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Scientists with the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute say a gene involved in the body’s sleep cycle is a potential target for therapies to help patients with a deadly form of brain cancer known as glioblastoma.
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The Shenandoah Valley Art Center, during the month of October, is exhibiting in the Cabell/Arehart Gallery artists from BozART, a gallery originally established in 1995 and located in Charlottesville on the Downtown Mall.
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Activist, historian and author Deirdre Sinnott presented “A Story of the Shenandoah Valley: The 1836 Escape, Arrest, and Rescue of George and Harry Bird” for the Shenandoah County Historical Society’s quarterly meeting at St. Paul’s Heritage Center in Edinburg on Sept. 18.
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In the ongoing search for strong, lightweight materials, researchers are looking at sea urchins, which have spines made of chalk, and are generally brittle.
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As Robin White and her Virginia Tech colleagues drove from the Nairobi airport to meet their new collaborators in Kenya for the first time, her training as an animal and poultry science researcher kicked in.
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Plastic in the ocean is a big problem that first came to widespread public attention in the late 1980s when mariners began sharing reports of what turned out to be a 1.6 million square kilometer garbage patch floating in the middle of the North Pacific.
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Patients undergoing cancer treatment confront a number of well-documented side effects. Chemotherapy and other cancer therapies can wreak havoc on the taste buds and olfactory senses.
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The Wayne Theatre presents Ghost Tours on three consecutive Saturday nights in October. The theatre has partnered with Black Raven Paranormal of Staunton to present the tours on October 13, 20 and 27, at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. each night.
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Drive Smart Virginia wants drivers to get behind the wheel distraction-free. That was the message at the sixth annual Distracted Driving Summit, which was held Sept. 19 and 20 in Richmond.
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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) applauded passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) through 2023.
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