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Virginia Tech chemist part of Department of Energy’s $50 million sodium-ion battery consortium , articleVirginia Tech professor of chemistry Feng Lin is part of the team seeking to increase the supply diversity of electric vehicle batteries and relieve supply chain concerns.
Date: Nov 21, 2024 -
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Researchers detect microplastics in exhaled air of bottlenose dolphins , articleThe study identified various types of microplastic particles, including fibers and fragments from multiple plastic polymers, such as polyester, which is commonly used in clothing.
Date: Nov 12, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech selected to lead $11.6 million research study for industrial decarbonization in the Roanoke Valley , articleThe project, dubbed Project CARDINAL, would prevent an estimated 50 million metric tons of carbon from going into the atmosphere in the next three decades.
Date: Nov 06, 2024 -
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New College of Science STEM education center awards instructional teaching grants , articleIn an effort to encourage innovation in teaching methodologies, four projects were selected as grant recipients in the new awards from the Center for Advancing Undergraduate Science Education.
Date: Oct 07, 2024 -
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Renowned expert on water-to-air pollution to speak at College of Science J. Mark Sowers Distinguished Lecture Series , articleKimberly Prather, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and distinguished professor at the University of California San Diego’s Scripps Institute of Oceanography, will give a talk titled “From Water to Air: How Pollution Impacts Air Quality and Health in Coastal Regions" on Sept. 26.
Date: Sep 23, 2024 -
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Weather 'whiplash' in Antarctica may help predict effects of future climate change , articleJ.E. “Jeb” Barrett, professor of biological sciences, and his colleagues have reported findings indicating that a March 2022 “weather whiplash” led to record-high death rates for invertebrate organisms that count on surviving winter in an “inactive freeze-dried state.”
Date: Aug 07, 2024 -
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$900,000 Department of Defense award will assess impact of sinking land on military installations , articleThe U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $3.2 million contract to a consortium of four universities — Virginia Tech, Tulane, University of Central Florida, and California Polytechnic State University — to evaluate dangers from sinking land and rising seas for the more than 1,800 military installations across the globe.
Date: May 31, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech physicists propose path to faster, more flexible robots , articleVirginia Tech physicists reveal microscopic phenomenon that could improve performance of agile flexible robots, microscopic capsules for drug delivery, and other soft devices.
Date: May 15, 2024 -
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Students get up-close lessons in economics and more at SXSW conference , articleTwelve students from The Economics of Start-Ups course traveled to the SXSW Conference and Festivals over spring break.
Date: Apr 17, 2024 -
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Watch the April 8 solar eclipse on the Drillfield , articleThe College of Science and its Department of Physics will host the solar eclipse viewing event. In the Blacksburg area, the moon will cover 88 percent of the sun at approximately 3:15 p.m.
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Jungmeen Kim-Spoon named fellow in two national organizations , articleKim-Spoon, professor of psychology, is the director of the JK Lifespan Development Lab, which focuses on investigating pathways to adaptation despite exposure to adversity in order to understand both typical development and psychopathology.
Date: Mar 04, 2024 -
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Physics' Giti Khodaparast elected 2024 Optica Fellow , articleKhodaparast, professor of physics in the College of Science, was selected for “contributions to understanding quantum and coherent states in multifunctional materials and educating researchers from underrepresented groups in science,” according to Optica.
Date: Jan 02, 2024
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