Northam announces 2018 Outstanding STEM Award recipients
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Governor Ralph Northam and Science Museum of Virginia Chief Wonder Officer Richard Conti announced the 2018 Outstanding STEM Award recipients.
Search Results for Virginia Tech research
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Using artificial intelligence to hunt for slow zones in overcrowded networks
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We’re all connected — and not just in a yogic sense. By 2022, there will be 29 billion connected devices across the globe, according to a forecast from the June 2017 Ericsson mobility report.
Fulbright scholar studies creativity across cultures
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A stereotype perplexed Carol Mullen: Was there any truth to the notion that the intensive focus on standardized testing meant that Chinese learners lacked creativity and the capacity to be imaginative, innovative, and inventive?
Medical student finds work ethic, grit, determination from her mother
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When Lindsay Maguire was in kindergarten, her “What do you want to be when you grow up?” picture was of herself in a white coat giving a lollipop to a child and saying, “All better.”
Collaborative grant takes on brain cancer cell invasion
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Dotting the white walls of Jennifer Munson’s lab at Virginia Tech are large bright pictures of microscopic cells and fluid. Though their vibrant colors and swirling, abstract patterns may appear fascinating – even beautiful – to lab visitors, these snapshots of fluorescing tissue tell a darker story.
Scientists identify new target for developing precision treatment in malignant brain tumors
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A Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute team has identified a new therapeutic target to treat glioblastoma, the most devastating and common form of brain cancer.
Retail Apocalypse: How to survive 2018
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Last year was the first year since 2009 that we saw the total number of retail stores in the United States shrink. By the end of 2017, retailers announced more than 8,000 store closures.
EMU CJP alumni with Cooperative by Design facilitate Lexington church name change
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When R.E. Lee Memorial Episcopal Church in Lexington, Virginia, embarked on a long and difficult exploration of what it might mean to change its name, two alumni of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University walked alongside them.
Drones take off in agriculture industry
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Could the newest farmhand be a drone? Research in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech is bringing drone technology to agriculture, one of the major industries with excellent potential for growth. Specifically, drone technology is being tested with sheep at Virginia Tech.
Workshop to help cattleman control harmful toxin
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Virginia is home to more than 1.5 million head of beef cattle, and those animals are in danger of ingesting grass infected with a harmful toxin.
