Shenandoah Valley Technology Council supports science education effort
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The Shenandoah Valley Technology Council is a supporter of FIRST Lego League’s mission to engage kids in science and technology.
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Risky oil drilling off Atlantic beaches raises multiple concerns
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Opening up the Mid and South Atlantic coast to risky oil drilling is ill-advised, according to comments submitted this week to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management by 27 citizens groups regarding the government’s proposed 2017-2022 leasing of the Atlantic Coast to oil companies for drilling.
Earth Talk: Antarctica ice melt and its impact on coastlines
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Antarctica, roughly the size of the United States and Mexico combined, is composed of rock covered by glaciers some 16,000 feet thick. The glaciers form from fallen snow compacting into successive layers of ice, and they eventually move downhill toward the coasts and “calve” into the ocean as icebergs and eventually melt out into the sea.
CIT GAP Funds invests in PhosImmune
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The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) announced this week that it closed an investment in PhosImmune, a Charlottesville-based clinical-stage biotechnology company developing therapeutic cancer vaccines.
McAuliffe announces second year of VEDP Going Global Defense Initiative
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) has received grant funding for a second year of its Going Global Defense Initiative (GGDI).
Vaughn tapped to lead economic development in the City of Staunton
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Staunton City Manager Steve Owen announces the selection of William “Billy” Vaughn as director of economic development.
Bob Marshall: Appeals court decision on marriage case flies in face of Supreme Court
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The Court of Appeals refusal to deny a stay of starting so-called same sex marriages in Virginia is lacking in moral clarity, historical precedent, social benefit and authentic constitutional grounding.
Virginia marks first flight at Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership
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Governor Terry McAuliffe and Virginia legislators from across the Commonwealth celebrated the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership’s First Flight ceremony at Virginia Tech on Wednesday.
Virginia Tech drone test site is operational
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U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) applauded the announcement Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that Virginia Tech’s unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test site program is now operational.
UVA creates better way to detect causes of deadly childhood diarrhea
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Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have developed an important new diagnostic approach to determining the cause of diarrhea in the developing world, revealing a problem even more complex than previously appreciated.
