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Polar vortex linked to melting sea ice

Sep 3, 2014

CBS News-Katharine Hayhoe, a Texas Tech climate scientist in Lubbock, said the study 'provides important insight into the cascading nature of the effects human activities are having on the planet.'

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Nano-bubble graphene/polymer sandwich used to easily study graphene applications for flexible electronics

Sep 3, 2014

Graphene-Info.com-Researchers from Texas Tech University developed a new way to study the interface between graphene and an elastic substrate, using AFM microscopy.

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Blood-sucking parasitic eyeworm a culprit to 2010 quail decline, researchers believe

Sep 2, 2014

Farmer & Rancher-Now, as part of the largest quail disease study ever undertaken in the U.S., scientists at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health at Texas Tech University believe they have found a major culprit.

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Next big idea in forest conservation? DNA fingerprinting trees

Aug 28, 2014

Mongabay-As a professor at Texas Tech, Dr. Chuck Cannon has been, among other things, working to create a system of DNA fingerprinting for tropical trees to undercut the global illegal logging trade.

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