
Virginia Tech chemical engineers outline new approach to materials design
A novel approach that should “significantly accelerate materials discovery” is the subject of a new article in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.

A novel approach that should “significantly accelerate materials discovery” is the subject of a new article in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.

Virginia’s wine grape industry has really taken off over the past 20 years. Now NASA is helping the state’s grape growers find new ways to meet the growing demand for wine grapes and vineyards.

Economic development and industry will be key topics of discussion Monday, Oct. 12 during a biotechnology showcase of the Shenandoah Valley at James Madison University.

The airline industry has the ability to sustain significant fuel savings and greatly reduce its greenhouse emissions, according to the conclusions reached in a Virginia Tech led study for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for traffic in the North Atlantic oceanic airspace.

Scientists from Virginia Tech and the University of Bristol have revealed how pigment can be detected in mammal fossils, a discovery that may end the guesswork in determining the colors of extinct species.

Virginia Tech is leading a $3.3 million, multi-center, five-year study that will track head impact exposure in children — the largest and most comprehensive biomedical study of youth football players to date.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today the promising results of a collaborative public-private initiative to explore the safeguards needed to protect Virginia’s citizens and public safety agencies from cyber security attacks targeting automobiles.

Blake Johnson of the Virginia Tech Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering is among a team of U.S. researchers to have successfully 3-D printed customized tissue scaffolds that help regenerate complex peripheral nerve injuries.

The rapid spread of a highly destructive invasive species has prompted a Virginia Tech scientist to lead the charge in issuing a set of recommendations, including quarantine measures, designed to thwart the advance of the pest around the globe.

How can we stay motivated while working toward long-term goals? This simple question sparked University of Virginia professor Thomas Bateman’s research and embodies a struggle that most of us are familiar with, as day-to-day life intrudes on our best intentions of training for that marathon, writing that novel or securing that top job.
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