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May 23, 2013
Builder Magazine.com - The Texas Tech University Debris Impact Testing Lab certifies above-ground shelters as capable of withstanding EF5 storms. 'If the shelter has been tested as an F5, it's good for a 250 mile per hour tornado,' says Larry Tanner, a research associate at the National Wind Institute and Debris Impact Testing Lab.
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May 23, 2013
AgriMarketing.com - Zoetis Inc., formerly the animal health business unit of Pfizer, today announced a gift of $100,000 for Salmonella research to Texas Tech University, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Department of Animal and Food Sciences. The research gift will help provide resources to better understand and describe the ecology of Salmonella in cattle populations and to discover and evaluate tools that might ultimately result in a safer food supply.
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May 23, 2013
Tulsa World - The National Wind Institute at Texas Tech University, which leads the nation in wind research, is sending multiple teams to survey the damage from the EF5 tornado that killed 24 people in Moore.
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May 22, 2013
Textile World - Researchers at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, have found that unprocessed low-micronaire cotton surpasses other, higher grades of cotton in its ability to absorb oil, making it the most effective cotton-based solution for cleaning up crude oil spills.
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