Pride and hope for rural schoolchildren: Virginia Tech researcher on a mission to flip narratives
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Negative depictions of life in rural America can shake the confidence of promising young people.
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Fralin Undergraduate Research Fellow conducts meta-analysis on studies about pain
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You may have heard of the question: “How would you rate your pain on a scale of one to 10?”
How has market research evolved over time?
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Market research, when done right, can solve business issues and point the correct direction that needs to be taken. With technology in this current digital era, this industry is gearing up to make its upcoming big boom.
VCU, Penn State researchers shed light on racial, economic segregation in Virginia schools
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A pair of new reports explores the contours of school segregation by race and poverty in Virginia over the past decade and reveals how students do not have equal access to higher-level coursework.
UVA research: More than 25 percent of infants not getting common vaccinations
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More than a quarter of American infants in 2018 had not received common childhood vaccines that protect them from illnesses such as polio, tetanus, measles and chicken pox
Bipartisan coalition introduces bill to spur water research innovation
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Rob Wittman (R-VA-01), Josh Harder (D-CA-10) and Grace Napolitano (D-CA-32 introduced the bipartisan Water Resources Research Amendments Act last week.
Researchers collect data from water utilities for insights on the health of the nation’s pipelines
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A team of researchers has compiled and analyzed data from more than 500 U.S. water utilities and 100 federal facilities to provide a fuller picture of the health of the country’s pipeline infrastructure systems.
Autism develops differently in girls than boys, new research suggests
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New research has shed light on how autism-spectrum disorder manifests in the brains of girls, prompting the scientists to warn that conclusions drawn from studies conducted primarily in boys should not be assumed to hold true for girls.
Commonwealth Cyber Initiative funds research for autonomous cars
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Commonwealth Cyber Initiative researchers are taking to the busy streets of Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C., to test sensors and cameras that they have installed to simulate a self-driving car.
Researchers mark National Autism Awareness Month
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Last spring, the COVID-19 pandemic parked the Mobile Autism Clinic that a small group of Virginia Tech faculty and graduate students had been using to provide services and support to families of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
