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- - Climate change sea-level rises could increase risk for more devastating tsunamis worldwide
    A new study done in part by Virginia Tech shows a startling prediction: As sea levels rise due to climate change, so do the global hazards and potential devastating damages of tsunamis that are triggered by earthquakes.
- - Virginia Tech scientist: Yellowstone super-volcano eruptions were produced by gigantic ancient oceanic plate
    The long-dormant Yellowstone super-volcano in the American Midwest has a different history than previously thought.
- - Second year of College of Science Dean’s Discovery Fund provides support for innovative faculty research
    Virginia Tech College of Science Dean’s Discovery Fund awards for 2018 support faculty research projects in the departments of Psychology, Geosciences , and Biological Sciences.
- - Virginia Tech-led study finds oldest footprints of bug dating back 540-plus million years
    Found in a small chunk of sediment rock in a shallow sea bottom in China, the tiny tracks – millimeters in width – were made by an unknown bug-like creature no bigger than a thumb.
- - Class of 2018: Budding 'rockhound' journeys forward by looking back
    Alex Bradley loved picking up rocks as a kid growing up in Alaska. But his passion for natural treasures didn't stop then.
- - Geosciences’ Michelle Stocker seeks evolutionary story behind snake-like animals that use heads to burrow
    Geosciences' Michelle Stocker is mapping the evolution of animals that use their heads to dig into the ground.
- - Leading polymer research on display at MII's technical conference
    The Macromolecules Innovation Institute (MII) will showcase its accomplishments in novel polymeric materials research and cutting-edge advanced manufacturing at its annual technical conference and review from April 16-18.
- - Research teams led by junior faculty win seed funding for new projects
    The Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science's flagship funding program, the Junior Faculty Awards are designed to provide seed funding for new projects that have the potential to grow into vibrant research programs attracting major federal grants.
- - Students find ways to use nanotechnology for good, win funds to develop their ideas
    Four undergraduate-led teams won awards in the Nanotechnology Entrepreneurship Challenge, earning seed funding and business mentorship.
- - Robert Bodnar awarded Thomas Jefferson Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Natural Science
    Bodnar is the C.C. Garvin Professor of Geochemistry in the Department of Geosciences and a University Distinguished Professor and serves as the director of the Steger Center for International Scholarship in Riva San Vitale, Switzerland.
- - Virginia Tech study: Further reducing injections of oilfield wastewater underground can prevent larger earthquakes in Oklahoma
    In a new study, a Virginia Tech College of Science researchers have found that efforts to curb earthquakes triggered by the injection of oilfield wastewater into the ground in Oklahoma may not be targeting the most dangerous tremblers.
- - Geosciences’ Brian Romans to use Antarctic sea expedition to study ice sheet response to climate change
    Geosciences Associate Professor Brian Romans is setting sail this week for the Southern Ocean with a group of scientists who will drill into the ocean floor offshore of West Antarctica.
- - Lara Anderson, Marc Michel named Luther and Alice Hamlett Junior Faculty Fellows
    The Luther and Alice Hamlett Junior Faculty Fellowships were established in the College of Science by the estate of Luther J. and Alice Hamlett.
- - Virginia Tech scientists to focus on diseases, bioterrorism at Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine summit
    Virginia Tech leaders, scientists, and engineers will gather Oct. 29-30 to focus on challenges in emerging infections and preparedness for the 2017 Summit of the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
- - Geosciences faculty member seeks to advance crystallization research to boost multiple fields
    With a five-year, $560,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant, F. Marc Michel seeks to conduct innovative research on how the smallest minerals, known as nanoparticles, crystallize.
- - Geoscience’s D. Sarah Stamps to spearhead $1.4 million NSF grant to build key cyberinfrastructure project
    The scientific groups will be able to use the cyberinfrastructure to expedite their research in an effort known as reduced time-to-science.
- - Virginia Tech paleobiologists to host dinosaur fossil unpacking party
    The scientists invite the public to join them from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 31, at the Museum of Geosciences in 2062 Derring Hall for an unpacking party.
- - Virginia Tech researchers discover potentially harmful airborne nanoparticles produced through burning of coal
    Scientists have discovered that the burning of coal produces incredibly small particles of a highly unusual form of titanium oxide. These nanoparticles can be inhaled into the lungs and potentially the bloodstream, a finding that deepens the health-related consequences from one of the world’s largest energy production practices.
- - Geological Society of America honors Sterling Nesbitt with Young Scientist Award
    Nesbitt's research focuses on the evolution of Mesozoic terrestrial vertebrate fossils through major Earth events, such as climate change, and extinction events, with a keen interest in reptile evolution.
- - Steve Holbrook named head of Department of Geosciences in College of Science
    Holbrook previously was a professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming, where he also co-directed the Wyoming Center for Environmental Hydrology and Geophysics.

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