
Are contact tracing apps tracking me? Not at all, say Virginia Tech researchers
We’ve masked, we’ve vaccinated, we’ve boosted — but are we underutilizing technology that could contain the pandemic because we don’t trust it?

We’ve masked, we’ve vaccinated, we’ve boosted — but are we underutilizing technology that could contain the pandemic because we don’t trust it?

Food can propel you to another time, another culture, another place without ever leaving the dinner table. But what if your surf and turf could make it to your plate without a fish leaving the water or a cow leaving the farm?

During the COVID-19 pandemic, food systems faced disruptions from staff shortages and supply chain issues.

Plastics have invaded most of our world today, but oftentimes you cannot even see them.

Virginia Tech received high marks in two recent rankings of universities across the country and the world, highlighting strengths in research, inclusivity, academic quality, and more.

Virginia Tech researchers are unleashing an autonomous robot dog on university construction sites to investigate the applications of using robots to monitor construction progress.

Over the past 20 years, the United States has experienced a dramatic increase in both the number of cases and the geographic distribution of Lyme disease.

Negative depictions of life in rural America can shake the confidence of promising young people.

Researchers at Virginia Tech are now looking into how social media misinformation influences people’s intention to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

DeepOutbreak, a team of researchers from Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, and the University of Iowa, has taken first place in the COVID-19 Symptom Data Challenge.
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