News-Media Coverage
- DroneLife, Scott Socolofsky, Vivek Bheeroo and Mu-Jung Lee (Engineering), about a low-cost drone-based method that uses wave imagery and Doppler analysis to accurately map ocean surface currents, improving data collection for applications like oil spill response and coastal modeling.
- Foreign Affairs, Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar (Government and Public Service), about how Iran is responding to large-scale attacks by the United States and Israel with a strategy aimed both at deterring external adversaries through escalation and at strengthening domestic regime cohesion through wartime mobilization. (Paywall)
- Fox Weather, Elaine Oran (Engineering), about using “fire whirls” for more efficient and environmentally responsible oil spill cleanup.
- Innovations.FR, Robert Ambrose, Rishi Jangale and Derek Pravecek (Engineering), about the development of spherical robots with adaptive traction and payload capabilities to enable resilient exploration and data collection in extreme environments. (French)
- Public News Service, Jacquelyn Alvarado (Rural and Community Health Institute), about how 47% of Texas counties are considered maternity-care deserts, and limited access to obstetric, nutritional and behavioral health services — often compounded by long travel distances — contributes to preventable maternal health risks.
- Texas Standard, Seockmo Ku (Agriculture and Life Sciences), about how Texas-grown cabbage, soil conditions and microbial processes influence kimchi fermentation, quality and safety to determine whether Texas can produce globally competitive kimchi.
- The Kerrville Daily Times, Laura Schmahmann and Michelle Meyer (Architecture), about study findings that seven months after the 2025 floods, widespread business damage, closures, uninsured losses, and ongoing revenue and customer losses continue to strain Kerr County’s economy, with recovery expected to be long-term.
- The Naked Scientists, Jess Atkin (Agriculture and Life Sciences), about the feasibility of growing food on the moon and evidence that plants can be cultivated in simulated lunar soil using added organic matter and beneficial fungi to overcome nutrient gaps and toxicity.
- TheStreet, David Anderson, (Agriculture and Life Sciences), about an explanation of how geopolitical disruptions to oil supply drive up gas prices, increasing transportation and production costs that ripple through food prices and broader inflation.
- Traffic Technology Today, Greg Winfree (Transportation Institute), about research analyzing nationwide truck parking shortages, highlighting impacts on driver safety, workforce retention and supply chain efficiency.
- Traffic Technology Today, Stacey Tisdale and Lisa Minjares-Kyle (Transportation Institute), about the Youth Transportation Safety Program using a peer-led model with research-based resources and school incentives to influence teen safety behavior.
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