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Virginia Tech researchers have stolen the spotlight from the sun by discovering a way to maximize the amount of electricity that can be generated from wastewater.
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Researchers within the Biocomplexity Institute of Virginia Tech have demonstrated that eggs actively silence hundreds of paternal genes that encode ribosomal RNA.
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Virginia Tech researchers have developed a soil rehabilitation method that can help fix the compacted, rock-hard soils left behind after land development.
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With many different species of mosquitoes in the United States, Zika virus is only the latest of emerging threats, according to a Virginia Tech vector-borne disease researcher.
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It took over a decade for the global framework called Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) to become official.
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While there are many existing techniques for detecting contamination, they generally require highly specific instruments for each contaminant.
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Forget the latest James Bond movie — those looking for a good spy story should look no further than the laboratory of Virginia Tech researcher Clay Caswell.
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A team of Virginia Tech researchers have discovered fossils of kinorhynch worms – commonly known as mud dragons – dating back more than 530 million years.
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With toy shopping season in full swing, families are seeking toys that are not only fun but safe for children to play with.
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For years, biomedical researchers have suspected that a specific set of immune cells are responsible for causing disease in lupus patients, but until now they haven’t known for sure one way or the other.
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