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Team discovers first early-stage images from a stripped-envelope supernova.

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Texas Tech’s High Energy Physics Group played a significant role in advancing the theory and in discovering the particle at The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) that proves the existence of the Higgs boson, announced in March this year.

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After studying genetically modified mice, the discovery could lead to supplements and a diet regime that will increase metabolism and decrease muscle fatigue in humans.

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Results show that small, near objects can appear farther away than larger, farther objects.

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In the spring of 2010, hunters in Texas waited with baited breath for an excellent quail season. By October, the birds had flown the coop.

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Singing can put the small birds on the menu otherwise.

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Smokers discovered they smoked less even when they didn't mean to reduce their habit.

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The study found that terrorist attacks motivate citizens to vote.

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When it comes to carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in the soil, recent research at Texas Tech University shows that the new materials do not affect the sorption of the toxic part of oil called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).

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Researchers looked at instances of infidelity occurring through Facebook interactions to develop a process model for the stages of coping with knowledge of the infidelity.

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Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT) is collaboration between Texas Tech National Wind Institute, Department of Energy, Sandia, Vestas and Group NIRE.

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New research conducted by Texas Tech University scientists has found that low doses of arsenic and estrogen – even at levels low enough to be considered “safe” for humans if they were on their own – can cause cancer in prostate cells.

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New technology uses directional microwaves delivered at varying doses and intensities in order to target disease-causing microorganisms in food, water and even fabric, with great precision.

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Texas Tech welcomes oil boom with new building and modern research facilities.

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When it comes to cleaning up the next massive crude oil spill, one of the best and most eco-friendly solutions for the job may be low-grade cotton from West Texas.

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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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Testing theories of glass transition using 20 million year old fossil amber. Results challenge classic theories.

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Dylan Schwilk can discuss the anatomy of the Springs Fire north of Los Angeles.

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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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Studying blood-sucking midge’s ear could lead to leaps in human hearing technology.

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Texas Tech biologist earns $1. 6 million NIH grant to find weakness in parasite that causes ninth largest disease burden.

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Dark and sleek, it hides beneath the water waiting for prey. A Texas Tech University researcher says the target will never know what hit them because they probably can’t smell the voracious pirate perch.

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Texas Tech University scientists have been at the forefront of research on the lesser prairie chicken (LPC), a prairie grouse native to the West Texas landscape, for more than three decades. Now their research could be square in the middle of an ongoing debate whether to protect the bird as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

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3D imaging reveals that marine plankton automatically adjusts swimming technique in dense viscosity, but only due to temperature changes, not pollution.

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The results were published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Engineered Fibers & Fabrics.

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Texas Tech University professor of linguistics and evangelical pastor Andrew Farley has taken the tale and modernized it with new themes relevant to today’s society while incorporating classic themes of grace, forgiveness and identity.

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The reasoning behind getting religious-themed tattoos is strikingly similar to a 100-year-old theory about how the Protestant work ethic powered the Industrial Revolution.

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Concentrations of BPA less in common dog toys.

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Warm moms who give their children lots of love and lots of rules serve as the best conduits.

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More than two dozen Texas Tech University energy commerce students and Rawls College of Business faculty hosted Lubbock community members for a seminar in solar technology and all then spent a recent Saturday afternoon lighting up Lubbock’s Tent City homeless shelter with solar lighting systems.

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Quetzalcoatlus pushed the very boundaries of size to the brink, considered the largest flying animal yet to be discovered. Any larger, and it would have had to walk. But its bulk caused researchers to wonder how such a heavy animal with relatively flimsy wings became airborne.

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Since early pioneer days, many have maligned the Great Plains of America as a hostile environment unfit for habitation. That unfavorable sentiment hardly changed for the next 200 years. However, new research conducted by Texas Tech University in conjunction with Joel Kotkin, the internationally recognized authority on global, economic, political and societal trends, and North Dakota’s Praxis Strategy Group predicts a boom in business for the once-defamed breadbox of the nation.

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Webinar about new e-book, “The Rise of the Great Plains: Regional Opportunity in the 21st Century” featuring author Joel Kotkin, Delore Zimmerman of Praxis Strategy Group and Kevin Mulligan, Texas Tech University Center for Geospatial Studies.

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Researchers in the College of Media and Communication are measuring audience reactions to the debates live, second-by-second, using state-of-the-art technology in the college’s Center for Communication Research. For the final debate, they will have people from the community participate. The research center will have 10 Republicans and 10 Democrats, a mix of men and women, watch and rate the debate performance in real time.

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A Texas Tech scientist who studies the disease warns the public to take precaution to keep from getting sick.

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The simple model of how plants handle climate change doesn't always explain what's going on.

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Not ready to claim discovery yet, Texas Tech researchers discuss the "impression" or "shadow" left by some unknown particle.

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Northern states could face longer outbreak seasons than the Southern region.

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The only experiment in the country to predict outcome of Obama health care reform was not successful.