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Sterling Nesbitt, an assistant professor of geological sciences in the Virginia Tech College of Science, has been responsible for naming more than half a dozen reptiles (including dinosaurs) in his young career.
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A VCU professor has received a five-year, $505,000 award from the National Science Foundation to make lithium-ion batteries — which power electric vehicles and portable electronic devices — far more efficient, sustainable and environmentally friendly.
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Changes in drinking water quality in the 21st century are coming from a myriad of circumstances, and not all are for the best.
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Hardide Coatings, Inc., a manufacturer of advanced surface coatings, will invest $7.25 million to establish its first Virginia operation in Henry County and create 29 new jobs.
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Economic losses from earthquakes are often devastating. The financial damages from earthquakes in Chile in 2010, Japan in 1995, and California in 1994 were $30 billion, $100 billion, and $20 billion respectively.
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For the past three years, Virginia Tech civil and environmental engineering students and faculty advisers Mark Widdowson and John Novak, have spent considerable time in the Caribbean but the journeys were not of the recreational variety.
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Virginia Tech professor Linsey Marr is now among a handful of researchers in the world who are addressing concerns about engineered nanomaterials in the atmosphere.
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Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists have developed a brain-imaging technique that may be able to identify children with autism spectrum disorder in just two minutes.
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The Science Museum of Virginia begins restoration on the Rotunda dome this week as the building nears its 100 year anniversary.
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Unusual odors have been strong indicators throughout history that something is not quite right. One year ago, the smell of licorice permeated the air in Elk River, West Virginia, alerting citizens to a chemical spill of coal-washing foam.
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