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Article ItemResearch aims to bring a circular revolution to industry , article
College of Natural Resources and Environment researchers are gaining insights from value-retention processes and natural systems to explore how to transition industry toward a sustainable future.
Date: Mar 15, 2024 -
Article ItemNovel discovery may benefit severe immune conditions , article
Discovery of a DNA shift in the innate immune memory of cells may aid in the fight against one of humans’ most deadly foes – sepsis.
Date: Mar 11, 2024 -
Article ItemUnmanned aerial vehicles and workforce development part of congressman's visit to Blacksburg campus , article
U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman ’81 received briefings on research initiatives related to unmanned aerial systems and unmanned underwater vehicle. He also met with four undergraduate students who are part of the Defense Civilian Training Corps to hear about workforce development programming at the Virginia Tech National Security Institute.
Date: Mar 11, 2024 -
Article ItemClay Wright receives MIRA funding to create new molecular tools , article
The grant supports Wright's innovative work in understanding and engineering common cellular signals, a critical mechanism shared across animals, plants, and fungi.
Date: Mar 06, 2024 -
Article ItemMargaret Ellis receives Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Undergraduate Teaching Award , article
Margaret Ellis was recognized or outstanding contributions to undergraduate education through teaching, service, and creating an inclusive community of experiential undergraduate mentorship.
Date: Mar 01, 2024 -
Article ItemDesigning hardware with security in mind , article
Hardware and software design typically prioritizes speed and efficiency at the expense of security. The research of Wenjie Xiong, a Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Fellow, aims to bridge the gap.
Date: Mar 01, 2024 -
Article ItemThe future of cybersecurity hinges on creating harder problems , article
Virginia Tech mathematician Gretchen Matthews is making hard problems even harder — and looking for new hard problems — to protect our online data today and into a quantum future.
Date: Feb 29, 2024 -
Article Item'Curious Conversations' podcast: Zheng 'Phil' Xiang talks about emerging technology and tourism , article
Xiang joined Virginia Tech’s “Curious Conversations” to talk about the intersection of technology and tourism. He shares the significant technological shifts in the tourism industry over the past decade, including the influence of social media and artificial intelligence on trip research and the experience itself.
Date: Feb 26, 2024 -
Article ItemFirst-in-humans discovery reveals brain chemicals working to influence social behavior , article
For the first time, researchers show decisions made in a social context may spring from the dynamic interactions of dopamine and serotonin.
Date: Feb 26, 2024 -
Article ItemDetecting COVID-19 in the air , article
A team of more than a dozen faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and student researchers are combining their expertise to develop a device that can assess the environmental risk of COVID-19 transmission in real time. Led by University Distinguished Professor Linsey Marr, the team has made great strides in figuring out how to successfully capture the necessary amount of air, filter it, deposit it onto a test strip, and identify virus particles.
Date: Feb 23, 2024 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech researchers find that muscle function could lead to early Alzheimer’s diagnosis , article
The research findings challenge the notion that Alzheimer’s disease is purely a disease of the brain and show that it has a much broader impact on the body.
Date: Feb 20, 2024 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech researchers discover that blocking an essential nutrient inhibits malaria parasite growth , article
The four-year study could lead to a new way to fight malaria, one of the most devastating infectious diseases in the world.
Date: Feb 13, 2024 -
Article ItemLutz Awards to reward and incentivize world-class research , article
The Jacob A. Lutz III Awards for Eminent Scholars Endowment will fund the the Jacob A. Lutz III Presidential Awards for Research Distinction for four faculty members annually. Each of the awards will recognize long-term, substantive contributions to research and creative scholarship across the faculty’s career.
Date: Feb 07, 2024 -
Article ItemForensic science combats wildlife trafficking , article
A $2.6 million grant will fund a new wildlife forensic center in Botswana as part of Virginia Tech’s ongoing collaborations with the government of the Republic of Botswana to foster conservation and global research initiatives in Africa.
Date: Feb 06, 2024 -
Article ItemForging the global land-grant mission , article
Virginia Tech President Tim Sands traveled to Botswana to meet with President Eric Mokgweetsi Keabetswe Masisi and celebrate the expansion of collaborative projects as part of Virginia Tech’s efforts to expand the land-grant mission globally.
Date: Feb 05, 2024 -
Article ItemKathleen Alexander receives Virginia’s highest faculty honor , article
Alexander, the William E. Lavery Professor in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, was recognized with an Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
Date: Jan 22, 2024 -
General ItemInnovate and Connect: Register now for the 2024 Whole Health Consortium Annual Meeting at Virginia Tech
Register now for the 2024 Whole Health Consortium Annual Meeting, scheduled for April 5, from 1:00-5:00 p.m. in the South End Zone of the University Club at Virginia Tech.
Date: Jan 19, 2024 -
Article ItemNew tech addresses augmented reality’s privacy problem , article
New technology from Commonwealth Cyber Initiative researchers protects bystander privacy in augmented-reality systems.
Date: Jan 16, 2024 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech and university partners aim to protect, toughen, and augment transportation navigation systems , article
Interferences in global navigation satellite systems, such as jamming and spoofing, have the potential to cause widespread delays in supply chains and cascading failures across GPS-timing-based networks.
Date: Jan 04, 2024 -
Article ItemFederal funding to boost Virginia Tech, Commonwealth Cyber Initiative wireless network security projects , article
The Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund showcased two funded projects to researchers from Virginia Tech, the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative, and Booz Allen Hamilton this week.
Date: Dec 19, 2023
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