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Virginia Tech researchers explore alternative options for global navigation satellite systems , articleProfessor Mark Psiaki sees potential in an alternative approach: using large low Earth orbit constellations and Doppler-shift measurements.
Date: Feb 25, 2021 -
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Jumping frost crystals: Boreyko lab works toward electrostatic de-icing , article“If we can amplify this electrostatic de-icing effect, such that entire sheets of ice or frost are instantly ripped away from their surface, it could be a game-changer for the aircraft and HVAC industries,” said Jonathan Borekyo.
Date: Feb 24, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech researchers receive cybersecurity research collaboration grants from the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative , articleCCI has four regional nodes and one hub dedicated to specific geographic areas of Virginia along with different research disciplines.
Date: Feb 23, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech celebrates 50 years of computer science , articleIn 1970, the Department of Computer Science was established under its founding department head, the late George Gorsline. Fifty years later, the department graduated its largest computer science class to date with 311 undergraduate degrees, 49 master’s degrees, and 28 doctorates awarded.
Date: Feb 19, 2021 -
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National Science Foundation grant fueling philosophy professor’s database project , articleThe National Science Foundation has awarded Lydia Patton with a prestigious grant, which she will use to launch an open-access research database within the discipline of the integrated history and philosophy of science.
Date: Feb 05, 2021 -
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Songbirds exposed to lead-contaminated water show telltale signs about human impacts , articleKendra Sewall, an associate professor of biological sciences in the College of Science, and a diverse team of scientists and students have found that lead levels like those reported in Flint, Michigan, can interfere with the vocal development of songbirds and affect mate attraction.
Date: Feb 03, 2021 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute graduate student awarded NIH Fellowship to examine balance, walking in children with cerebral palsy , articleHassan Farah, a Virginia Tech translational biology, medicine, and health graduate student, has been awarded a $98,000 National Institutes of Health grant that will fund his remaining predoctoral research. Farah is studying the limb biomechanics, joint movements, and loading in children with cerebral palsy.
Date: Feb 01, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech researchers garner two major awards in COVID-19 forecasting challenges , articleDeepOutbreak, a team of researchers from Virginia Tech's Sanghani Center, Georgia Tech, and the University of Iowa, took first place in the COVID-19 Symptom Data Challenge using Facebook symptom survey data and second place in the COVID-19 Grand Challenge.
Date: Jan 29, 2021 -
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Department of Defense awards Virginia Tech $1.5 million to prepare students for cybersecurity careers , articleVirginia Tech has been awarded approximately $1.5 million to fuel workforce development in cybersecurity and related professional roles as one of six Department of Defense’s senior military colleges participating in the U.S. Cyber Command Cyber Leadership Development Program.
Date: Jan 28, 2021 -
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Interdisciplinary team identifies mechanism that produces rapid acceleration in clicking beetles , articleA new study by a team that included Jake Socha, professor in biomedical engineering and mechanics in Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering, shows that a snap-through unbending movement of the body is the main reason for the clicking beetle’s fast acceleration.
Date: Jan 18, 2021 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC scientists identify an elusive link between seizures, cell signaling protein , articleA team of Virginia Tech scientists identified a new link between seizures and deficits in connexin 36, a protein essential to the development of electrical synapses connecting neurons. The discovery, published Jan. 11 in Frontiers of Molecular Neuroscience, found that this interaction may make the brain more prone to having seizures.
Date: Jan 11, 2021 -
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Shocking the cellular world: Engineers’ collaborative work discovers force signature of cells undergoing electroporation , articleElectroporation has been used in many medical applications, such as gene transfection and electrochemotherapy, since the 1980s. In this study, the researchers improved upon an established method of electroporation, in which medicines or genes are injected into holes formed in a cell’s membrane.
Date: Dec 22, 2020 -
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ThickSat satellite built by Virginia Tech students is headed to space , articleThe project provided students with a unique opportunity to design, develop, test, and monitor their own experimental payload, and see it successfully launched into space.
Date: Dec 18, 2020 -
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Class of 2020: N. Agastya Balantrapu seeks to inspire and teach the next generation of engineers , articleDuring his time at Virginia Tech, Balantrapu has transformed into an outstanding researcher and leader, preparing him for a career in academia or industry.
Date: Dec 15, 2020 -
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Computer science professor’s photo sleuth software helps investigate 150-year mystery of John Wilkes Booth , articleWith its 30,000-strong photo database, the Civil War Photo Sleuth, led by computer science professor Kurt Luther, was recently tapped by the History Channel to provide timely evidence to a 150-year mystery about John Wilkes Booth.
Date: Dec 09, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech paleontologists find pterosaur precursors that fill a gap in early evolutionary history , articleWith the help of newly discovered skulls and skeletons that were unearthed in North America, Brazil, Argentina, and Madagascar, Virginia Tech researchers Sterling Nesbitt and Michelle Stocker from the Department of Geosciences have demonstrated that a group of "dinosaur precursors," called lagerpetids, are the closest relatives of pterosaurs.
Date: Dec 09, 2020 -
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Forbes names graduate student at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC to list of '30 under 30' to watch , articleUbadah Sabbagh, a fifth-year student in Virginia Tech’s Translational Biology, Medicine and Health program, is included in Forbes Magazine’s 2020 list of 30 young innovators in science with potential to make it big.
Date: Dec 02, 2020 -
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Unlocking the secrets of chemical bonding with machine learning , articleIn a report published in Nature Communications, Hongliang Xin, associate professor of chemical engineering at Virginia Tech, and his team of researchers developed a Bayesian learning model of chemisorption, or Bayeschem for short, aiming to use artificial intelligence to unlock the nature of chemical bonding at catalyst surfaces.
Date: Nov 30, 2020 -
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Computer science welcomes eight new faculty members , articleEight new faculty have joined the Department of Computer Science this year, bringing the total number of faculty to nearly 60 at campuses in Blacksburg and the greater Washington, D.C., metro area. In addition, five faculty members have accepted offers with start dates in 2021.
Date: Nov 25, 2020 -
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Study shows cloth face coverings help protect both wearers and those nearby , articleA newly released Virginia Tech study examining the efficacy of common face coverings may help a concerned public breathe a sigh of relief.
Date: Nov 23, 2020
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