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11/24/09 Technology developed by Virginia Tech's Arun Phadke is focus of new work on power grid 09881
11/24/09 Control of blood clotting by platelets described; provides medical promise 09876
11/18/09 Mining engineering department to lead $1.24M underground mine ventilation study 09877
11/16/09 Second finalist for founding director of the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute to present 09869
11/16/09 College of Engineering's Naren Ramakrishnan named Distinguished Scientist 09836
11/03/09 Researchers, collaborators receive award from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for occupational safety, health in construction 09820
10/22/09 Widely-used virus assay shown unreliable when compared to other methods 09777
10/21/09 Meng named to prestigious National Institutes of Health study section 09784
10/21/09 Green practices and hotels: a gap in consumer attitudes and behavior 09800
10/20/09 Chemist receives prestigious National Institutes of Health grant for innovative genetic drug research 09785
10/15/09 Garner to lead Virginia Tech's Virginia Bioinformatics Institute 09790
10/15/09 Virginia Tech remained in the top 50 in research expenditures in 2008 09764
10/15/09 Dennis Hong honored among Popular Science's Brilliant 10 of 2009 09779
10/13/09 Office of International Research, Education, and Development garners $30 million from U.S. Agency for International Development for two global projects 09766
10/13/09 Researcher wins National Science Foundation CAREER award to study global engineering work 09750
10/12/09 Researcher for Virginia Tech program wins Nobel Prize 09789
10/12/09 New phase of high school-university research partnership funded by National Institutes of Health 09761
10/12/09 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute receives $27 million award from National Institutes of Health to support infectious disease research 09787
10/09/09 Novel polymer delivers genetic medicine, allows tracking 09769
10/06/09 National Science Foundation funds systems biology study of crop drought responses 09749
10/01/09 Six graduate students named 2009 Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science Doctoral Scholars 09718
09/29/09 Life Science Forum showcases regional research, new companies 09732
09/29/09 Virginia Tech University Libraries acquires Carter-Cash family music collection 09720
09/28/09 Researcher looks for answers about unique disease-resistant gene 09707
09/24/09 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute awards Transdisciplinary Team Science 09701
09/23/09 College of Engineering team to design and study liver mimics 09699
09/18/09 University biomedical engineering team to study knee ligament sprains 09682
09/17/09 International panel to address state, local efforts to increase energy security, sustainability 09712
09/15/09 University scientist plays key role in saving the livelihoods of papaya farmers in Sri Lanka 09675
09/15/09 Yue Joseph Wang named Grant A. Dove Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering 09673
09/14/09 Danesh K. Tafti named William S. Cross Professor of Engineering 09672
09/14/09 Virginia Tech Transportation Institute Center for Injury Biomechanics Crash Sled Lab now open 09696
09/10/09 New book relates how change is inevitable, but can be controlled to improve quality of life 09649
09/09/09 Researchers evaluate resistance training for diabetes prevention 09628
09/03/09 National Science Foundation awards Space@VT $2 million to improve space weather understanding 09627
08/31/09 Geobiologists propose that the earliest complex organisms fed by absorbing ocean buffet 09625
08/28/09 Virginia Tech summer research magazine covers health, evolution, economy 09624
08/27/09 Virginia Tech research funded by Recovery Act exceeds $20 million, and growing 09630
08/24/09 Fralin Life Science Institute summer fellows research topics like infectious disease 09603
08/20/09 Veterinary college's professor of immunology surpasses 500 in citation index 09600
08/20/09 Thomas Campbell named associate director for special projects for Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science 09595
08/19/09 Virginia Tech, Navy center sign cooperative research and development agreement 09601
08/18/09 Patrick Phipps named American Phytopathological Society Fellow 09596
08/14/09 Engineering student John Pagliaro selected as national lab research associate 09584
08/10/09 Five faculty members named American Chemical Society Fellows 09580
08/03/09 University awarded scholarship program to support non-traditional graduate students 09566
07/29/09 New data from Virginia Tech Transportation Institute provides insight into cell phone use and driving distraction 09571
07/27/09 University research symposium to showcase summer undergraduate research efforts 09564
07/27/09 Research funded by Recovery Act benefits local economy, builds nation's capacity for innovation 09560
07/21/09 Summer research program focuses on diversity, science of human computer interaction 09547
07/20/09 Engineering professor Leigh McCue-Weil receives prestigious Office of Naval Research Presidential Award 09544
07/20/09 Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute receives certification from State Council of Higher Education for Virginia 09552
07/17/09 Mark Greenawald named founding chair of Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute's Department of Family Medicine 09546
07/17/09 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute researchers present systems biology as a clinical approach to cancer 09541
07/15/09 Blind can take wheel with vehicle designed by university engineering design team 09542
07/09/09 Team led by Virginia Tech associate professor solves mystery of bat with an extraordinary nose 09525
07/07/09 Remote-control closed system invented for inserting radioactive atoms inside fullerenes 09521
06/30/09 Doug Nelson receives third National Science Foundation faculty advisor award 09501
06/29/09 Six new Virginia Tech Carilion research projects address infectious disease, develop medical technology 09513
06/24/09 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute scientists sequence genome of the nitrogen-fixing, soil-living bacterium 09500
06/22/09 New Virginia Cooperative Extension website connects citizens with research-based knowledge 09484
06/18/09 Powe Award supports infectious disease research 09494
06/18/09 Powe Award supports development of more robust thermoelectric materials 09493
06/16/09 National Science Foundation supports Virginia Tech engineer in efforts to improve public school infrastructure 09487
06/15/09 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute researchers develop new method for breast cancer biomarker discovery 09490
06/03/09 Doctor of Medicine program at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine granted preliminary accreditation status 09475
05/28/09 Glass-based seal for solid oxide fuel cells could help bring this efficient energy technology to market 09443
05/27/09 Students make own biodiesel derived from waste vegetable oil to fuel vehicles 09440
05/26/09 Excellent student research rewarded with travel support 09438
05/12/09 College of Natural Resources graduate student receives two national research awards 09416
05/12/09 Virginia Tech, Wake Forest University collaboration generates a systems biology map of iron metabolism 09393
05/11/09 Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory develops a low cost, dexterous robotic hand operated by compressed air 09392
05/06/09 University virologist developing more potent vaccine technology with applicability to many viruses 09394
04/30/09 New partnership between Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and Center for Injury Biomechanics receives first research grant 09360
04/28/09 Food Science Team invents easy-to-use meat seasoning 09317
04/24/09 Terry Herdman joins Oak Ridge Associated Universities board of directors 09333
04/23/09 Graduate student awarded National Science Foundation fellowship 09330
04/23/09 Associate professor helps lay groundwork for pending study linking deli-cut meats to deadly listeriosis infection 09237
04/22/09 College of Natural Resources graduate student receives Rachel Carson award for scientific excellence 09321
04/17/09 Office of Research funds five students selected by Sigma Xi 09305
04/14/09 Grants awarded for community-based energy research 09278
04/13/09 National Institutes of Health funds development of resistance-breaking insecticides to reduce malaria transmission 09265
04/08/09 Materials science and engineering graduate student wins Los Alamos Fellowship 09248
04/07/09 Marketing graduate student wins national research award 09257
04/07/09 Virginia Tech, Wake Forest study points to ways to improve cancer therapy 09247
03/27/09 Australian university delegation visits Virginia Bioinformatics Institute to discuss collaboration 09216
03/26/09 Assistant professor wins NSF CAREER award to support next-generation cloud applications 09186
03/25/09 Polymer materials conference features medical, energy, nanoscale applications 09205
03/24/09 Coenzyme rare to bacteria critical to Mycobacterium turberculosis survival 09214
03/24/09 Veterinary medicine professor and Chilean students partner to find treatment for equine heaves and human asthma 09165
03/23/09 National Medal for Technology and Innovation recipient to speak on campus 09211
03/19/09 Energy efficiency could create tens of thousands of jobs 09199
03/16/09 Six undergraduate researcher projects selected for ACC Meeting of the Minds 09158
03/10/09 Light turning the corner: Holey fiber solves last-mile issues 09153
03/05/09 Virginia Tech Carilion launches five new research projects 09151
03/02/09 Chemistry professor wins National Science Foundation CAREER Award for analysis of advanced fuel cell polymers 09142
02/24/09 New models question old assumptions about how many molecules it takes to control cell division 09135
02/23/09 Special issue of microbiology journal spotlights standardized language for describing microbes 09124
02/23/09 Sobral to step down as director of Virginia Bioinformatics Institute 09127
02/18/09 Virginia Tech teams with Wright State, Air Force to design future aerospace vehicles 09106
02/17/09 Engineers speed up technology transfer with innovative intellectual property process 09008
02/17/09 Veterinary college researchers work to protect people from deadly effects of nerve gases 09097
02/16/09 Puget Sound Tech Universe map depicts results of professor's study on history of high tech companies in Seattle 09085
02/16/09 Enzyme cocktail converts cellulosic materials, water into hydrogen fuel 09103
02/13/09 Saifur Rahman appointed to one-year term on advisory committee to review National Science Foundation investments 09091
02/13/09 Alumnus Thomas Rondeau wins distinguished dissertation award 09083
02/12/09 University engineers investigate energy independent monitoring system for bridges 09077
02/11/09 Engineers move toward a better understanding of space weather conditions that affect our lives 09070
02/11/09 Virginia Tech research expenditures grow 09082
02/09/09 New coal dewatering technology turns sludge to powder 09088
02/09/09 AstraZeneca licenses novel antidepressant compounds discovered by Mayo Clinic, Virginia Tech collaboration 09089
01/29/09 Professor highlights failing U.S. water infrastructure in national press briefing 09056
01/27/09 Hospitality and tourism department members receive national awards 09046
01/26/09 NAACP history, preparing for flu pandemic among stories in winter Virginia Tech Research magazine 09036
01/23/09 Jay Mancini named Oak Ridge Associated Universities research institute featured researcher 09032
01/22/09 University researchers collaborate with Virginia Department of Emergency Management to develop statewide hazard mitigation plan 09035
01/20/09 Architecture program ranked as world-class with Harvard, Yale, and Columbia 09006
01/09/09 College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences' Mary Alice Barksdale awarded Fulbright to South Africa 09015
01/06/09 Researcher shows plumbing materials may taint your tap water 09004
01/05/09 Lunar rock-like material may someday house moon colonies 09002
12/29/08 Ted Oyama receives Alumni Award for Research Excellence 08821
12/29/08 John Browder receives Alumni Award for Excellence in International Research 08820
12/29/08 X.J Meng receives Alumni Award for Research Excellence 08815
12/23/08 Research team reports how, when life on earth became so big 08808
12/19/08 Engineering professor wins $100,000 Air Force Young Investigator Award 08787
12/11/08 Financial system rescue package necessary; but think twice about politicians running auto industry 08796
12/09/08 Reinhard Laubenbacher appointed Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics' vice president for science policy 08782
12/08/08 Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research directs project to test carbon capture sites 08775
12/05/08 Two venture firms invest in university faculty member green information technology invention 08762
12/02/08 University researchers discover how mosquitoes avoid succumbing to viruses they transmit 08759
12/01/08 Glacial erosion changes internal mountain structure, responses to plate tectonics 08739
11/26/08 Science forum brings business people, university researchers together 08751
11/21/08 Researchers awarded $2.4 million to engage females in information technology careers 08734
11/20/08 Research consortium to sequence turkey genome 08743
11/19/08 Virginia Tech, Wake Forest Biomedical team obtains $4.9 million for trauma research 08696
11/18/08 University partners with Apple and Mellanox for energy efficient 22.8 TFlop supercomputer 08732
11/17/08 Patent issued for a novel anti-malaria target 08705
11/13/08 Materials medicine advances human health, offers business opportunities 08685
11/12/08 Nationally recognized biomedical scientist to provide keynote address during veterinary college's 20th annual research symposium 08692
11/12/08 Invention controls weavers of nanoscale biomaterials 08680
11/11/08 L-Beam Energy Harvester doubles electrical output 08678
11/11/08 Grant to study self-efficacy and the retention of female undergraduate engineering students received by university 08684
11/11/08 2008 Outstanding Performance in a Lab Award winners announced 08687
11/10/08 Bare bones of crystal growth: Biomolecules enhance metal contents in calcite 08674
11/06/08 Business professor awarded grant to research computer language's lack of popularity 08670
11/03/08 University shows the world how to burn cleaner coal and reduce emissions 08648
10/31/08 University engineers identify conditions that initiate erosion 08653
10/29/08 Students' ingenuity world renowned for designs of ground to aerial robotics 08645
10/27/08 Mid-Atlantic research networks collaborate to boost access 08647
10/23/08 University inventions to be featured at Mid-Atlantic Innovation Showcase 08637
10/22/08 Toal to study secessionist regions in Eurasia; research critical to future of relations between United States and Russia 08630
10/21/08 University announces energy initiatives 08624
10/15/08 University launches nutritional intervention business 08613
10/15/08 Green invention wins IP-to-market competition 08617
10/13/08 Professor awarded grant to research ways to create resilient and sustainable electric power and communications infrastructures 08602
10/10/08 Virginia Tech hosts Society of Environmental Journalists conference Oct. 15-19 08605
10/09/08 Invasive papaya pest discovered by Virginia Tech team in Asia 08598
10/06/08 NSF Fellow researches social networks to manage personal information 08594
09/29/08 National Science Foundation awards $1,000,000 to develop an artificial market for dynamic spectrum sharing in wireless networks 08580
09/25/08 Researchers raise uncomfortable questions by showing how GPS navigation devices can be duped 08568
09/25/08 Key protein molecule linked to diverse human chronic inflammatory diseases 08563
09/24/08 University researcher confirms stress associated with assisting older parents 08548
09/23/08 Researchers invent world's smallest antenna for ultra-wideband communications 08550
09/17/08 Virginia Tech Research magazine features environmental research 08544
09/15/08 Marie C. Paretti earns National Science Foundation CAREER award for investigating capstone experiences 08545
09/12/08 Carbon molecule with a charge could be tomorrow's semiconductor 08539
09/11/08 Wireless technologies used today are based on decades of work at Virginia Tech 08529
09/09/08 Innate immune system targets asthma-linked fungus for destruction 08527
09/09/08 Nakhiah Goulbourne earns National Science Foundation CAREER award to research heart stent sensors 08523
09/05/08 Undergraduate creates a research journal 08520
09/03/08 Multi-university, interdisciplinary engineering ethics curriculum developed 08517
08/27/08 University rises 12 places in National Science Foundation ranking based on 2007 research expenditures 08506
08/25/08 University establishes new Fralin Life Science Institute 08486
08/22/08 Researcher converts biodiesel byproduct into omega-3 fatty acids 08482
08/21/08 VT KnowledgeWorks launches business acceleration center extension 08479
07/28/08 Mahajan, Dean to lead Virginia Tech Carilion Medical Research Institute 08453
07/22/08 Sixth engineering professor earns National Science Foundation CAREER Award 08452
07/14/08 Student team debuts decadent, convenient banana dessert at New Orleans food expo 08441
07/08/08 New insight to demineralization: Scientists demonstrate amorphous silica dissolves by pathway similar to crystals 08439
07/03/08 Virginia Tech, U.S. Department of Energy, Russians, collaborators study rare microorganism that produces hydrogen 08434
07/01/08 Researchers use supercomputer to track pathways in myoglobin 08423
06/24/08 Biofuel processes to be developed by French biotechnology company, Biomethodes 08409
06/20/08 Supercomputer explores biochemical landscape to find memory switches 08403
06/17/08 Researchers witness assembly of molecules critical to protein function 08394
06/10/08 Professor receives award for molecular plant pathology research excellence 08378
06/04/08 Researchers find human virus in chimpanzees 08379
06/02/08 Economist shows how free trade agreement helped U.S. farmers increase exports to neighbors 08369
05/28/08 Shukla receives Humboldt Foundation award 08358
05/23/08 Computer Science announces call for participation in the Green500 List 08364
05/22/08 Corporate Research Center's Joe Meredith receives business leadership award 08352
05/21/08 Madagascar carnivores are focus of National Science Foundation-funded student research 08335
05/12/08 Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment announces 2008 Summer Scholars 08323
05/09/08 Scientists reveal evolutionary intricacies of Rickettsia pathogens 08322
05/09/08 Elusive protein protects malaria parasite from heme 08313
05/08/08 Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science names associate director for research 08297
05/05/08 Kathy Lu receives national ceramic engineering award 08281
05/02/08 Researchers identify plant immunity suppressing pathogen virulence proteins 08283
04/29/08 Preventing capsizing and other ship instability risks is the goal of Virginia Tech researcher 08284
04/28/08 Inexpensive roof vent could prevent billions of dollars in wind damage 08265
04/24/08 Doctoral student wins Mortimer A. Dittenhofer Dissertation Research Award 08229
04/24/08 Tomato pathogen genome may offer clues about bacterial evolution at the dawn of agriculture 08233
04/23/08 Probing the complexities of climate and other chaotic systems is the goal of CAREER project 08231
04/22/08 Study examines amount of water needed to produce various types of energy 08251
04/17/08 Communicators take nine Virginia Press Women awards 08240
04/15/08 Researchers identify huge virulence gene superfamily responsible for devastating plant diseases 08234
04/14/08 National energy policy leader Marilyn Brown to speak at Virginia Tech 08216
04/07/08 Citrate appears to control buckyball clumping but environmental concerns remain 08173
04/02/08 Industry teams with engineering students on hybrid technology 08193
03/27/08 Mercury's shifting, rolling past 08184
03/26/08 Smart brake light system would provide more information to drivers 08194
03/25/08 New study explores link between sports success and student applications 08177
03/21/08 Nanoscience will change the way we think about the world 08170
03/19/08 Veterinary college's Meng awarded nearly $3 million in grants to study hepatitis E virus 08151
03/18/08 Ensuring security for cognitive radio networks is the goal of CAREER research 08146
03/17/08 Physicists and engineers search for new dimension 08144
03/13/08 Scientists simulate pandemic influenza outbreak in Chicago 08154
03/13/08 Virginia Tech Stream Team contributes to national study 08155
03/10/08 Center for Gerontology champions quality of life for older adults 08138
03/05/08 Balancing computing power and storage demands is the goal of Virginia Tech CAREER project 08129
03/03/08 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and Mayo Clinic investigate link between fungal proteins, innate immunity, and asthma 08133
02/28/08 Two oxygenation events in ancient oceans sparked spread of complex life 08130
02/28/08 Hubble scientist and research administrator Margon to visit Virginia Tech 08127
02/27/08 Families need help coping with so-called mild cognitive impairment, research shows 08121
02/26/08 Set America Free leader to speak on energy security at Virginia Tech 08124
02/26/08 Students develop water rescue harness 08123
02/21/08 Unique Martian formation reproduced, reveals brief bursts of water 08108
02/19/08 Lamp lit by gravity wins Greener Gadget award 08107
02/18/08 Engineering professors aim to protect worldwide electric power grid 08098
02/18/08 Researchers unveil landscape of human-pathogen protein interactions 08106
02/14/08 Virginia Tech and Meridium Inc. receive NSF grant for agile software usability project 08087
02/14/08 Virginia Tech Research magazine features preventing natural disasters, discovering how the sun works, designing modern kitchens 08077
02/13/08 America's energy future topic of Virginia Tech speaker series--location of the first presentation changes 08096
02/13/08 Veterinary college researchers awarded National Institutes of Health grant to expand study of poultry virus as human cancer treatment 08085
02/13/08 Pamplin College researchers developing new fraud detection software 08078
02/12/08 Researchers headline updated ICTAS Spring Seminar Series 08091
02/12/08 Virginia Tech's research expenditures grow 08086
02/11/08 Veterinary Medicine's Meng honored for scholarship 08075
02/07/08 Call for Participation in Virginia Tech's Green500 List 08073
02/04/08 Researchers have determined structure of important neurotransmitter regulator 08065
01/31/08 Department of Music presents the world premier of a James Miley jazz composition in upcoming recital program 08060
01/30/08 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute researcher studies how In silico modeling helps predict severity of mitochondrial disease 08047
01/29/08 America's energy future topic of speaker series 08046
01/28/08 Biologists use computers to study bacterial cell division 08049
01/24/08 Scientists to study high-risk plant pathogen using small, unmanned aircraft 08038
01/24/08 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute researcher investigates impact of nutrition on human health 08036
01/23/08 Civil engineer explains how one insures all right of way issues are found before construction commences 08035
01/17/08 Industrial design student makes a case for computing on the move 08027
01/15/08 Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties Inc. adds two associates 08025
01/10/08 Three professors publish on recruiting women to information technology 08014
01/08/08 Assessing efficiency of road contracts can lead to less risk, more innovation says civil engineer 08008
01/07/08 Virginia Tech researchers headline ICTAS Spring Seminar Series 08012
01/04/08 Paleontologists say two explosive evolutionary events shaped early history of multicellular life 08001
01/03/08 Engineering Science and Mechanics students' research could give the Beach Boys a new surfing song 08007
01/02/08 Research yields promising results in computational quantum chemical methods for drug development 08003
12/27/07 General Motors, Virginia Tech partner to advance brain/machine interface 07721
12/19/07 Forestry Department establishes National Science Foundation center to enhance forest productivity 07714
12/19/07 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute appoints scientific advisory board 07713
12/18/07 Corporate support helps Virginia Tech excel in wireless research 07718
12/14/07 Three named John R. Jones Fellows in Mechanical Engineering 07703
12/11/07 National Science Foundation Fellow aims to decipher how animals form complex skeletal structures 07694
12/10/07 Between water and rock: A new science calls into question water analysis results, bioremediation impacts 07693
12/03/07 Center for Advanced Separation Technologies helps provide cleaner energy to India 07676
12/03/07 Rolls-Royce's decision to build manufacturing plant will impact Virginia Tech 07680
11/30/07 Tree named in honor of Virginia Tech chemist David G.I. Kingston 07665
11/29/07 Klein, other Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine professors, edit major textbook 07667
11/27/07 Virginia Tech launches corporate partners program in biological sciences 07660
11/27/07 Team led by Argonne National Laboratory, Virginia Tech wins Storage Challenge Competition 07674
11/26/07 University researcher says wildfires, posttraumatic stress disorder related 07658
11/20/07 Energy independence, security goals topic of Virginia Tech lecture Dec. 4 07659
11/19/07 Hochella receives top honor in American Association for the Advancement of Science 07641
11/15/07 Dominion awards $500,000 to Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research for carbon storage research 07638
11/15/07 Inaugural Green500 List: Encouraging sustainable supercomputing 07651
11/14/07 College of Engineering hires key scholar for its microelectronics chair 07643
11/12/07 Affymetrix exon arrays reveal complexity of the human transcriptome 07640
11/07/07 University to showcase work on storage, energy, visualization at Supercomputing 07 07627
11/07/07 Virginia Tech's Green500 List to put supercomputing on a diet 07623
11/06/07 State and national energy policy leaders to speak at Virginia Tech 07617
11/06/07 Virginia Tech team takes third place $500,000 prize in DARPA Urban Challenge 07631
11/02/07 Air Force funded researcher engineers enzymes to advance the hydrogen economy 07607
10/30/07 Annual Virginia/West Virginia Water Research Symposium to be held Nov. 26-30 07592
10/29/07 Virginia Tech ranked among top 10 universities in agricultural research 07600
10/25/07 For researchers, a new facility can make all the difference 07597
10/24/07 Geophysics researchers increase computing resources 07586
10/18/07 Deans' Forum on Health, Food, and Nutrition to be held Nov. 5 07585
10/17/07 Two Virginia Tech studies find that housing prices fall after real estate disclosures 07579
10/17/07 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute's Bruno Sobral speaks to BIO IT Coalition 07578
10/09/07 Conference, research review features new polymeric materials for energy, medicine 07559
10/08/07 Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine Research Recognition Day features lecture by Nobel Laureate 07549
10/08/07 College of Science researchers suggest road to better health just a mouse click away 07543
10/02/07 Computer Science researchers explore virtualization potential for high-end computing 07523
10/01/07 Virginia Tech awards 2007 Veterinary Memorial Fund research grants 07523
09/28/07 New book on Swiss architects is released 07509
09/26/07 Marc Edwards named MacArthur Fellow for drinking water safety efforts 07528
09/25/07 Food scientists, material scientists seek common language to preserve flavor, aroma of food 07521
09/25/07 Computer science faculty explore thermal-aware computing 07518
09/20/07 College of Engineering robotics students win awards around the world 07505
09/19/07 Virginia Tech celebrates Title IX and expanded opportunities for women 07503
09/18/07 New Liberal Arts and Human Sciences dean Sue Ott Rowlands to stage one-woman play 07502
09/17/07 Japanese beetle may help Virginia Tech entomologists fight hemlock-killing insect 07500
09/12/07 VBI professor part of international team that has produced new type of rice 07495
09/11/07 Virginia Tech study reveals predation-evolution link 07499
09/10/07 Tim and Nancy Franklin to leave Institute for Advanced Learning and Research this fall 07483
09/05/07 College of Science's Kingston, McGrath take home top chemical society awards 07452
09/03/07 Researchers detect low-energy neutrinos and probe energy production in the center of the sun 07456
08/31/07 Polys, Burkardt join Virginia Tech research computing support services 07443
08/30/07 Institute of Society, Culture, and Environment taps Mancini as senior research fellow 07436
08/28/07 Computer science faculty earn IBM Faculty Awards 07435
08/27/07 Top microelectronics executive to speak at dedication of nanotechnology building Sept. 21 07438
08/24/07 Radio diary follows geochemist as he tracks the movement of heavy metals 07422
08/24/07 Bud Robertson's radio commentary on Civil War comes to a close 07432
08/22/07 Researchers explain how food packaging that provides visibility can reduce shelf life 07417
08/20/07 Thermochemical process converts poultry litter into bio-oil to provide safer and more environmental solution to waste disposal 07421
08/16/07 Researchers step up efforts to monitor crop-killing soybean disease 07423
08/14/07 Symposium to address coal mining, river conservation in Abingdon 07391
08/07/07 Reliable, fast simulations of complex events is goal of Virginia Tech mathematician's NSF Career award 07398
08/01/07 Jack Lesko named special assistant for energy initiatives 07386
07/30/07 Roderick Hall named associate vice president of research 07385
07/27/07 Visiting undergraduates showcase summer discoveries 07388
07/26/07 Future scientists present their research at Steppin' Out August 3 07378
07/25/07 Disease-free mosquito bred to disease-carrier can have all disease-free progeny 07380
07/24/07 Virginia Tech's Powell River Project co-hosts conference on growing trees on mined land 07279
07/23/07 Virginia Tech Transportation Institute awarded $3 million to plan national naturalistic driving study 07390
07/23/07 Embedded computers research by Sandeep Shukla attracts national attention 07383
07/20/07 Fenwick accepts post at University of Tennessee 07381
07/20/07 Fisheries and wildlife sciences doctoral student wins best poster award at World Aquaculture Society meeting 07379
07/20/07 Two university economists chart the advantages of historically black colleges and universities 07378
07/13/07 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute hosts new bioinformatic resource center web site 07366
07/12/07 University researchers lead pioneering study in equine obesity 07366
07/11/07 VBI launches genome sequencing services on the Roche GS-FLX 07367
07/10/07 Visiting summer students enhance research skills 07359
07/09/07 Innovative computer scientist recognized by Computerworld 07351
07/05/07 Virginia Tech, Georgetown partner in new drug discovery and development program 07356
07/03/07 Biomedical engineers use electric pulses to destroy cancer cells 07355
07/02/07 Researchers to study poplar tree as model biomass crop 07354
06/22/07 Bucy to head Office of Sponsored Programs 07333
06/08/07 Roop Mahajan honored for increasing public awareness and appreciation of engineering's value to society 07295
06/05/07 Robert Walters named vice president for research 07306
05/29/07 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute completes largest ever Affymetrix GeneChip plant experiment 07288
05/23/07 Novel sugar-to-hydrogen technology promises transportation fuel independence 07271
05/22/07 International team with Virginia Tech participation maps genome of dengue and yellow fever mosquito 07280
05/01/07 Four universities collaborate to synthesize new materials, nanoscale devices 07241
04/11/07 Researchers study decontamination of chemical, biological warfare agents 07216
04/10/07 Protecting electronic information from theft and abuse is the goal of Virginia Tech CAREER research 07204
04/10/07 Student art on display in Burruss Hall ranges from construction workers to emerald hills 07210
04/09/07 Veterinary scientists explore poultry virus approach to human prostate cancer 07204
04/06/07 Researchers at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute contribute to new museum exhibit 07203
04/05/07 Former Gov. Mark Warner to speak on energy investment 07201
04/02/07 European energy leader to speak at Virginia Tech 07183
03/29/07 Smart thin film membranes adopt properties of guest molecules 07108
03/28/07 Soy-based product explored as non-toxic substitute for important but toxic reactive compound 07110
03/28/07 Polymers show promise for gene delivery, tissue scaffolds, other biomedical applications 07109
03/27/07 Bacterial response to oxidation studied as toxin barometer 07111
03/23/07 New synthetic self-assembling macromolecules mimic nature 07159
03/21/07 James Schlesinger, first U.S. Secretary of Energy, to speak at Virginia Tech 07116
03/20/07 A breakthrough to one-nanometer resolution in optical imaging is the goal of a new Virginia Tech CAREER project 07138
03/15/07 Veterinary student receives first place award at Research Recognition Day 07141
03/08/07 Kennedy named research director at Institute for Advanced Learning and Research 07119
03/07/07 Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science launches seminar series 07126
02/26/07 Professor researches cell phone usage among college students 07100
02/13/07 Energy, environment leaders to speak at Virginia Tech 07083
02/07/07 Artists invited to exhibit art for consideration in new building 07078
02/06/07 Space Science and Engineering Center establishes industry affiliates program 07069
02/05/07 System X supercomputer provides super tool for simulation of cell division 07062
02/02/07 VBI's Pedro Mendes accepts new post in United Kingdom 07061
02/01/07 University research expenditures grow 07067
01/31/07 Equine medical center's isolation unit is valuable tool in battle against infectious diseases 07054
01/30/07 Faculty expertise database updated, improved 07050
01/26/07 Research offers potential route to diabetes therapeutics 07047
01/26/07 UPS fellowships support creative engineering research 07042
01/25/07 Mass Spectrometry Research Incubator enhances life sciences research 07040
01/24/07 Who laid the first egg? An update 07037
01/23/07 Senator Frank Wagner to live in Solar House 07034
01/22/07 Center for Geospatial Information Technology helps Virginia update its flood maps 07032
01/18/07 Commonwealth Research Initiative supports virologists hiring 07024
01/11/07 Teachers share their passion for undergraduate instruction 07018
01/11/07 Supercomputer provides insights into the behavior of structures 07017
01/09/07 President Charles Steger addresses Public Services Summit@Nobel Week 2006 07016
01/05/07 Physicist named Fellow in the American Physical Society 07708
01/05/07 Geoscientist named Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science 07007
01/03/07 Virginia Tech, Carilion will create joint medical school in Roanoke 07009
01/03/07 Key facts related to joint medical school 07010
12/14/06 Researchers conduct first molecular simulation of a long DNA strand 06638
12/13/06 Scientists uncover speedometer for crystal growth controlled by biomolecule properties 06639
12/11/06 Professor conducts research to build better bridges 06633
12/04/06 Center for Geospatial Information Technology assists with Blacksburg's storm water management 06625
11/17/06 Roberto to direct Virginia Tech Institute for Society, Culture and Environment 06606
11/17/06 Staff members take national awards 06587
11/16/06 Business leaders, laboratory tours highlight energy research showcase 06603
11/15/06 System X advances computational science and engineering 06601
11/13/06 Nature's process for nitrogen fixation caught in action 06584
11/02/06 Ancestor of modern trees preserves record of ancient climate change 06569
11/02/06 Distinguished lecture features member of Hurricane Katrina review team 06571
10/31/06 Partnership with NuTech Solutions enables agent-based reasoning on ultra high resolution displays 06567
10/30/06 Urban Challenge team receives $1 million in funding 06563
10/30/06 Tom Inzana named interim associate vice president for research 06549
10/18/06 Schmittmann to lead physics department 06534
10/12/06 Possible evidence of cell division, differentiation found in oldest known embryo fossils 06527
10/04/06 Partnership to break ground on shrimp aquaculture 06507
10/04/06 Gov. Kaine cuts the ribbon on new Micron Technology Semiconductor Processing Laboratory 06517
10/03/06 Senator Wagner to speak at Deans Forum on energy 06505
10/03/06 Robot designed by students successful at international competition 06501
09/28/06 Interim associate vice president of research named 06497
09/26/06 Researchers examine problems of foul tastes when undergoing chemotherapy 06488
09/21/06 New search engine can be used for creative discovery 06485
09/20/06 Graduate and research team develops new method for making optical fibers 06480
09/15/06 Fuel cell membrane materials offer solution for removing salt from water 06391
09/13/06 What's next for gene therapy? Virginia Tech plastics researchers design polymer macromolecules as gene transfer agents 06394
09/13/06 Virginia Tech researchers report that particle size matters to bacteria ability to immobilize heavy metals 06395
09/12/06 Virginia Tech chemists create new polymers by adding DNA base pairs 06396
09/11/06 Focus on functional materials development shortchanges opportunities for discovery 06392
09/10/06 Latest fuel cell material advance overcomes low humidity conductivity problem 06393
09/04/06 College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences unveils Undergraduate Research Institute 06449
09/01/06 Fred D'Aguiar named Gloria D. Smith Professor of Africana Studies 06439
08/31/06 Ge Wang named Samuel Reynolds Pritchard Professor of Engineering 06438
08/30/06 David Dillard named Adhesive and Sealant Science Professor 06437
08/18/06 University partners with Blacksburg to observe Environmental Awareness Week 06413
08/11/06 Virginia Tech researchers demonstrate that light guides flight of migratory birds 06403
08/07/06 Virginia Tech Task Force Focuses on Energy 06388
07/25/06 New computational model allows for better understanding of AIDS drug 06376
07/14/06 Agriculture researchers monitor Virginia's soybean crop for disease 06367
07/12/06 University Libraries acquires vital new resources in all disciplines 06364
07/11/06 Energy focus of latest Research magazine 06361
07/11/06 Veterinary medicine researchers invent vaccine for global swine disease 06359
07/10/06 New faculty administrative fellow in research office to focus on energy 06358
06/23/06 Virginia Tech student selected to meet Nobel Laureates 06343
06/21/06 Guy Cormier named chief information officer at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute 06335
06/19/06 Virginia Tech to co-host international workshop on dusty plasma physics 06329
06/16/06 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute launches new simulation software 06326
06/14/06 Engineering students win Challenge X competition with ethanol-powered SUV 06324
06/06/06 Schweitzer invited to participate in European Union Research Program 06304
06/02/06 Wireless research group one of the largest in the nation 06297
05/30/06 Materials researchers selected to improve military armor 06282
05/18/06 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute to research synthetic biology 06266
05/18/06 Center for Housing Research receives $50 million contract extension 06265
05/16/06 Virginia universities, colleges connect K12 schools to super fast networks 06262
05/08/06 Scientists discover that ancient genes dictate flowering, fall bud set 06253
05/05/06 Biochemistry graduate student selected to meet with Nobel Laureates 06249
05/03/06 Second leader named at Center for Geospatial Information Technology 06250
05/03/06 Powe Award supports research to reduce vehicle emissions, create biofuel 06248
05/02/06 Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, VBI sign agreement for drugs, vaccines and diagnostics 06246
04/26/06 First social scientist to be selected as Oak Ridge National Laboratory Wigner Fellow 06232
04/13/06 Virginia Tech undergraduates present research 06207
04/07/06 Virginia Tech institute reviews advances in macromolecular materials 06195
04/06/06 Virginia Tech lab assists in discovery that may help block malaria 06177
04/04/06 Researchers from Virginia Tech and beyond meet to advance nanocomputing 06164
04/03/06 Virginia Tech civil engineers seek to optimize the use of underground space 06138
03/30/06 New processing steps promise more economical ethanol production 06101
03/30/06 Studies reveal reaction pathways for ozone on organic surfaces 06103
03/29/06 Researcher says Swedish method of human cartilage repair shows good durability 06096
03/26/06 Researchers say polymer composite provides better fire protection than steel for shipboard use 06100
03/26/06 Graduate chemistry student creates material to study tissue growth 06095
03/26/06 Researchers study light activated anticancer drug targeted to DNA using cisplatin like sub-units 06128
03/20/06 ICTAS part of $99 million contract to operate materials and manufacturing center 06123
03/17/06 Pollutant sources, thermal transport, and cardiovascular studies win NSF grants 06127
03/16/06 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute's First Annual Research Symposium begins March 23 06067
03/14/06 Art show reception Friday, March 24 in Burruss Hall 06105
03/09/06 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute launches microbial database 06094
03/06/06 Virginia Tech benefits from sale of Wireless Valley to Motorola 06087
03/01/06 Virginia Tech researchers receive patents for energy, health inventions 06080
02/20/06 Corporate donor renews chemistry department postdoctoral fellowship fund 06063
02/20/06 Science Coalition features Virginia Tech research on their website 06060
02/16/06 Researchers developing higher quality, disease-resistant wheat varieties 06059
02/06/06 Researchers develop method for gene disruption in destructive fungal pathogen 06049
02/06/06 Study calls for safeguards against misuse of advances in life sciences 06048
01/24/06 Scientists develop process for creating biocompatible fibers 06026
01/20/06 Virginia Tech, UNC create digital library curriculum 06022
01/11/06 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute designated Affymetrix National Custom Array Center 06012
01/11/06 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute receives $2.5 million for global pathogen portal project 06014
01/11/06 Unlikely team--engineer, dentist, and veterinarian--build bone tissue 06005
01/06/06 Researcher reports more evidence that lightning strike coincides with West Virginia mine explosion 06011
12/20/05 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute welcomes Fulbright Visiting Scholar 05621
12/08/05 State to make significant investment in academic research 05610
11/28/05 New life sciences building to house 200 researchers 05594
11/21/05 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute to hold open house Dec. 2 05591
11/16/05 Researchers discover novel protein complex that enables survival in hostile environment 05582
11/09/05 Virginia Tech hosts three international Fulbright scholars 05563
11/08/05 Virginia Tech to showcase high performance computing over new national network 05559
11/07/05 Geobiologist in the College of Science wins prestigious Schuchert Award 05548
10/28/05 Engineers design composite bracing system for injured Hokie running back Cedric Humes 05539
10/26/05 VBI, others receive grant to support cyberinfrastructure education and outreach initiative 05536
10/19/05 Virginia Tech researchers create nanoparticle as diagnostic, therapeutic agent; VCU researchers target brain tumor cells 05527
10/18/05 Setubal named deputy director at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute 05513
10/18/05 Geoscientists resolve inconsistent data on crystal growth, dissolution 05520
10/12/05 Electrical engineer works on personalizing medical treatment 05508
10/11/05 ICTAS poised to respond to nation's greatest challenges 05501
10/10/05 Virginia Tech geoscientists follow arsenic from chicken feed to streambeds 05492
10/10/05 Myra Blanco inducted into the Hispanic Scholarship Fund Hall of Fame 05491
10/10/05 Virginia Tech biologists create protocol to track how land use influences the way streams work 05495
10/09/05 Virginia Tech researchers find tiny bubbles a storehouse of knowledge 05493
10/09/05 Geologists use biotools to understand geosystems; goal is to control toxin mobility 05494
09/29/05 Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory up and running at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute 05482
09/29/05 Researchers use smart radios to advance cognitive network capability 05483
09/24/05 VT KnowledgeWorks building opens in Corporate Research Center; $6 million facility home for technology startups 05475
09/20/05 Virginia Tech joins e-design effort to help companies in the market place 05463
09/16/05 Enhanced imaging techniques could provide improved medical diagnosis 05455
09/15/05 Virginia Tech Transportation Institute to offer free tours of the Virginia Smart Road 05457
09/14/05 Barry Whyte named head of communications at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute 05436
09/13/05 Virginia Tech, Wake Forest biomedical research program grows at a record pace 05445
09/07/05 Virginia Tech Transportation Institute demonstrates new technology to transportation secretary 05430
09/07/05 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute names Otto Folkerts associate director of technology development 05429
09/06/05 Engineer investigates enzyme link to neurological disease 05424
08/31/05 Eunice E. Santos named to elite defense science group 05420
08/25/05 Virginia water center celebrates 40th year at national symposium 05415
08/25/05 Virginia Tech receives highly competitive IGERT grant 05414
08/17/05 Researcher seeks to discover what really happens when a virus enters the body 05405
08/08/05 Grant awarded to look at scholarship, tobacco loan forgiveness program 05391
08/03/05 Electrical engineers invent wireless Internet connection 05383
07/29/05 Staff member receives national science writing award 05379
07/28/05 Science experiments will go forward at Kimballton mine 05376
07/20/05 Mining conference seeks sustainability through advanced separation technologies 05370
07/14/05 Faculty member edits book on Clean Water Act regulations 05358
07/13/05 VBI researcher receives USDA functional genomics grant 05356
07/13/05 Researchers discover half-billion-year-old fossils 05357
07/01/05 Virginia Tech partners in discovery of quark interaction 05343
06/28/05 Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research leads team in $14.3 million climate-change project 05338
06/17/05 Early childhood conference helps shining stars burn brighter 05328
06/17/05 Institute for Advanced Learning and Research opens Southside, Va., research labs in 05330
06/16/05 500 million years of errors: Shells of brachiopods record shadow of arms race in ancient oceans 05326
06/10/05 Virginia Tech qualifies two vehicles for $2 million DARPA Grand Challenge race 05313
06/10/05 100-Car Naturalistic Driving Study Fact Sheet 05318
06/10/05 100-car Naturalistic Driving Study tracks drivers for a year 05317
06/03/05 Understanding how bacteria communicate may help scientists prevent disease 05265
05/26/05 Third-quarter report indicates significant increase in research awards 05282
05/24/05 Mark Pierson named DUSEL project manager 05277
05/17/05 Evidence of 600-million-year old fungi-algae symbiosis discovered in marine fossils 05259
05/17/05 Kathy Lu gets research seed funding for developing conductive ceramic materials 05247
05/12/05 Virginia Tech featured on Science Coalition's website 05250
04/26/05 Conference examines the future of high performance computing 05216
04/21/05 VTTI hosts free tours of Virginia Smart Road facility 05211
04/20/05 University upgrades SGI computing capacity 05209
04/19/05 Eastman Chemical veteran to head Virginia Tech polymers institute 05186
04/15/05 Potential consequences of antibacterial product use need reassessment 05199
04/12/05 ASPIRES supports 17 projects to enhance university research, scholarship 05194
04/12/05 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute's researcher receives NSF CAREER award 05191
04/05/05 New position in Research Division to enhance undergraduate opportunities 05175
03/30/05 Virginia Tech named national Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education 05164
03/26/05 DOE provides $12 million to advance separation technologies 05151
03/24/05 AdvanceVT selects Leadership Development Program participants, announces recipients for seed grants 05150
03/23/05 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute's researcher serving on National Institutes of Health study section 05145
03/21/05 Fast new network to connect Virginia universities 05140
03/16/05 Benign separation process being advanced for pharmaceutical industry 05040
03/16/05 Microbial forensics: The next great forensic challenge 05049
03/15/05 Two from Communication Department join study of mass media and the family 05130
03/11/05 TIGR-Virginia Tech collaborations offer critical mass of microbiologists 05110
03/05/05 Codes of conduct urged for student and teacher classroom behavior 05068
03/04/05 VBI implements customized BioGraphWeaver Enterprise Systems by GraphLogic 05092
03/03/05 Patents advance microprocessors, vaccines, vision, vibration control, more 05067
02/25/05 Engineering post doctoral fellow wins award 05071
02/25/05 Obesity and stiff arteries: A problem of waist management 05072
02/17/05 Applied Felts contract represents milestone for the Advanced and Applied Polymer Processing Institute 05052
02/10/05 Sequencing of marine bacterium will help study of cell communication 05041
02/08/05 University scientists address locust control at conference in Senegal 05039
02/04/05 Virginia Tech, COG sign memorandum of understanding 05025
01/21/05 Research office opens first art show 05017
01/20/05 Virginians optimistic about economy, according to annual quality of life survey 05013
01/12/05 Term director named for critical technology and applied science institute 05009
12/20/04 Researchers develop chemical process to use cotton gin residue 04613
12/09/04 National Science Foundation approves $12.5 million funding renewal 04609
12/08/04 Coal cleaning technology to be used to recover coal from waste 04608
12/01/04 Former deputy director of FBI Laboratory Division named associate director 04602
11/08/04 Virginia Tech, TIGR sign memorandum for new alliance 04561
10/26/04 Community representatives support national lab in Giles County 04534
10/25/04 Virginia Tech proposes national lab in Giles County 04533
10/20/04 NSF provides funding to develop new sensor network technology at Virginia Tech 04523
08/11/04 University-industry alliance to advance fuel cell discoveries 04347
07/30/04 VBI awarded $2.89 million from NIAID 04337
07/26/04 Virginia Tech forms Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute 04329
07/22/04 Students dominate international autonomous vehicle competition 04328
07/16/04 New textbook introduces students from many disciplines to the foundations, applications of nanotechnology 04317
07/08/04 VBI, collaborators receive largest funded NIH contract 04309
06/29/04 JOUSTER project aimed at readying unmanned vehicles for military roles 04299
06/22/04 National Academy invites researcher to Frontiers of Engineering 04285
06/21/04 New designed paclitaxel analog kills more cancer cells 04284
06/10/04 Virginia Tech researcher advances fight against sudden oak death disease 04268
06/04/04 Virginia Tech receives $400,000 NSF grant to equip fluids research lab 04262
05/25/04 Wireless sensor network design and deployment research wins NSF CAREER grant at Virginia Tech 04249
05/24/04 Virginia Tech forest products professor assists international research center 04248JD
05/21/04 As Virginia Tech sponsored research grew, total expenditures slowed 04247
05/04/04 Virginia Tech's Ph.D. program in Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology highlighted in Nature Biotechnology magazine 04224
04/21/04 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech holds grand opening for Facility I 04188
04/21/04 Research evidence supports three major glaciation events in the distant past 04186
04/12/04 CRC reaches out to foster development and growth, celebrates active community involvement 04166
04/09/04 Virginia Tech invites the public to VTTI open house to view Smart Road research 04162
03/18/04 Virginia tech researcher aims to use nano-particles in environmental cleanups 04095
03/18/04 USDA Chief Science Advisor named Vice President for Research at Virginia Tech 04110
02/10/04 Virginia Tech research expenditures continue to grow 04039
01/21/04 Virginia Tech professor receives award for research on using hypnosis in pain reduction 04021