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- - Feb 18 Economist, UN advisor Jeffrey Sachs to discuss world’s 'most important agenda'
- - Feb 15 The Fralin Life Science Institute supports sustainability and green lab efforts
- - Feb 15 Porous carbon fiber research one step closer to use in automotive industry
- - Feb 14 HS&T fellows dive deep to learn how to commercialize ideas
- - Feb 13 Engineering student Sammi Rocker named one of Aviation Week’s 20 Twenties
- - Feb 12 Vibrant Virginia project boosts graduate students’ work in distressed communities
- - Feb 11 Competition seeks solutions to opioid crisis in the numbers
- - Feb 07 Safe to use hands-free devices in the car? Yes, according to research
- - Feb 06 Hongliang Xin receives NSF CAREER award to promote catalysis research and data science education
- - Feb 01 Chemistry researchers use block copolymers to create first carbon fibers with uniform porous structure
- - Feb 01 Charles Clancy named Bradley Distinguished Professor in Cybersecurity
- - Feb 01 Timing is everything: New discoveries in circadian rhythms provide insight into cancer treatment
- - Jan 30 U.S. Department of Energy awards Virginia Tech researchers $1.8 million to tackle challenges facing U.S. power grid
- - Jan 29 Fasting, calorie control research on menu at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s Strauss public lecture
- - Jan 24 Delivery team works to shape Innovation Campus
- - Jan 24 Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists link concussions to seizures, development of epilepsy
- - Jan 22 Joseph Schetz honored as Distinguished Lecturer at AIAA Science and Technology Forum
- - Jan 21 Renowned child development scientist to speak at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
- - Jan 21 Mechanical engineers develop process to 3D print piezoelectric materials
- - Jan 16 Virginia Tech monitoring potential impacts of partial shutdown
- - Jan 15 Professor will use new machine learning techniques to decrease deaths resulting from traumatic brain injury
- - Jan 13 High schoolers see the road from a truck driver’s point of view
- - Jan 11 Discovery of single atom structure leads to more efficient catalyst
- - Jan 10 Two years after its resurrection, online graduate journal going strong
- - Jan 09 Hanumanthrao “Rao” Kannan appointed assistant professor in the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
- - Jan 09 Nina Stark receives NSF CAREER award
- - Jan 04 Center for Transformative Research on Health Behaviors selects projects to tackle lifestyle-related diseases
- - Jan 03 Xiaowei Yue appointed assistant professor in the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
- - Dec 20 Stress in new mothers causes lasting health risks, depending on race, ethnicity, poverty
- - Dec 19 Virginia Tech researchers create a bacteria-based drug delivery system that outperforms conventional methods
- - Dec 18 More strong performers in new batch of bike helmet ratings
- - Dec 17 Virginia Tech researchers conduct first formal sensory study on aging characteristics of American whiskeys
- - Dec 16 Plan for Commonwealth Cyber Initiative approved, moving forward
- - Dec 14 NIH funds new study on a gene vital to circadian rhythms
- - Dec 12 Pioneer in human tissue engineering to speak at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute on Thursday
- - Dec 12 IRB: Federal changes to reduce burden for human participant researchers to take effect Jan. 21
- - Dec 11 Class of 2018: Kristin Eden brings animal and human health perspective in new role at Virginia Tech Carilion
- - Dec 11 New study finds benefits of fitness trackers, apps depend on motivation and customization
- - Dec 06 In supporting research institute, Heywood Fralin encourages others to get involved
- - Dec 06 Stepping forward to serve: Record gift to Virginia Tech is in keeping with Heywood Fralin’s family legacy
- - Dec 06 Record $50 million gift to Virginia Tech results in naming of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Roanoke
- - Dec 06 $50 million gift transforming biomedical research institute
- - Dec 06 Machine-learning enables a previously-unseen look at polymers helpful in biomedical field
- - Dec 05 Three graduate students take top prizes at the 2018 Nutshell Games
- - Dec 04 Jonathan Pitt appointed associate professor in the Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
- - Nov 30 Aaron Noble named J.W. Woomer Young Engineer Award recipient
- - Nov 29 Seed grants helping to grow Virginia Tech’s transdisciplinary capacities, contributions
- - Nov 28 Home of the future takes first place at international competition
- - Nov 28 Students help fuel advanced-vehicle R&D for top companies in new VTTI internship program
- - Nov 28 Two researchers earn grant to streamline simulation of fluid contamination disasters
- - Nov 27 Researchers engineer nano-textured surfaces to reduce medical device infection
- - Nov 27 Next phase of national concussion study relies on experts across the university
- - Nov 27 Biomedical, business, engineering students set for HS&T shark tank-style competition
- - Nov 26 New biomedical gel could ease pain in cervical cancer treatment
- - Nov 20 Geosciences researchers will use data from new NASA lander to learn about Mars interior, core
- - Nov 20 VTCRI researchers find positive effects of early education intervention four decades later
- - Nov 20 New research impact librarian tracks scholarship
- - Nov 19 Researcher awarded grant to study effect of foster care on shelter dogs and volunteers
- - Nov 19 New drug application stops spread of brain cancer cells caused by clinical treatment approach
- - Nov 16 Virginia Tech Police, Athletics team up with engineering seniors to relieve gridiron gridlock
- - Nov 16 Economical and sustainable materials team furthers partnership, collaboration with Oak Ridge
- - Nov 16 Researchers expand breakthroughs in 3D printing Kapton, the “ultimate” polymer
- - Nov 15 Drone integration moves forward, one industry standard at a time
- - Nov 14 Trudy Riley named to lead sponsored programs in Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation
- - Nov 14 Students from all disciplines will benefit from Amazon's location choice in Virginia
- - Nov 13 'This is day one' - Sands affirms Virginia Tech's commitment to Innovation Campus
- - Nov 12 Virginia Tech to showcase interdisciplinary work as host of 2020 national polymer conference
- - Nov 09 Scientists solve century-old neuroscience mystery; answers may lead to epilepsy treatment
- - Nov 09 Researchers create first-of-its-kind composable storage platform for high-performance computing
- - Nov 08 Surface water and flood dynamics increase vulnerability to waterborne disease and climate change
- - Nov 08 VTCRI scientists find that sensory neurons can be used to discover therapies for ALS
- - Nov 07 On two wheels, Virginia Tech professor tracks air pollution
- - Nov 06 House of the future and team that built it head to international competition
- - Nov 05 With the right resources at the right time, research institute accelerates discovery
- - Nov 05 Water experts to study emerging threat of antibiotic resistance
- - Nov 05 On Veterans Day, volunteers to transcribe the candid views of World War II soldiers
- - Nov 02 Interactive website reveals the history of political boundaries — and how they can flip over time
- - Nov 01 New study buckles down on child car seat use in ride-share vehicles
- - Nov 01 Volcanic eruption leads to transformative public health student experience
- - Nov 01 Virginia Tech study identifies recurring elements in conspiracy theories to learn what people who propagate them are thinking
- - Oct 31 Biocomplexity Institute Interim Executive Director plans to nurture, focus on team science
- - Oct 30 Chemistry professor's research shocking the battery field
- - Oct 29 Virginia Tech researchers using brain-inspired methods to improve wireless communications
- - Oct 26 NSF awards two grants for polymer research
- - Oct 25 Myounghoon Jeon appointed associate professor in the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
- - Oct 24 The Proposal Development Institute: A multifaceted program that helps faculty obtain external funding
- - Oct 24 What do drones, augmented reality, and quadditch have in common?
- - Oct 23 HBCU/MSI Research Summit draws hundreds to Virginia Tech
- - Oct 23 Research in a 90-second, entertaining spiel? Watch the third Nutshell Games
- - Oct 22 Katie Carmichael receives NSF grant to research the linguistic effects of Hurricane Katrina
- - Oct 18 Theresa Mayer outlines success, opportunities for Virginia Tech research
- - Oct 17 Researchers study Iron Man-like exoskeletons to improve worker productivity, safety, and well-being
- - Oct 16 New machine learning framework could lead to breakthroughs in material design
- - Oct 15 Researchers study water’s role in antibiotic resistance emergence and dissemination in Africa
- - Oct 12 U.S. Department of Energy awards Virginia Tech an electric vehicle cybersecurity grant
- - Oct 11 Virginia Tech researchers receive NSF grant to study parental care in eastern hellbender salamanders
- - Oct 10 Study reveals unconscious gender and racial dynamics influence drone use
- - Oct 09 Veterinary college researcher awarded grant to study herpes simplex virus
- - Oct 04 Press Play: President Tim Sands talks about the value of Virginia Tech's unique footprint in engaging partners
- - Oct 02 Commonwealth Cyber Initiative marks end of Phase 1 planning, moves to next steps