
Pioneering artificial pancreas to undergo final tests
Trials examining how the artificial pancreas works in real-life settings could lead the FDA to approve the device for use by people with type 1 diabetes.

Trials examining how the artificial pancreas works in real-life settings could lead the FDA to approve the device for use by people with type 1 diabetes.

Virginia Tech graduate student Kayla Sykes of Richmond tested an in-vehicle application with the potential to improve driver safety and save time.

Surprisingly, Congress’s $680 billion holiday-season tax deal will bring some cheer to working families and not just to big corporations this year.

Governor McAuliffe received final policy recommendations from the Commission on Integrity and Public Confidence in State Government.

The Virginia Tech School of Architecture + Design’s Center for Design Research demonstrated the future of making things at this year’s international Autodesk University in Las Vegas.

John David, assistant professor of applied mathematics at VMI, received an Outstanding Faculty Award by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

Eastern Mennonite University professor David Glanzer enjoys building things. He has built a kayak, a small sailboat, even a house.

The Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology is preparing to send an amateur radio transponder into a geosynchronous orbit in 2017.

The Center for International Education at Washington and Lee will hold a Winter 2016 Global Fellows Seminar: Tradition and Change in the Middle East.

Any legislation to identify foods that contain genetically modified organisms belongs in Washington, not Richmond, say Farm Bureau members across Virginia.
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