas veterinarians on...Austin, TX, October 11, 2001- Introgen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: INGN) announced today that it has licensed a group of newly discovered and sequenced genes that appear to play a critical role in suppressing and preventing the development of lung and other cancers. This family of genes includes at least ten members. Discovery of these tumor suppressor genes represents a joint collaborative effor...3rd animal species cloned at Texas A&M
COLLEGE STATION, September 5-Researchers at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University have cloned a litter of pigs, becoming the first academic institution in the world to have cloned three different animal species.... ...Texas A&M researchers have successfully cloned cattle, goats and, most recently pigs, and are aggressively working to clone dogs, cats, and horses. ... ...The f...Texas tortoise and cattle can co-exist
The conventional wisdom is that tortoises and cattle don't ...mix. But new research shows that the Texas tortoise and ...cattle can share rangelands as long as the grazing is ...managed. ... ..."Generalities about the effect of cattle grazing on North ...American tortoises should be avoided," say of Richard ...Kazmaier Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, ...and his co-authors. This....College Station -- They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but a seasoned archaeologist learned one: computed tomography (CT) scans can be useful tools in both medical and archaeological applications.. .The College of Veterinary Medicine and the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M University used a CT scan at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital to interpret historical ar.... DALLAS - Dec. 6, 2000 - Substituting margarine for butter reduces "bad" cholesterol - called low-density lipoproteins (LDL) - in adults and children, according to researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. . The study, published in today's issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association, involved 46 families. It confirmed that a margarine-based diet is healthier a...Save that tiger - Texas A&M vets set first-ever surgery
. COLLEGE STATION - In a first-of-its kind surgical procedure, surgeons from Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine and the Texas Children's Hospital will perform a heart operation to save the life of Karma, a five-month-old Bengal tiger from the Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge in Tyler, Texas. . The surgery, scheduled for Saturday (Dec. 9) at the Texas Children's Hospital in Houston,....COLLEGE STATION - Texas A&M University biologists are developing genetically modified rice resistant to insects and microbes, which could revolutionize the food and agriculture industries and help alleviate hunger in developing countries.. .For many years, spraying insecticides on rice crops has been the best way to protect rice crops from insects. Scientists are now creating new strains of ric...New Company Formed Through Licensing Of Cardiac-Hypertrophy Technology From Texas Institutions
.DALLAS - November 18, 1998 - ManTex Biotech Inc., a company based on discoveries.concerning enlargement of the heart by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical.Center at Dallas and the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort.Worth, today announced joint licensing of the technologies with the two medical.institutions. . . "We have made exciting progress toward understanding card...University Of Texas Southwestern Researchers Develop New Test For Kidney Function
.DALLAS - September 24, 1998 - Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at.Dallas have developed a procedure that will allow physicians to accurately.measure kidney function in a short period of time, enabling patients to spend.less time in the clinic.. That's good news for 13-year-old kidney patient Elizabeth Callender, who.has spent the majority of her young life in a hospital. She....DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 20, 1998--The creation of a drug that would mimic some of the.health-promoting benefits of regular exercise could be possible because UT.Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researchers have found a genetic switch.that tells muscles how to behave. .UT Southwestern scientists have found the molecular pathway that tells muscle.fiber to be either the fast strength muscle seen....DALLAS--August 19, 1998, A defective lipid structure appears to be the culprit.behind many chronically dry eyes, a condition that affects millions of.Americans, according to clinical research by ophthalmologists at UT Southwestern.Medical Center at Dallas. .Scientists have long known that dry eye (keratoconjunctivitis sicca) could be.caused by insufficient tear production. New research suggest...