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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Alex Krist, M.D., associate professor of family medicine and population health at VCU, today was appointed to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
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Compensation for senior corporate executives typically includes shares of the company’s stock in addition to base salary, bonuses, and various benefits and perks.
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Bob McDonnell is about to pull two years of hard time in a federal prison for accepting loans and gifts from a political benefactor.
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Chang-Tien Lu, an associate professor of computer science in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, has been awarded a $300,000 subcontract from the United States Army Research Office and United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center to develop an automated tool to make sense of data captured in news articles, tweets, images, and audio and video streams.
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Sometimes, good health might be all about the fluids. In the human body, the channels that fluids take as they migrate through tissues can impact a person’s health. Abnormal fluid flow can help account for the development or progression of diseases, such as cancer.
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