Helping prevent Amazon deforestation
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Most if not all deforestation is ultimately driven by our consumption, so avoiding products and companies responsible for deforestation is the logical first step.
Search Results for research
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New UVA residence hall, Gibbons House, named for former slave couple
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William and Isabella Gibbons were husband and wife, enslaved by different professors and living in different pavilions in the mid-19th century University of Virginia.
UVA memory experts receive grant to aid caregivers of dementia patients
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A new study at the UVA Health System’s Memory and Aging Care Clinic (MACC) tests an intervention that aims to create better health and a more supportive environment for both dementia patients and their caregivers.
Richard Harris, science writer at NPR, to speak at Virginia Tech April 1
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Award-winning journalist Richard Harris, who has reported on a wide range of topics in science, medicine, and the environment since he joined National Public Radio (NPR) in 1986, will be a Virginia Tech College of Engineering Visiting Scholar on Mar. 31 and April 1.
Promising drug a ‘New Paradigm’ for treating leukemia
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Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have developed a compound that delays leukemia in mice and effectively kills leukemia cells in human tissue samples, raising hopes that the drug could lead to improved treatments in people.
Skin microbiome may hold answers to protect threatened golden frogs from lethal fungus
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A team of scientists including Virginia Tech researchers is one step closer to understanding how bacteria on a frog’s skin affects its likelihood of contracting disease.
Ken Burns Presents, Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
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On Monday, March 30, 2015, The Paramount Theater will host a live screening of the PBS film premiere, brought to you by UVA Cancer Center in partnership with WVPT Public Television, the American Cancer Society, and The Paramount Theater.
Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership advances efforts to use unmanned aircraft for utility inspections
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The first Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership at Virginia Tech test flight using a fixed-wing unmanned aircraft to inspect an energy pipeline route — with a piloted chase plane following behind to ensure safety beyond the ground observers’ sight line — was completed last week.
Secretariat’s birthplace at The Meadow named to Virginia Landmarks Register
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The Virginia Department of Historic Resources today named the birthplace of 1973 Triple Crown champion Secretariat at The Meadow to the Virginia Landmarks Register.
Distraction and teen driving: It’s worse than we thought
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The most comprehensive research ever conducted into crash videos of teen drivers has found significant evidence that distracted driving is likely much more serious a problem than previously known, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.
