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Virginia Tech has seismic role in earthquake center , articleThe National Science Foundation has awarded a $15 million grant over five years for the establishment of the Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center, and Tina Dura is the principal investigator for Virginia Tech.
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Virginia Tech particle physicist: Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ film excels at accuracy , articleOf the highly anticipated drama about J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Los Alamos Project, Kevin Pitts says: ‘I was impressed at how well the film got at Oppenheimer as a deep thinker, a renaissance man, and someone who evolved over time.’
Date: Jul 26, 2023 -
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Zooming in on microplastics , articleThese tiny particles are creating big challenges worldwide and are at the core of emerging fields of study for researchers, including many at Virginia Tech.
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Physics’ Leo Piilonen honored as Alumni Distinguished Professor , articlePiilonen has enjoyed a successful career an educator and as a scientist experimenting with high-energy particle physics detectors.
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Ocean floor and surface is ever changing, likely making the search and recovery all the more difficult , articleThere’s a unique challenge for rescue personnel in this situation: The ocean – it’s seafloor topography and the water atop it – is in constant flux, according to Robert Weiss, a coastal hazards expert at Virginia Tech. And, more importantly, we know little about oceans that make up 70 percent of the Earth’s surface. We know more about other planets than the floor of the ocean.
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Expert: Psychologists work to understand how traffic disruptions affect stress during commutes , articleThe collapse of a section of I-95 in North Philadelphia following a tanker truck fire has created headaches for not only city and state officials, but also drivers. An estimated 160,000 automobiles take the route daily. How the new congestion will affect drivers psychologically and potentially influence other experiences at work and home is a hot topic of discussion amongst psychologists.
Date: Jun 16, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech expert: Is a shortage of Canadian firefighters worsening the nation’s wildfire crisis? , articleMore than 400 active fires are burning in Canada right now, marking what is most likely the worst fire season in the nation’s history. The drivers of the wildfires in Canada match recent fire disasters in the Western U.S. and other countries: climate change-induced temperatures and droughts. But Canada is facing a unique issue as well: a shortage of volunteer firefighters. The shortfall is likely making the crisis all the more difficult.
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Four undergraduate students awarded 2023 Goldwater Scholarships , articleThe students, representing both the College of Science and the College of Engineering, are among 413 college students from across the United States receiving the prestigious scholarship.
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Expert available to discuss new report that puts globe on course for breaching benchmark high temperature , articleVirginia Tech geophysicist and environmental security expert Manoochehr Shirzaei studies climate change and uses publicly available satellite imagery to build maps of millions of instances of rising sea levels and coastal land subsidence.
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Virginia Tech neuroscientist offers insight into how loneliness can affect health , articleVirginia Tech neuroscientist Georgia Hodes says that reports of depression and anxiety are up at least 3-fold since the start of the COVID epidemic. “While loneliness and isolation are likely contributors, the COVID infection itself triggers a depressive episode in approximately 20 percent of people. Understanding how infection impacts mood may help us find new ways to treat individuals that do not fully respond to current antidepressants.”
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Class of 2023: Cadet Claire Seibel named Outstanding Senior for the College of Science , articleSeibel has been named the 2023 Virginia Tech College of Science Outstanding Senior and will present the lead address at the college’s commencement ceremonies on May 13.
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Virginia Tech earthquake expert available to discuss earthquake in Turkey and Syria , articleVirginia Tech’s Robert Weiss, who studies earthquakes, calls the devastating earthquake in Southern Turkey and Syria a “perfect storm.” Thousands of buildings and homes collapsed across the region, killing upward of 4,000 people. BBC further reports that the World Health Organization has warned that the death toll “could rise eight-fold.” Social platforms swarmed with videos of buildings collapsing into rubble.
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New geosciences study shows Triassic fossils that reveal origins of living amphibians , articleA team of scientists from Virginia Tech and the U.S. Petrified Forest National Park, among others, have discovered the first “unmistakable” Triassic-era caecilian fossil — the oldest-known caecilian fossils — extending the record of this small, burrowing mammal by roughly 35 million years. The find fills a gap of at least 87 million years in the known historical fossil record of the amphibian-like creature.
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Virginia Tech economists react to 12-month inflation uptick, release of the Consumer Price Index , articleThe release of the March 2022 Consumer Price Index from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor of Statistics showed a 41-year-old high mark in inflation. Virginia Tech economists Alec Smith and Shaowen Luo spoke about the effects of the increase.
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New study shows differences in how men and women perceive risks of COVID-19 pandemic , articleWhen survey responders were asked during a Virginia Tech study to rate their fear of the pandemic on a sliding scale, nearly 20 percent of women chose the highest possible option compared with 9.3 percent of men. However, previous studies have shown that men are more likely to experience severe illness or die of COVID-19.
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Mental health screenings for children and teens will help K-12 schools support social-emotional skills, says expert , articleRosanna Breaux, director of the Child Study Center and an assistant professor with the Virginia Tech Department of Psychology, says the mental-health crisis in children and adolescents unfortunately is not new.
Date: Apr 22, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech economics expert available to discuss potential impact of railroad strike on holiday travel plans, prices for goods , articleA potential strike by a large swatch of railroad unions over quality-of-life conditions in a post-COVID29 world could make holiday travel plans by rail passengers difficult, said economist Sudipta Sarangi.
Date: Nov 22, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech earthquake expert available to discuss deadly Indonesian earthquake , article
Virginia Tech geoscientist Robert Weiss, who studies the impact of natural hazards and their often-deadly consequences, is available to media outlets interested in this week’s undersea 5.6-magnitude earthquake that struck the country of Indonesia. The estimated death count now nears 270 people as rescue personnel continue to dig through rubble.
Date: Nov 23, 2022 -
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Chemistry’s Feng Lin awarded $2.95 million grant to develop new electric vehicle batteries , articleFeng Lin, a Virginia Tech expert in the development of electric vehicle (EV) batteries, has been awarded a $2.95 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). His funding is part of a larger campaign announced this week by the DOE as it funds 12 U.S.-based projects with $42 million to strengthen the domestic supply chain for advanced batteries that power electric vehicles.
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New study: Scientists observe surface changes on a Venusian volcano in images from the 30-year-old Magellan mission , articleScott King is quoted in the Nature story on the apparent volcanic activity discovery. He has said making surface discoveries about Venus is “challenging” because of heavy clouds that shroud the planet.
Date: Mar 15, 2023 -
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A long UAW strike will cut deeper and wider in to the U.S. economy, says Virginia Tech economist , articleThe first trilateral strike in the United Auto Workers’ nearly 90-year history will pass the seven-day mark this Friday. The UAW’s strike focuses on the wide gap in annual wage increases for factory floor workers versus those of CEOs and other auto executives at Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and Stellantis. The strike began late Friday, Sept. 15.
Date: Sep 19, 2023
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