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Harvinder Gill, the Whitacre Endowed Chair of Science and Engineering and an associate professor of chemical engineering in Texas Tech University’s Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering, explains what microneedles are, what makes them ideal for vaccine delivery and their potential in other medical areas.

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Darren Hudson says the supply chain for the U.S. is in good shape, and food supply is ample to handle a short-term shutdown.

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The research behind the patent was conducted by Noureddine Abidi and Yang Hu in Texas Tech’s Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute.

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The book, written by Eric Rasmussen, gives parents the training necessary to help kids process the negative and absorb the positive effects from all forms of media.

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Changzhi Li’s “cardiac password” project will examine using the wave of the heart motion as an added method of continuous authentication.

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Hongxing Jiang, Jingyu Lin and their colleagues developed the technology in 2000 and now see their patented research gaining popularity in today’s society.

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The Texas Tech researcher has shown how vaccines can be administered more effectively through the use of creative methods of drug delivery.

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Texas Tech professor Brian L. Ott argues the angry and degrading rhetoric exuded by the next president was suited perfectly for and enhanced by the platform’s characteristics.

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A Texas Tech researcher is part of a team that will use Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to measure factors that lead to storm development.

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The work of assistant professor Beibei Ren aims to maximize the capabilities of drones regardless of platform or environmental conditions.

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Jaclyn Cravens and Jason Whiting share ideas on the dangers of communication through social media and how to repair personal relationships.

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Naima Moustaid-Moussa, who recently accepted an NIH appointment to review grant applications, is a leading researcher in the causes of obesity.

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Quantitative specialist Todd Little is director of IMMAP, an innovative statistical analysis center he pioneered at Texas Tech.

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A Texas Tech University professor garnered national attention in her field when she openly questioned whether she was a bad or imperfect feminist. She unveiled complex challenges of conducting feminist research within the backdrop of post-feminist, neoliberal sensibilities.

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Educational psychologist Patricia Hawley, who researches bullying, power and aggression, led a workshop for 120 student teachers discussing how to recognize bullying and what to do about it when they see it.

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Prior to new education standards coming in 2017, two Texas Tech educators are offering advice to teacher education programs in other states on the process of reform.

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From infrastructure to climate change, the disaster impacts areas of daily life.

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Nikhil Dhurandhar, who discovered a strain of virus that appears to cause obesity while also causing low cholesterol and low triglycerides, is the chairman of the Nutritional Sciences department

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Keira Williams, an assistant professor in history and women's studies at Texas Tech University, discusses her Wonder Woman research.

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Richard A. Lenox, director of the Student Counseling Center and a licensed psychologist discusses ways college students can cope with stress.

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Over the last three decades, the number of Americans with diabetes has more than tripled. Jamie Cooper, an assistant professor of nutrition at Texas Tech University, discussed how healthy eating habits and regular exercise can not only control Type 2 diabetes, but also reverse the condition.

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The region’s petroleum business generates billions of dollars, thousands of jobs.

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A professor at Texas Tech discovers Androstenone can stop dogs from barking, jumping.

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Texas Tech food expert Mindy Brashears discusses current food supply issues, prices.

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Katharine Hayhoe, an associate professor and director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University, listed under the "Pioneers" category.

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The rocker’s impact on the music and legal side of the industry still raves on today.

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Department was born 43 years ago after F5 tornado hit Lubbock on May 11, 1970. The devastation also brought forth the nation’s leading facility for wind research at Texas Tech University.

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A new cotton outlook analysis from Texas Tech University’s Cotton Economics Research Institute notes that global growth is projected to remain at 3 percent over the next five years, then slow by half a point during the following five.

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Researchers can discuss why such a small animal created so much consternation for the petroleum and ranching industries, and why the Fish and Wildlife Service were looking to list the lizard in the first place.

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A Texas Tech University expert studies ways to overcome diseases such as Chagas with researchers from Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He can discuss what progress has been made with finding the next generation of treatments for the disease.

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The molecular ballet to stay alive may be recorded, then passed to future generations.

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A Texas Tech University radiation expert who was the first American scientist allowed inside Chernobyl’s exclusion zone can discuss the differences in the two disasters, and the good news/bad news of both scenarios.

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As Americans begin gathering their W2s, 1099 forms and receipts, Texas Tech University tax and financial planning experts can provide tips, tax advice and commentary for taxpayers.

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The countdown to Sunday’s Super Bowl has started and Texas Tech University experts can speak to a variety of subjects involving the biggest U.S. sporting event of the year.

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While the impact of the NBA lockout is projected to vary by market, Texas is likely to feel a greater impact because there are three teams in the state.

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Professor crunches numbers for the Cardinals vs. Rangers matchup.

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Are vampires or zombies the hottest monsters this year? When did vampires get to be so sexy, anyway? And why do we spend so much money dressing up like them?

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Experts can discuss dangers after floodwaters recede.

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Buddy Holly's impact on music and the legal side of the music industry still raves on today.

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Four Texas Tech University biologists, including one who was the first American scientist to study the area, say that all species of plants and animals that should be there are there.

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More questions than answers remain as to the impact of the Macondo blowout.

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Two Texas Tech University psychologists say men and boys painting their toenails and fingernails are more common today than many might think.

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Whether government wins is a matter of semantics. The reason this is a difficult case for the government is that Barry Bonds has denied that he ever knowingly took steroids.

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Earth Day began April 22, 1970, as a grass roots movement throughout the United States to answer the lack of awareness of environmental issues at the time. Mark Stoll, associate professor of environmental studies, remembers the first Earth Day as a ninth grader in Topeka, Kan.

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Giving up one luxury to afford something else still works, says Texas Tech expert.

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Texas Tech University seismologist available to speak on New Zealand's earthquake.

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Professors dissect Twitter feeds to examine commercials’ emotional acceptance.

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Expert available to discuss Egyptian conflict.