Ocean wave energy harvesting nets Virginia Tech $2 million Department of Energy grant
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Energy potential from ocean waves could make up 64 percent of the electricity generated from all sources in the U.S.
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Virginia Tech team tests alternative to lead-based piezoelectric materials
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For post-doctoral researcher Deepam Maurya, getting the lead out is not a colloquialism for working fast.
Researchers use new technology to sequence mosquito sex chromosome
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A team of researchers at Virginia Tech has sequenced the Y chromosome in a family of malaria-spreading mosquitoes.
Researchers closer to understanding how certain cancers resist treatment
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An international team has discovered that an abnormal amount of chromosomes may be why certain cancers resist medical treatment.
Virginia Tech scientists use insect perfumes to lure stink bugs to expendable crops
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When a stink bug finds a plant to eat, it produces a pheromone that alerts other stink bugs to the food source, similar to the ringing of a dinner bell.
Researchers work to bring health care into sync with internal clocks
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Many patients choose to end treatment early and risk the return of their cancer rather than suffer such a dramatic detriment to their quality of life.
Stink bug research could bear fruit in a few years
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About five years ago the brown marmorated stink bug migrated into Northern Virginia and began damaging the apple crop and other produce.
Virginia Tech team investigates vascular health, traumatic brain injury
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Every year, traumatic brain injury afflicts more than 1.7 million people in the United States and leads to 52,000 deaths.
Researchers seek ways to extract rare earth minerals from coal
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Virginia Tech researchers are working with partners in a $1 million pilot project to recover rare earth elements from coal.
Virginia basketball fans: Sit back and enjoy the ride
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Virginia basketball fans could learn from … Virginia baseball fans. (We’re pretty much one and the same.)
