Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have discovered a biological clue that could help explain why some drinkers develop a dependence on alcohol and others do not.
Life science researchers at Virginia Tech have accelerated a game-changing technology that’s being used to study one of the planet’s most lethal disease-carrying animals.
Young adults who were raised in educated households develop higher cognitive ability than those who were brought up in less ideal environments, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Virginia and Lund University in Sweden.
Virginia Tech will be able to begin research on growing industrial hemp in the commonwealth as a result of a new state law and the establishment of an industrial hemp research program by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Whether it’s crossing disciplines, breaking down silos or thinking outside the box, everyone’s talking about boundary spanning as the key to solving the world’s toughest problems.
Scott Gronert, Ph.D., a chemistry professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholar award to work with researchers in France on a new process that could help surgeons more accurately remove cancerous cells.
With 86 billion neurons and more than 100 trillion synapses in your brain continuously passing information up to 200 miles an hour, your brain is right to believe it’s your most important organ.
With the advent of cloud computing, users worldwide are provided huge data storage that can be accessed and shared from anywhere using laptops, smart phones, tablets, and other devices.
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have identified a protein complex that is essential for formation of the sperm tail — findings that could lead to novel approaches to male contraception and clarify some of the unknown factors that contribute to male infertility.
The field of neuroscience was still in its infancy when Michael Friedlander and his colleagues brainstormed a new experimental approach to examine how temperature change affects the entirety of a living organism.
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