Oct. 1-5 is Virginia Farm-to-School Week
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The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services encourarges everyone in the commonwealth to celebrate Virginia Farm-to-School Week, October 1-5.
Search Results for research
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UVA School of Medicine neuroscientist receives prestigious NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
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A UVA School of Medicine neuroscientist who is transforming our understanding of the brain’s relationship to the immune system has been awarded the prestigious Director’s Pioneer Award from the National Institutes of Health.
Coworking: The biggest new trend for startups? Here’s why
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What is coworking? It’s a working environment that is shared by individuals and companies, and is valuable for startups because of its small-scale and short-term nature.
2018 Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign in full swing
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The 2018 Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign (CVC) is in full swing, raising over $30,000 in just a few days.
4 aviation technologies currently in development
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The aviation industry spends big bucks in research and development every year. The goal is to make flights safer, affordable and more efficient. Moreover, it helps reduce their operating costs while avoiding terrible accidents.
Harmful algae bloom still issue in Lake Anna area
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Locations within Lake Anna in Orange, Louisa and Spotsylvania counties continue to experience a harmful algae bloom (HAB).
Team discovers sleep cycle gene connection to brain cancer known as glioblastoma
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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.
Busy October at Shenandoah Valley Art Center
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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.
Historian talks Story of the Shenandoah Valley
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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.
Sea urchins may be key to developing lightweight engineered cellular materials
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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.
