
Virginia Tech research team fights the spread of damaging invasive pests
The relentless march of pests inspired a team of Virginia Tech researchers to apply new methods of modeling and simulation.

The relentless march of pests inspired a team of Virginia Tech researchers to apply new methods of modeling and simulation.

A team of researchers at Virginia Tech has sequenced the Y chromosome in a family of malaria-spreading mosquitoes.

An international team has discovered that an abnormal amount of chromosomes may be why certain cancers resist medical treatment.

Researchers with Virginia Tech’s College of Science have helped Japan’s SuperKEKB particle accelerators achieve its “first turns.”

Many patients choose to end treatment early and risk the return of their cancer rather than suffer such a dramatic detriment to their quality of life.

About five years ago the brown marmorated stink bug migrated into Northern Virginia and began damaging the apple crop and other produce.

Virginia Tech researchers are working with partners in a $1 million pilot project to recover rare earth elements from coal.

Scott Barge has accepted an appointment as Eastern Mennonite University’s next director of institutional research and effectiveness.

Registration is open for Virginia Military Institute’s 27th annual Environment Virginia Symposium, which will feature a talk by Gov. Terry McAuliffe.

Aquatic life can suffer when high concentrations of dissolved salts enter freshwater ecosystems, a process known as salinization.
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