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'Curious Conversations' podcast: Guoliang 'Greg' Liu talks about turning old plastic into soap , articleLiu discussed his journey in sustainability and the innovative process of converting plastic waste into soap.
Date: Nov 04, 2024 -
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Satoru Emori named Luther and Alice Hamlett Junior Faculty Fellow , articleA member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2017, Emori’s research is in the area of experimental condensed matter physics with a focus on magnetic materials, and his work has been recognized with funding from a variety of sources.
Date: Sep 28, 2023 -
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An unexpected way to upcycle: Plastic waste transforms into soap , articleGuoliang “Greg” Liu of the Department of Chemistry has discovered a new method of recycling plastics — from milk cartons, food containers, and plastic bags — into soap. The method: Heat the long carbon chains in the plastics then quickly cool them.
Date: Aug 10, 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.
Date: Jul 19, 2023 -
Video ItemWhat's Your Major? - Nanoscience , video
Nathan shares about his studies in nanoscience and his interest in materials science.
Date: Apr 13, 2023 -
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In its sixth year, College of Science Dean’s Discovery Fund supports wide array of research , articleThis year’s grants exceed $160,000 for projects focused on cancer research, battery materials, inflammatory bowel disease, age-related distractibility, the development of antibiotics, and more.
Date: Oct 18, 2022 -
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Celebrating a summer of science education , articleNearly 160 high school and middle school students attended one of four youth camps, with 46 at Explore Science for 7th-9th graders, and – all geared toward 11th-12th graders – 35 participants at Explore Data Science, 32 at Explore Physical Science, and 45 at Explore Life Science
Date: Aug 19, 2022 -
Video ItemNanoscience training gives teachers big ideas about tiny science , video
Kristen Cox graduated from Virginia Tech in 2016, and has recently returned to campus to participate in the College of Science and their Academy of Integrated Sciences Nanoscience Teacher Training. Activities included hands-on experiments, and demos of electron microscopes. Cox, now a teacher, hopes to bring back what she's learned from the workshops to ignite her students passion for science.
Date: Jun 27, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech nanoscientist seeks to develop thin films with a big payoff , article
Satoru Emori, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics, wants to create new thin films made of specially engineered magnetic materials, a project funded by a five-year, $500,000 National Science Foundation CARRER Award.
Date: May 24, 2022 -
Video ItemUndergraduate lab integrates COVID vaccine development , video
College of Sciences' Chixia Tian has developed a lab course that integrates cutting-edge research and COVID vaccine development into undergraduate teaching. Specifically, it involves undergraduate nanomedicine majors learning how to fabricate liposomes and load DNAs into the liposomes.
Date: Mar 25, 2022 -
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Robert Weiss named director of Academy of Integrated Science in College of Science , articleThe academy was started in 2011 by the late Lay Nam Chang, then dean of the College of Science, with the mission of exploring powerful new approaches to current complex scientific problems.
Date: Mar 08, 2022 -
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Geosciences’ emeritus professor Michael F. Hochella honored with two society medals for research , articleHochella, a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geosciences, recently was honored with the Geochemical Society Clair C. Patterson Award and the American Chemical Society Geochemistry Division Medal.
Date: Oct 07, 2021 -
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New speakers developed partly at Virginia Tech promise big and energy-efficient sound , articleChemistry's Guoliang “Greg” Liu has designed a prototype “electrostatic” speaker that boasts the thinnest and lightest-weight speaker membrane with the highest aspect ratio ever and is 10 to 100 times more energy efficient.
Date: Aug 24, 2021 -
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Summer interns gain hands-on learning in Virginia Tech’s COVID-19 testing lab , articleDuring two five-week, hands-on sessions, the interns worked in the Molecular Diagnostics Lab at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and took classes led by Carla Finkielstein, the lab’s scientific director and an associate professor at the research institute.
Date: Jul 23, 2021 -
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Fifth year of College of Science Dean’s Discovery Fund supports faculty research , articleNow in its fifth year, the Virginia Tech College of Science Lay Nam Chang Dean’s Discovery Fund recently announced research awards that will support such diverse projects as water quality, discovery of drugs for pain and viruses, mental health treatment, and economics forecasting.
Date: Jun 17, 2021 -
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J. Mark Sowers Distinguished Lecture Series continues online with Nobel Prize winning physicist, Donna Strickland , articleThe online event on March 10 will feature Strickland, who is a professor with the University of Waterloo’s Department of Physics and Astronomy. She co-won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for her work in developing chirped pulse laser amplification with Gérard Mourou, her Ph.D. supervisor at the time.
Date: Mar 07, 2021 -
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The race against cancer’s clock: New study shows chronic jet lag impairs immune response, accelerates tumor growth , articleA new study led by Carla Finkielstein, an associate professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, and Diego Golombek, a professor at the National University of Quilmes, reveals that chronic jet lag impedes the body’s immune system and also changes the tumor microenvironment, favoring tumor growth.
Date: Oct 14, 2020 -
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Carla Finkielstein named Luther and Alice Hamlett Junior Faculty Fellow by Board of Visitors , article
The award provides support for outstanding faculty members who hold the rank of assistant or associate professor and whose work supports the missions of the college’s Academy of Integrated Science.
Date: Oct 05, 2020 -
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Nanoscience group wins a second nod from the NSF , articleA Virginia Tech center with unique expertise in Earth and environmental nanotechnology has again been selected for a prestigious national network funded by the National Science Foundation.
Date: Sep 24, 2020 -
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Chemistry’s John Matson named Dr. A.C. Lilly Jr. Faculty Fellow in Nanoscience , articleJohn Matson, an associate professor of chemistry in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, has been named the Dr. A.C. Lilly Jr. Faculty Fellow in Nanoscience by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
Date: Sep 17, 2020
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