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- Researcher finds a new method for recycling polystyrene https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2022/08/one-industrys-trash-polystyrene.html 54 comments
- Researchers are pulling movements out of microfilm with digital history https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2021/07/eng-historians-and-computer-scientists-harness-virtual-reality-and-ai.html 11 comments
- Circadian rhythm gene in mice discovered https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2021/06/science-circadian_rhythm_body_clock_kojima.html 7 comments
- New research finds mechanism (protein K-63) that regulates PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) in the female brain https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2023/05/cals-research-ptsd-protein.html 3 comments science
- Nitrate limitation in early Neoproterozoic oceans delayed the ecological rise of eukaryotes https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/flsi-eukaryotic-cells-junayo-kang.html 4 comments science
- Geobiologists shine new light on Earth’s first known mass extinction event 550 million years ago - A new study traces the cause of the first known mass extinction to decreased global oxygen availability, leading to the loss of a majority of animals present near the end of the Ediacaran Period https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2022/11/science-ediacaran_first_mass_extinction_event_scott_evans.html 16 comments science
- An international team of paleontologists led by Virginia Tech has discovered and named a new, early dinosaur https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2022/09/science-mbiresaurus_raathi_zimbabwe_geosciences.html 2 comments science
- Chemotherapy to treat breast cancer may aid in its spread, Virginia Tech scientists find https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2022/07/chemotherapy-to-treat-breast-cancer-may-aid-in-its-spread--virgi.html 4 comments science
- Researches have developed an octopus-inspired glove capable of securely gripping objects underwater. The design was created to perform the same function as the sucker of an octopus, with an array of micro-LIDAR optical proximity sensors that detect how close an object is https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2022/07/eng-bartlett-octaglove.html 10 comments science
- New study finds a vicious cycle of oxygen loss is threatening water quality in lakes https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2022/05/science-freshwater_lakes_losing_oxygen.html 5 comments science
- Estimates of the carbon cycle - vital to predicting climate change - are incorrect, Virginia Tech researchers show https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2022/03/cals-carbon-cycle.html 12 comments science
- New study of Yellowstone National Park shines new light on once hidden details of the famous American landmark https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2022/03/science-yellowstone_hydrothermal_study_holbrook.html 2 comments science
- Researchers discover the first instance of living organisms producing elemental carbon https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2021/11/fralinlifesci-microorganism-elemental-carbon-discovery.html 16 comments science