
Researchers repurpose pantry staple to fight mosquitoes
Most people know cornstarch can be used for cooking, as a stain remover and as a deodorizer. Now they can add insect repellant to cornstarch’s expansive list of applications.

Most people know cornstarch can be used for cooking, as a stain remover and as a deodorizer. Now they can add insect repellant to cornstarch’s expansive list of applications.

The Petersburg Healthy Options Partnerships project and community partners in the City of Petersburg have coordinated efforts to feed families and improve access to healthy food in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This year marks 250 years since the philosopher G. W. F. Hegel was born in 1770 in Stuttgart, Germany.

Don’t pity this year’s crop of graduates because this COVID-19 pandemic caused them to miss out on the antics of their senior year and the pomp and circumstance of graduation.

Microsoft will invest $64 million to establish a new software development and R&D regional hub in Fairfax County, which will create 1,500 new jobs.

The Sierra Club Virginia Chapter has released its annual legislative scorecard, a standardized scoring of legislators’ votes related to protecting Virginia’s environment, ensuring fair and equitable energy policies, and adopting climate solutions.

No one is happy about the havoc the coronavirus has wreaked, but one bright side has been the reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that occurred.

The Molecular Sciences Software Institute has launched an open-source website that will allow biomolecular scientists from around the world to share computer-aided drug-testing simulations targeting the protein at the center of COVID-19.

When you’re expecting a baby, it’s easy to get over-excited (because well, why wouldn’t you?) and buy endless amounts of stuff to spoil your little one.

Consumers benefit from the quality and bounty of gene-edited foods, a technology with roots that stretch thousands of years into the past.
AFP will break down local, Virginia and national races in the battle for the control of Congress Tuesday night.