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Virginia Tech Packaging Innovation Hub will offer packaging solutions from materials to marketplace , articleThe Virginia Tech Packaging Innovation Hub integrates interdisciplinary expertise from across the university to help industry partners solve complex packaging, design, materials, and sustainability challenges.
Date: Oct 15, 2026 - -
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Building AI that speaks your language , articleComputer science Assistant Professor Tu Vu and his collaborators received an $821,000 National Science Foundation Future CoRe award to expand access to AI innovation for speakers of the world’s 7,000-plus languages.
Date: Oct 12, 2026 - -
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A new approach to kidney matching could save lives , articleAccording to Virginia Tech-led research using machine learning and sophisticated computer simulations, a redesign of the U.S. transplant system could lead to 900 more kidney transplants each year.
Date: Oct 12, 2026 - -
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Building a more precise approach to psychiatric treatment , articleMore than 100 scientists, clinicians, and other participants, including 17 industry representatives, explored how new treatments may give people with schizophrenia more effective care.
Date: Oct 07, 2026 - -
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Mapping how hurricanes could affect the Chesapeake Bay as sea levels rise , articleVirginia Tech researchers used thousands of computer-generated storms to show how rising sea levels could amplify and reshape hurricane-driven flooding.
Date: Oct 02, 2026 - -
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Agriculture is producing more with more. That’s the problem. , articleNew Virginia Tech data show global agricultural productivity growth at its lowest rate in 50 years — a slowdown with consequences for farmers, consumers, and the natural resources we all depend on.
Date: Oct 01, 2026 - -
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A deadly fungus may not live to see the last of us , articleVirginia Tech researchers successfully killed the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus in animal studies by identifying how it resists current therapeutic methods.
Date: Sep 30, 2026 - -
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Virginia Tech leads multimillion-dollar project for women's health , articleA team of researchers from across the country will investigate the connection between hormones and vaginal tissue health in a project funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Date: Sep 29, 2026 - -
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Student sustainability proposals create a greener Blacksburg campus , articleExpanded bicycling infrastructure, reducing waste and water consumption, and upgrading LED interior lighting are the latest student-proposed sustainability projects approved for implementation on the Blacksburg campus.
Date: Sep 22, 2026 - -
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Virginia’s Smart Airspace network lands first flights , articleOver the past year, the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership worked with its industry and government partners to develop the route network, which connects new vertiports at Virginia Tech Transportation Institute in Blacksburg, Roanoke-Blacksburg Airport in Roanoke, and Allen C. Perkinson Airport in Blackstone.
Date: Sep 22, 2026 - -
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Building toward a zero-waste campus , articleWith support from a $3.5 million state award, Virginia Tech is planning a large-scale composting facility that could process up to 2,700 tons of food and agricultural waste each year while supporting research and student learning.
Date: Sep 21, 2026 - -
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Genetic study busts a decades-old myth about the U.S. bed bug comeback , articleBooth led the international team that looked into the genetic lineages of U.S., Canadian, and European bed bugs 10 years into their 1990s resurgence. Their study of 971 bed bugs in 109 populations around the world and found that the lineages in Europe are more similar to those in Canada, but distinctly different from those in the U.S.
Date: Sep 19, 2026 - -
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First-of-its-kind preventative phage therapy provides promising results , articleAssistant Professor and Blackwood Junior Faculty Fellow Bryan Hsu and his team recently demonstrated that prophylactic phage therapy, using an engineered nonpathogenic E. coli bacterium, successfully protected mice from an oral salmonella infection.
Date: Sep 16, 2026 - -
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The why: Chris Williams is printing the future at Virginia Tech , articleWilliams, a mechanical engineering professor and one of the leading authorities on 3D printing, is cultivating cross-campus collaborations among professors and partnerships with industry to shape the future of 3D printing along with training the future workforce to lead the way.
Date: Sep 15, 2026 - -
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The sky is the limit in water quality prediction , articleTapping into a 13-year partnership, Virginia Tech's Center for Ecosystem Forecasting will work closely with the Western Virginia Water Authority on a new research project to integrate satellite data to help water managers ensure safe drinking water in the Roanoke region.
Date: Sep 15, 2026 - -
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Audio tones can help automated vehicles communicate with pedestrians , articleA Virginia Tech and Zoox study found custom sounds can be as effective as a traditional horn in increasing pedestrian awareness and influencing crossing decisions.
Date: Sep 09, 2026 - -
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New research rethinks plastic from the inside out , articleChanging the molecular architecture – rather than chemical ingredients – can create stronger, more flexible materials with potential for sustainable packaging.
Date: Sep 08, 2026 - -
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Blocking a microRNA reverses deadly lung disease in preclinical study , articleIn a study published in Science Translational Medicine, researchers led by Yassine Sassi of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute found that elevated levels of microRNA-224 promoted abnormal cell growth in the lungs’ blood vessels, contributing to disease.
Date: Sep 02, 2026 - -
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Connecting disciplines to confront changing seas , articleThree members of the Virginia Tech community recently contributed their expertise to the inaugural Summer School in Sea Level Science at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts.
Date: Aug 31, 2026 - -
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Beyond trial and error: A more precise approach to psychiatry , articleThe Fralin Biomedical Research Institute will convene leaders in neuroscience, clinical research, and drug development to Roanoke to examine advances that could enable more individualized care for schizophrenia.
Date: Aug 28, 2026 -
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