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The Last Drop: America's Breadbasket Faces Dire Water Crisis

Jul 7, 2014

nbcnews.com - The scope of this mounting crisis is difficult to overstate: The High Plains of Texas are swiftly running out of groundwater supplied by one of the world’s largest aquifers – the Ogallala. A study by Texas Tech University has predicted that if groundwater production goes unabated, vast portions of several counties in the southern High Plains will soon have little water left in the aquifer to be of any practical value.

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Different Stripes for Different Skunks

Jul 3, 2014

Texas Tech graduate student recognized for award winning research in skunk striping.

tags : Academics, College of Arts and Sciences, Provost, Research, Stories, Vice President for Research

Texas Tech Alumna Feels the Heat in Her Chosen Field

Jul 3, 2014

Angie Reid is now a fire ecologist in Florida.

tags : Academics, Alumni, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Provost, Research, Stories, Vice President for Research

Can Different Architectural Forms Influence Patient Behavior?

Jul 1, 2014

HealthCareDesignMagazine.com - Debajyoti Pati, Rockwell Endowment Professor, Department of Design, Texas Tech University (Lubbock, Texas), and Upali Nanda, Vice President and Director of Research, HKS Inc. (Dallas), joined colleagues from Texas Tech and American Art Resources (Houston) to explore the potential influence of design aspects in the physical environment—specifically, contours—on amygdala activation, the brain region associated with fear response.

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