VISTAS MAGAZINE
Fall 2005
The world isn't simple anymore, as if it ever was. Hurricanes are in a more destructive cycle. A Mount Fuji of obsolete computers is piling up in our landfills. And claims to our diminishing natural resources will become more contentious as populations grow. Then there are the really nasty possibilities of terrorist acts and a bird flu pandemic.
Texas Tech scientists and graduate students are helping solve a fair number of these dilemmas. This issue of VISTAS brings you their stories.
- VISTAS Editor
FALL 2005 :: Volume 13 :: Number 2
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WEAPON OF MASS PROTECTION Saving lives with cotton and carbon |
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A HIGHER FORM OF LOW ART A doctoral student looks at bike art and finds a nice piece of America Web Extra . |
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CAN THEY SAVE THE OGALLALA (AND THE FARMER)? How much money and water does it really take to produce livestock and crops on the Southern High Plains? |
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THE WEIGHT OF SUNLIGHT Texas Tech affords a Swiss architect easy access to the works of the artist who reshaped Marfa, TX. |
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TAKEN BY STORM Making the world safer from hurricanes sometimes means diving into them. |
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W.I.S.E. ABOUT WEST TEXAS WIND
Wind Science and Engineering Research Center.
CULTIVATING RESEARCH
Dean Smith, new Vice President of Research talks about all things research.
INFANT JEALOUSY
They can't say "green" yet, but are babies too young for jealousy? No way.
BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS
Jorge Iber looks at the lives of groundbreaking Mexican Americans and how they demolished barriers on and off the field.
MY HOUSE, MY SHIELD
Considering the needs of Muslim immigrants in home design.
CONQUERING E-MOUNTAINS
Hong-Chao Zhang sits atop a new industry--Recycling computers.
SELENIUM VS BIRD FLU
Selenium in chicken feed could slow bird flu mutations.
ONIONS IN SPACE
University researchers work with NASA to grow crops that nourish, protect and provide breathable air for shuttle astronauts.
DOTS ON THE MAP
Health Sciences Center researchers are recruiting help from the general academic campus to find how diseases spread in West Texas.
