Energy
MixAlco: Month-long process can transform biomass into acids to make gasoline, jet fuel or industrial products
New method can work with wastepaper, sewage, manure, food scraps and more
Mystery solved: New coatings can make electric power more efficient while lowering emissions and cutting costs
A&M team documents its results in two peer-reviewed journals
Drying wood: 3-step system could reduce energy use while lowering both operations costs and carbon pollution
Lessons could apply to food, textiles and other manufacturing, A&M engineering team says
Natural defenses: Ecosystems can inspire ideas for protecting power grids from disaster or attack
Interdisciplinary team publishes findings in the journal IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
Tiny but powerful: NSF-funded center will develop tech that can more rapidly identify nanocrystals to serve medicine and energy
Two A&M chemists will collaborate with colleagues from UT, IU and Temple
Brain-like machines will make smart grids smarter and self-driving cars safer—while saving energy and calculating at higher speeds
Texas A&M will lead Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy
Hagler Institute announces its largest class of new fellows: 14
Class of 2022-23 includes a Nobel Prize recipient and multiple National Academies-level scholars, plus a distinguished lecturer
Underground leaks of carbon dioxide: Machines will learn to detect them, predict them, reduce their impact and save millions of dollars
Led by Texas A&M’s campus in Qatar, this multi-university project has received funding from Qatar National Research Fund
Tiny lab-on-a-chip allows engineers to study complex fluids at nanoscale
Device replicates behavior of oil and other fluids in a shale reservoir