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Omar Hashash explores what’s next in wireless communications and AI , articleHashash found his passion studying at the intersection of artificial intelligence, wireless communications, and the concepts of digital twins and world models.
Date: Nov 05, 2025 - -
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Introduction to Earth Science textbook wins statewide award , article Date: Nov 05, 2025 - -
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Weightlifting beats running for blood sugar control, researchers find , articleVirginia Tech scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute show that resistance training outperforms endurance exercise in improving insulin sensitivity in obesity and Type 2 diabetes models.
Date: Nov 05, 2025 - -
Video ItemWater Center Undergraduate Research Fellow begins long-term water monitoring , video
Jesse Gutierrez is working on collecting data from McDonald Hollow in Blacksburg, Va. building on the years worth of research in the area. Gutierrez, majoring in Water: Resources, Policy, and Management in the College of Natural Resources and Environment is working with the Virginia Water Resources Research Center at Virginia Tech.
Date: Nov 04, 2025 - -
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Managing ponds may help save native salamanders , articleNew research from Virginia Tech shows that controlling pond water levels and removing invasive hybrids may be key to protecting the endangered California tiger salamander.
Date: Nov 04, 2025 - -
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Sinking Indian megacities pose 'alarming' building damage risks , articleResearch published in Nature Sustainability highlights urgent need for adaptation as sinking land threatens millions in India.
Date: Oct 28, 2025 - -
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Scientists find ways to boost memory in aging brains , articleIn two separate studies, Virginia Tech researchers identified age-related molecular changes in the brain and adjusted them to improve memory.
Date: Oct 22, 2025 - -
Video ItemIn search of the Virginia Gray Fox , video
The Virginia Gray Fox Project is a collaborative effort by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources and Virginia Tech to map their current distribution and study potential population declines.
Date: Oct 22, 2025 - -
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Quantum center levels up, generating new research, grants, space , articleHeadspinningly complex quantum advances are taking place in the Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering, which is dedicated to understanding the physics of quantum systems and how these principles can be harnessed for new technology and new applications.
Date: Oct 22, 2025 - -
Video ItemSenior design team works to restore Wythe County stream , video
Last year, flooding from Hurricane Helene damaged a section of Cripple Creek in Ivanhoe, Virginia. Students in Jon Czuba's Biological Systems Engineering class are working with stream specialists at Trout Unlimited to develop a restoration plan that stabilizes the eroding banks and restores the stream corridor.
Date: Oct 17, 2025 - -
Video ItemUncovering the mystery of dark matter, one rock at a time , video
Over the past 50 years, physicists have conducted all manner of dark matter experiments in hopes of uncovering evidence of its existence. In an unconventional approach, physicist Patrick Huber and a transdisciplinary team are looking at the crystal structure of ancient rocks for signs of dark matter interaction.
Date: Oct 13, 2025 - -
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A skeleton and a shell? Ancient fossil finally finds home on the tree of life , articleA tiny fossil found in Southwestern Virginia eluded classification for more than 514 million years. Now, Virginia Tech geoscientists have restored this unique organism into its evolutionary lineage.
Date: Oct 13, 2025 - -
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Unraveling the secrets of ‘chemo brain’ , articleA new study by Jennifer Munson and Monet Roberts suggests memory problems and inability to concentrate following chemotherapy could result from poor lymphatic-system drainage in response to the cancer drugs.
Date: Oct 13, 2025 - -
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Ann Stevens honored with national award for undergraduate education , articleStevens, professor of microbiology, received the 2026 Carski Award for Undergraduate Education from the American Society for Microbiology.
Date: Oct 10, 2025 - -
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University research recognized in latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings , articleThe 2026 Times Higher Education World University Rankings were released Wednesday, and Virginia Tech came in ranked within the 251-300 range out of nearly 2,200 universities worldwide. The university has been ranked in this range for five consecutive years.
Date: Oct 09, 2025 - -
Video ItemPackages undergo temperature and compression testing , video
Assistant Professor Eduardo Molina and his graduate students in Sustainable Biomaterials in the College of Natural Resources and Environment conduct research on a package's sensitivity to low temperature and high compression. Good packaging design requires researchers to think about protecting the goods inside the package from changes in external temperature and compression forces when they're moved through the shipping process.
Date: Oct 01, 2025 - -
Video ItemResearching trail use in Blacksburg , video
Undergraduates in the College of Natural Resources and Environment's environmental data science program are working with the town of Blacksburg to conduct research on trail use in the McDonald Hollow trail system.
Date: Sep 30, 2025 - -
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Leadership advances Northern Virginia Steering Committee work , articleThe event marked the culmination of the committee’s work, led by Julie Ross, the Paul and Dorothea Torgersen Dean of Engineering and special advisor to the president. Ross called the result "a forward-looking framework that positions the university as a leading hub for growing tech talent, uniquely situated at the intersection of industry, government, and research partners in the D.C. area.”
Date: Sep 26, 2025 - -
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New grant supports study of AI’s role in protecting cybersecurity systems , articleMost approaches to cybersecurity focus on detecting or neutralizing a specific kind of threat, such as malware or network breaches. But Bimal Viswanath’s collaboration intends to create a framework that can significantly enhance threat detection across several domains.
Date: Sep 25, 2025 - -
Video ItemWorking to restore one of Appalachia's signature species , video
Brenn Kurtz, a graduate student in Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, is leading a research project studying red spruce trees and the impacts of sourcing the tree's seeds from different locations across the south Appalachians and the impacts of different temperature conditions while they are growing.
Date: Sep 24, 2025 -
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