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The Department of Defense has awarded Virginia Tech researchers $3.8 million in support of the Office of Naval Research’s Manufacturing Engineering Education Program.
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Virginia Tech researchers David Schmale, Shane Ross, and Hosein Foroutan recently received a $500,000 USDA grant to study the transport of pollen from genetically engineered switchgrass and hemp using drones and mathematical models.
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When Mike Zhang heard the story of a mother whose son died of an opioid overdose just one month after the teenager’s introduction to the drug at a party, the Virginia Tech researcher wanted to help.
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A Virginia Tech research team recently uncovered conclusive details about the roles Facebook, Google, and the Federal Election Commission played in digital advertising around the U.S. presidential election of 2016.
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Virginia Tech researchers discovered that wheat plants “sneezing” off condensation can vastly impact the spread of spore-borne diseases.
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This past fall, Virginia Tech researcher Bryan Brown took to the rushing waters of the New River on kayak for 17 days to conduct an invasive crayfish species assessment.
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Two Virginia Tech researchers are working on the first-ever formal sensory study on the aging characteristics of American whiskeys in hopes of informing whiskey recipe development and aiding distillers in fine-tuning their aging processes.
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Virginia Tech researcher, Meryl Mims, is the co-principal investigator on one of the first large-scale coordinated ecology research projects to study what happens to streams as they dry across the United States.
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Farmers in Vietnam face unwelcome pests and chemical residues at harvest time, but Virginia Tech researchers are helping them to safely battle the bugs and pesticides.
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Young entrepreneurs from around the world gathered to compete and display their product concepts and business ideas to judges, investors, mentors, and other entrepreneurs during the TiE Young Entrepreneurs Global Summit at the Virginia Tech Research Center — Arlington.
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