Pesticides used to help bees may actually harm them
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Pesticides beekeepers are using to improve honeybee health may actually be harming the bees by damaging the bacteria communities in their guts.
Search Results for Virginia Tech research
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Expectations for employees to check email after hours can cause burnout
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Employer expectations that emails will be monitored and responded to during nonwork hours are the main reason employees are unable to disconnect from the workplace, new research finds.
Fulbright scholar headed to Tanzania to study improvements to solid waste practices
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Kris Wernstedt, an associate professor in Virginia Tech’s School of Public and International Affairs, heads back to Africa — this time to Tanzania.
McAuliffe announces 16th annual School and Campus Safety Training Forum
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Educators and law enforcement officials will convene in Hampton on August 1 for the 16th annual School and Campus Safety Training Forum.
Mark Warner applauds administration announcement on drones
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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner applauded the new steps put forward to promote the safe integration and innovation adoption of unmanned aircraft systems across the United States.
Tim Kaine addresses Richmond rally
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine rallied thousands of Virginians in Richmond as he returned home from the Democratic National Convention and a three-day jobs tour across Pennsylvania and Ohio with Hillary Clinton.
McAuliffe announces workforce grant program
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Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced the launch of a new grant program designed to ensure that workforce credentials are accessible and affordable.
McAuliffe announces major new exports to China for Frondita Biogroup
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Richmond-based Frondita Biogroup made new export sales to China as a result of its participation in the China Animal Husbandry Expo in May.
New molecular mechanism suggests that people with obesity or insulin resistance may more easily accumulate fat
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A team of researchers led by a Virginia Tech nutrition scientist discovered a molecular mechanism behind fat cell growth and expansion.
Task force calls for community action to combat addiction epidemic
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More people die of drug overdoses than car accidents. There’s a nationwide opioid and heroin epidemic, and it’s in our own backyard.
