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If oxygen was a driver of the early evolution of animals, only a slight bump in oxygen levels facilitated it, according to a multi-institutional research team that includes a Virginia Tech geoscientist.
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Sustainable agriculture is about conserving resources. Mike Phillips, a Rockingham County beef cattle farmer and field technician for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, said he believes sustainable agriculture is not only about maintaining one’s resources, but also improving them—especially the soil.
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In a well-lit laboratory on the southwest side of campus, Virginia Tech undergraduate Kimberly Soto-Alvarado focused a high-resolution microscope on a bright orange liquid in a small clear flask.
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Albemarle County released the results of its 2015 Citizen Survey which indicates that citizens continue to rate overall quality of life in the County very high.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the availability of loans to build broadband in rural areas.
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The Washington and Lee University poverty studies program and VMI will host a symposium addressing the relationship between food and childhood health on Sunday on the two campuses in Lexington.
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Right now, in a galaxy right here, stars are changing their orbits. Scientists from the University of Virginia and other schools, working with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, have created a new map of the Milky Way and determined that 30 percent of stars have dramatically changed their orbits.
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Forbes has again named the University of Virginia the nation’s No. 2 public university in its annual ranking of America’s Top Colleges, released Wednesday.
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Strange rings of DNA that exist outside chromosomes are distinct to the cell types that mistakenly produced them, researchers have discovered. The finding raises the tantalizing possibility that the rings could be used as an indicator of different types of cancer.
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According to an American Wind Energy Association announcement last year the United States has more wind energy supplying its grid than any other country, enough to power 15.5 million American homes.
