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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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The why: Tripp Shealy trains engineers to challenge the status quo , articleShealy, a civil engineering professor, combines civil engineering, behavioral science, and brain-imaging technology to help engineers make better decisions in a changing world.
Date: Aug 24, 2026 - -
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HokieAI enables secure access to new capabilities for students, faculty, and staff , articleNew AI platform offers secure access to multiple vetted models in a Virginia Tech-managed environment.
Date: Aug 23, 2026 - -
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Oral therapy shows potential to protect healthy tissue from radiation , articleThe research team's goal is to develop a therapy that protects the organs most vulnerable to radiation injury while preserving radiation’s ability to treat cancer.
Date: Aug 21, 2026 - -
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Hokie generosity strengthens communities, fuels discovery, and expands opportunity , articleDuring the past fiscal year, alumni, friends, students, employees, corporations, and foundations invested in Virginia Tech's land-grant mission at unprecedented levels. Their giving helps strengthen Virginia's workforce, improve health outcomes, advance innovation, and create new opportunities.
Date: Aug 19, 2026 - -
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Anne M. Brown named to National Academies' New Voices program , articleBrown, associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has been named to the 2026-28 New Voices cohort, recognizing emerging leaders in science, engineering, and medicine.
Date: Aug 18, 2026 - -
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Inside UPWARDS TechTrek: Preparing the Next Generation of Tech Innovators , videoUPWARDS TechTrek High School Summer Camp is a two-week, project-based program where students learn how AI, circuits, FPGA, robotic cars, and drones work together in modern intelligent systems. Each topic combines short lecture modules with hands-on projects. Industry experts speak to careers in technologies and students also learn about preparing for college, research, and innovation.
Date: Aug 17, 2026 - -
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CyberSpark: Inspiring the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Leaders , videoCyberSpark introduces students going into 8th and 9th grade to the exciting world of cybersecurity through a week of hands-on learning at Virginia Tech. Throughout the program, students explore cybersecurity fundamentals, software and physical security, cryptography, network security, data science, ethics, and policy while participating in interactive labs, team activities, and presentations from industry experts.
Date: Aug 14, 2026 - -
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Experimental enzyme shows promise against fire blight disease , articleThe study marks the first major research milestone in a national effort to develop new tools that help growers combat one of the most damaging diseases of apples and pears.
Date: Aug 10, 2026 - -
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Feeding dairy cows to be more resilient to infection , articleNew research focuses on strengthening cows’ immune systems through nutrition to address rising disease rates and industry challenges.
Date: Jul 31, 2026 - -
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Researchers part of inaugural Genesis Mission projects , articleMore than a dozen faculty members from across the university are working on three of the projects selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s to leverage advance artificial intelligence and high-performance computing to accelerate scientific discovery.
Date: Jul 23, 2026 - -
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Designing tomorrow, today , articleFrom future-focused research to hands-on prototypes, industrial design students are gaining the skills to envision what’s next and create solutions for a rapidly changing world.
Date: Jul 16, 2026 - -
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Research reveals how human bias shapes social media feeds , articleNew research explains that human bias is to blame for the spread of rare content and misinformation in social media feeds, not the algorithm.
Date: Jul 16, 2026 - -
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As national drought deepens, a new AI model helps balance water demands , articleThe tool shows how decisions in one basin can affect farms, factories, and communities across state lines, offering policymakers a data driven way to allocate water use more efficiently.
Date: Jul 09, 2026 - -
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Nine faculty members receive Fulbright Scholar Awards , articleOver the coming year with their Fulbright awards, the nine will conduct research in aerospace materials, artificial intelligence, environmental health, water resources, plastic pollution, sustainable design, agriculture, and next-generation wireless communications.
Date: Jul 07, 2026 - -
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Statisticians help ensure safety in space , articleStatisticians Geoff Vining M.S. ’86, Ph.D. ’88 and Anne Driscoll M.S. ’07, Ph.D. ’11 were part of a team honored with the Group Achievement Award from NASA.
Date: Jul 06, 2026 - -
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Virginia’s leading research universities unite to advance biomedical innovation , articleThe next generation of medicine won’t be built around treating disease after it appears. It will be built around understanding precisely how disease develops — and predicting its course to enable precise interventions before it becomes irreversible.
Date: Jun 30, 2026 - -
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Volunteers help preserve local Civil War history , articleCommunity volunteers will help transcribe Civil War-era letters at Newman Library, preserving historical records and expanding public access to primary-source materials.
Date: Jun 30, 2026 - -
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Monitoring water quality near Southwest Virginia coalfield restoration sites , videoThe Virginia Water Resources Research Center conducts fieldwork throughout the Appalachian coalfields of Virginia and West Virginia to monitor and assess stream rehabilitation. Researchers gather data on water quality and aquatic insect presence to continue to monitor streams impacted by runoff from former coalfields.
Date: Jun 26, 2026 - -
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Accelerating Future AirspaceFrom pioneering safety advancements and assisting with federal regulations to helping industry partners make history and helping the general public see the technology’s potential, Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership researchers have been at the forefront of setting the global standard for how airspace is safely used, enjoyed, and protected.
Date: Jun 24, 2026 -
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