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- - Launch of NASA’s All-Sky Satellite Mission takes space exploration to the next level, says expert
    With the expected launch of NASA’s new Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) this week, Virginia Tech astronomical science expert Nahum Arav says the all-sky survey mission is an important step forward that will enable space explorers to discover thousands of exoplanets around nearby bright stars.
- - Triple major, undergraduate researcher Arianna Krinos wins 2018 Goldwater Scholarship
    Krinos is majoring in biological sciences, computational modeling and data analytics, and computer science.
- - Compounds found in grapes, dark chocolate, coffee, and blueberries can be used to treat depression
    The finding — from a study published by a Virginia Tech researcher — does not mean that people who suffer from depression should eat a bar of dark chocolate or drink a bottle of red wine as self-treatment.
- - Department of Economics launches new study abroad undergraduate research program between Blacksburg and Peru
    The Virginia Tech Department of Economics is teaming with Peru’s Universidad de Piura for a new undergraduate summer research exchange program that focuses on how behavioral economics can inform public policymaking on such topics as environment, health, technology, and education.
- - Researchers discover new mechanism of antibiotic resistance in leprosy and tuberculosis
    Knowledge of this mechanism will ultimately allow researchers to design more effective drugs to treat these diseases.
- - 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.
- - Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen to speak at Virginia Tech
    Sen, the Thomas W. Lamont University Professor at Harvard University, will discuss democracy and elections on April 18.
- - Undergraduate phage hunters showcase research in University Libraries exhibit
    From local soil to a global database, new viruses have been uncovered, analyzed, and recorded by undergraduate researchers in Virginia Tech’s College of Science.
- - Statistics’ Leah Johnson seeks to improve quantitative models for fighting diseases in humans, trees
    Johnson, an assistant professor in the College of Science, will use a $700,000 National Science Foundation CAREER grant to help fight deadly diseases by using mathematical and statistical modeling.
- - 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.
- - Land managers, scientists, educators, and policymakers invited to tackle invasive species April 23
    Land managers, educators, policymakers, and researchers from various fields—including ecology, biology, entomology, plant pathology, policy, and the social sciences—are invited to collaborate later this month to address issues surrounding invasive species in the Mid-Atlantic region.
- - Graduate School celebrates students and mentors at annual awards dinner
    The outstanding master's and doctoral degree students were honored at the Graduate School awards banquet during Graduate Education Week.
- - 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.
- - Graduate School Citizen Scholars connect their research with their communities
    Each year, the Graduate School offers a challenge to graduate students: Create and implement a project that connects your research with a community.
- - VTCRI scientist awarded $2 million National Cancer Institute grant to study breast cancer
    The National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health has awarded Deborah Kelly, an associate professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, $2 million to study the mutated form of the breast cancer susceptibility protein that is implicated in hereditary breast cancer.
- - Nicole Abaid earns NSF CAREER award to study bio-inspired active sensing in multi-agent systems
    During the five-year grant, Abaid will collect data from wild gray bat swarms to study their collective behavior and interaction patterns, especially in regards to how these animals use echolocation.
- - Leading the green charge: Ph.D. student Ellen Garcia introduces lab sustainability program to campus
    Starting with Daniela Cimini's lab at the Biocomplexity Institute, Garcia has helped establish recycling programs for plastic foam and packaging, as well as major changes in energy consumption.
- - Virginia Tech researchers examine role of fluid flow in ovarian cancer progression
    Known as the silent killer, ovarian cancer is notorious for avoiding detection until it has progressed to an advanced stage. New research from Virginia Tech on fluid shear stress in the abdominal cavity is moving physicians closer to earlier diagnosis and more effective treatment.
- - Scientists gain insight into the earliest changes that impair motor function during aging
    A team of biomedical scientists has found that motor neurons responsible for controlling muscle movement do not age. Rather, it's the synaptic inputs connected to the motor neurons that age and cause bodily decay.
- - VTCRI researchers join forces to improve life for children with genetic disorder
    The accomplishments of three girls who received intensive therapy based on innovative pediatric neurorehabilitation research at the VTCRI have been documented in a report published in BMC Research Notes.

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