
VCU researchers use text messages to reduce teen smoking
Motivational text messages could encourage teens to stop smoking, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Motivational text messages could encourage teens to stop smoking, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University.

The University of Virginia’s Applied Research Institute has signed an agreement with the Navy Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division to support a variety of research efforts, including work in the area of cyber security and big data analytics.

The Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute kicks off its first heart school this month and the public is invited to learn more about heart development and cardiovascular research during four free sessions.

Carolyn Stauffer has spent much of her life and career listening to women on three continents tell of violence and abuse in their lives.

Linsey Marr, a professor in the Charles E. Via Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech, is obsessed with flu transmission.

Neutrinos, subatomic remnants of the early universe, are high-energy particles that pass at nearly the speed of light through everything – our planet, our bodies – while rarely interacting with other matter.

Trust is an important driver of collaboration, conflict resolution, and enhanced group performance in the business world as well as in the management of natural resources.

A researcher in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech has received a $150,000 USDA grant to overcome weaknesses of current vaccines against an economically important swine disease.

A VCU professor has received a five-year, $505,000 award from the National Science Foundation to make lithium-ion batteries — which power electric vehicles and portable electronic devices — far more efficient, sustainable and environmentally friendly.

Changes in drinking water quality in the 21st century are coming from a myriad of circumstances, and not all are for the best.
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