Accelerator company develops product to help wind turbines
Sharks swimming deep in the ocean, geckos climbing up trees and wind turbines towering over West Texas don't have a lot in common. At least, not yet.
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 19, 2017
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Texas Tech University
Plesiosaur fossil found 33 years ago yields new convergent evolution findings
In 1984, Sankar Chatterjee – curator of paleontology for the Museum of Texas Tech University – and his student, Bryan Small, made an astounding discovery.
Archaeology
Sep 1, 2017
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Video: Researchers use sound to warn internet users of possible security threats
While some cybersecurity threats are easy to spot, others can be more challenging. Now, consider identifying those same threats with a visual impairment. It's the vulnerability of that population that inspired a team of Texas ...
Security
Sep 1, 2017
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Researchers lend expertise to TAMEST shale task force report
Danny Reible and Denny Bullard in the Whitacre College of Engineering examined the impact of shale oil and gas production on water quality.
Environment
Jun 20, 2017
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Scientists show how species diversity can pay dividends
For decades, conservationists have focused on the possible costs of extinction: the effects on a lost species' predators, prey and environment, or the effects on people who can no longer use the species for food or clothing. ...
Environment
Apr 6, 2017
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Flying foxes have been on the decline for decades, and there's no hope in sight
Three decades after being recognized as a group in need of conservation efforts, large fruit-eating bats still face an increasingly uncertain future on tropical islands as populations dwindle and threats close in, according ...
Ecology
Mar 31, 2017
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Collaborative research shows finer raw cotton best for oil spill remediation
Cotton, a longtime staple crop on the South Plains and major part of the region's economy, is growing into a new sector: environmental cleanup following oil spills.
Environment
Mar 1, 2017
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Targeted orphaned domain may lead to drug therapies
By studying an orphaned domain considered disordered by others, Michaela Jansen, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center ...
Biochemistry
May 11, 2016
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Researchers enhance CRISPR gene editing technology
Scientists have developed a process that improves the efficiency of CRISPR, an up-and-coming technology used to edit DNA.
Biotechnology
Mar 2, 2016
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Tattoos may be a coping mechanism for some college-age women
Texas Tech University sociology professor Jerome Koch has been studying body art – both tattoos and piercings – for years. And in that time, his research has turned up some pretty unexpected results.
Social Sciences
Nov 20, 2015
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