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A Virginia Tech-led study has found that government corruption is less prevalent in countries where there is a greater number of women in political leadership roles, both at national and local levels.
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A Virginia Tech research team has discovered insights into the stabilizing forces of amyloid fibrils that are associated with Alzheimer’s disease and type 2 diabetes.
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Apple CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto are less distracting to drivers when compared to built-in vehicle infotainment systems designed by automakers, according to new research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.
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The human brain is among the most efficient, sophisticated systems in the known universe, deftly handling pattern and speech recognition, information processing, and even power consumption.
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The U.S. power grid, after faithfully delivering electricity to our neighborhoods for generations, is facing significant change to how it operates — thanks to solar-panel installations, wind farms, new energy storage systems, and even electric cars.
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The video begins with a black screen, framing the words of pop megastar Pharrell Williams: “The people I needed to make my dream a reality … I found in Virginia Beach.”
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Virginia Tech cleared two important accreditation hurdles to integrate the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine as the university’s ninth college on July 1.
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A collaboration between the U.S. Army and Virginia Tech embraces new ways to repurpose existing Army data to measure the social characteristics of soldiers and their units.
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Virginia Tech researchers who helped identify the dangerous Giant Hogweed plants in Clarke County want residents to stay on the lookout for the plant with toxic sap that can cause severe burns.
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Researchers in the Department of Physics are building a major program in quantum information sciences thanks in part to multiple federal grants that have brought $3.7 million directly to Virginia Tech.
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