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- Study contradicts common practice of tailgating at traffic lights https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2017/11/trafficlighttailgating.html 4 comments
- Virginia Tech unveils HokieSpeed, a powerful new supercomputer for the masses http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2012/01/010512-engineering-hokiespeed.html 17 comments
- Risk-averse teens sway peers to make safer choices, finds new brain imaging study. Watching social peers making safe choices – positive peer pressure – may lead some teens to make safer choices than they would otherwise. https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2020/11/risk-averse-teens-can-sway-peers-to-make-safer-choices--new-stud.html 451 comments science
- Dopamine and serotonin are at work at sub-second speeds to shape how people perceive the world and take action. Researchers can measure the activity of dopamine and serotonin — whose receptor and uptake sites are therapeutic targets for disorders from depression to Parkinson’s disease. https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2020/10/neurochemical-fralinbiomed-1009.html 30 comments science
- In one hour, professor's surface coating inactivates virus that causes COVID-19 https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2020/07/unirel-surfacecoating.html 5 comments worldnews
- Researchers have developed a surface coating that, when painted on common objects, inactivates SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. It retains its ability to inactivate the virus after multiple rounds of being exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus or after being submerged in water for a week. https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2020/07/unirel-surfacecoating.html 25 comments science
- New study shows how common parasitic infection can cause seizures and psychiatric illness, like schizophrenia. Persistent parasitic infection causes a loss of inhibitory synapses, and they also observed that cell bodies of neurons became ensheathed by other brain cells, microglia. https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2020/04/new-study-shows-how-common-parasitic-infection-causes-seizures-a.html 27 comments science
- Paleontologists have made a remarkable discovery in China: 1 billion-year-old micro-fossils of green seaweeds that could be related to the ancestor of the earliest land plants and trees that first developed 450 million years ago. https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2020/02/science-billion_year_old_seaweed.html 12 comments science
- Paleontologists identify 1 billion-year-old green seaweed fossils that could be related to the ancestor of the earliest land plants and trees that first developed 450 million years ago. https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2020/02/science-billion_year_old_seaweed.html 3 comments science
- Virginia Tech scientists have found that in regions where oilfield wastewater disposal is widespread — and where injected water has a higher density than deep naturally occurring fluids — earthquakes are getting deeper at the same rate as the wastewater sinks. https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2019/07/science-wastewater_injections_oklahoma_earthquakes.html 46 comments science
- Virginia Tech paleontologist finds, names new 3-foot-tall relative of Tyrannosaurus rex https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2019/05/science-mini_tyrannosaurus_rex_suskityrannus_nesbitt.html 14 comments science
- Scientists used weakened salmonella bacteria as autonomous vehicles to transport anti-cancer medicine, in nanoparticle form, directly to cancer sites. In vitro and in vivo (in living mice) models showed up to 100-fold improvements in distribution and retention of nanoparticles in cancerous tissues. https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2018/12/mii-nanobeads-bacteria-based-drug-delivery-system-outperforms-conventional-methods.html 40 comments science
- Primary school students are more likely to eat a nutritional breakfast when given 10 extra minutes to do so. The number of school breakfasts consumed increased by 20% when students were given 10 extra minutes to eat in the cafeteria, and an additional 35-45 % when served inside classrooms. https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2018/08/cals-breakfast-time-study.html 9 comments science
- Working After 6 Can Really Hurt Your Relationship, A New Study Finds. https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2018/08/pamplin-employer-emailexpectations.html 45 comments science
- New research suggests sea level rise caused by man-made global warming is likely to increase the risk of devastating tsunamis. Scientists estimate that a minor rise of just 12 inches of sea level would put coastal communities in greater danger. https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2018/08/science-tsunamis_increase_climate_change.html 7 comments science
- Research shows that 'flexible work boundaries' often turn into 'work without boundaries'. Even mere expectations of work email monitoring during nonwork hours are detrimental to the health and well-being of not only employees but their family members as well. https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2018/08/pamplin-employer-emailexpectations.html 8 comments science
- New research from Virginia Tech aims to cut down on food waste – and consumer frustration – with a novel approach to creating super slippery industrial packaging. https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2018/07/super-slippery-packaging-reduces-food-waste.html 5 comments science
- The long-dormant Yellowstone super-volcano in the American West has a different history than previously thought. A new study finds "no evidence of heat coming directly up from the Earth's core to power the surface volcano at Yellowstone." https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2018/07/science-yellowstone_supervolcano_origins.html 8 comments science
- BP oil spill did $17.2 billion in damage to natural resources, scientists find in first-ever financial evaluation of spill’s impact https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2017/04/cals-bp.html 123 comments science
- Replacing just one sugary drink with water could significantly improve health https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2016/08/081016-fralin-sugarydrinks.html 95 comments science
- City birds are angrier than rural birds. Birds that live in the suburbs exhibit higher levels of territorial aggression than countryside birds. http://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2016/07/071116-fralin-citybirds.html 242 comments science
- Flint water still not safe to drink, says Virginia Tech professor http://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2016/04/engineering-flintresults.html 9 comments politics
- Engineers Discover Precise Mechanism Underlies The Sloppy Way Dogs Raise Water Into Their Mouths http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2015/12/121515-engineering-dogresearch.html 26 comments science
- Virginia Tech scientist develops model for robots with bacterial brains: Scientist used a mathematical model to demonstrate that bacteria can control the behavior of an inanimate device like a robot http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2015/07/071615-cals-bacteriabrain.html 7 comments science
- Virginia Tech researchers' discovery in alternative energy production may be breakthrough for hydrogen-fueled vehicles http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2015/04/040715-cals-hydrogen.html 5 comments science
- Talking plants? VT researcher finds plants use newly discovered language to communicate. http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2014/08/081514-cals-talkingplants.html 25 comments science
- Environmentally friendly, energy-dense sugar battery developed to power the world's gadgets. http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2014/01/012213-cals-battery.html?utm_campaign=argyle%2Bsocial-2014-01&utm_content=shaybar&utm_medium=argyle%2Bsocial&utm_source=facebook&utm_term=2014-01-22-08-15-00 6 comments science
- Why don't trees bleed to death when they get injured? http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2013/09/092013-cnre-treesinjured.html 7 comments science
- Day or night, driving while tired a leading cause of accidents. http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2013/04/041513-vtti-fatigue.html?utm_campaign=argyle%2Bsocial-2013-04&utm_content=mdonald&utm_medium=argyle%2Bsocial&utm_source=twitter&utm_term=2013-04-15-08-35-00 6 comments science
- Breakthrough in hydrogen fuel production could revolutionize alternative energy market. http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2013/04/040413-cals-hydrogen.html?utm_campaign=argyle%2Bsocial-2013-04&utm_content=shaybar&utm_medium=argyle%2Bsocial&utm_source=twitter&utm_term=2013-04-04-08-30-00 1213 comments science
- L-Beam Energy Harvester doubles electrical output http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2008&itemno=691 3 comments science