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Parasitic plant researcher Jim Westwood is one of eight researchers selected for funding by a new $14 million National Science Foundation grant.
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A team of researchers discovered that deep portions of Earth’s mantle might be as hot as they were more than 2.5 billion years ago.
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A Virginia Tech researcher says Facebook is a vital tool against corruption in countries where press freedom is curbed or banned.
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If diagnosed today, a glioblastoma brain cancer patient has on average a year to live.
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Mobile phones have increasingly become the repository for the details that drive our everyday lives.
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Virginia Tech researchers use texting to boost international development.
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Take a deep breath. The air you’re breathing is home to tiny microbes that ride currents like molecular trapeze artists.
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Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have discovered that observing fear in others may change how information flows in the brain.
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Cory Papenfuss, a researcher in the Vibrations and Acoustics Laboratories at Virginia Tech, died as a result of injuries sustained in a plane crash Jan. 4.
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New LED lights that are being installed in milk display cases across the country do more than just reduce energy bills — they also help milk taste better.
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