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Commercial truckers for years have been required to follow federal rules limiting their driving hours and requiring rest or sleep breaks between long periods behind the wheel.
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A project by a Virginia Tech counselor education class has led to introduction of a Good Samaritan bill in the General Assembly that would protect those seeking help for drug or alcohol overdose victims.
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When The Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore stepped into an EF-5 tornado re-created in 3-D in a four-story immersive installation at Virginia Tech, his perspective was that of someone 7,000 feet tall.
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Motivational text messages could encourage teens to stop smoking, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University.
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The University of Virginia’s Applied Research Institute has signed an agreement with the Navy Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division to support a variety of research efforts, including work in the area of cyber security and big data analytics.
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The 2015 Day of Remembrance and the 3.2-Mile Run in Remembrance will honor the 32 students and faculty members who lost their lives eight years ago.
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A workforce education center would give a needed boost to the wine industry in Loudoun County, near Washington, D.C., a Virginia Tech study confirms.
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Microsoft Corp. debuted a television commercial this week filmed on Virginia Tech’s campus and featuring Wu Feng, a professor in the College of Engineering.
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Leaders with the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership at Virginia Tech have outlined a research plan to study how reporters could use unmanned aircraft to gather news.
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Virginia Tech’s new undergraduate degree in water, approved by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia in early December, is one of the most innovative, interdisciplinary offerings in the country.
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