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#VirginiaTech researcher Liselle Joseph has been awarded a Young Investigators Program award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to study fluid-ablation interactions in hypersonic flight. ✈️
Burning questions: Researcher works to advance hypersonic technologies
Liselle Joseph has been awarded a Young Investigators Program award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to study fluid-ablation interactions in hypersonic flight.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
#VirginiaTech researcher Liselle Joseph has been awarded a Young Investigators Program award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to study fluid-ablation interactions in hypersonic flight. ✈️
A new #VirginiaTech study shows that two behaviors — aggression and self-harm — can arise from a shared biological mechanism in how the brain processes pain, particularly in individuals exposed to early-life trauma. 🧠
Brain pathway may fuel both aggression, self-harm
A new study by Virginia Tech Assistant Professor Sora Shin shows that two behaviors — aggression and self-harm — can arise from a shared biological mechanism in how the brain processes pain, particula...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A new #VirginiaTech study shows that two behaviors — aggression and self-harm — can arise from a shared biological mechanism in how the brain processes pain, particularly in individuals exposed to early-life trauma. 🧠
#VirginiaTech researchers developed a mathematical model revealing how mosquito behavior influences disease transmission, offering new insights into how diseases like malaria, Zika, and dengue spread and how to suppress them.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
#VirginiaTech researchers developed a mathematical model revealing how mosquito behavior influences disease transmission, offering new insights into how diseases like malaria, Zika, and dengue spread and how to suppress them.
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No, this isn’t AI.
A #VirginiaTech graduate student is using trail cameras and community partnerships to map gray fox distribution across Virginia. Here’s just some of what the trail cameras captured. 🦊
A #VirginiaTech graduate student is using trail cameras and community partnerships to map gray fox distribution across Virginia. Here’s just some of what the trail cameras captured. 🦊
November 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
No, this isn’t AI.
A #VirginiaTech graduate student is using trail cameras and community partnerships to map gray fox distribution across Virginia. Here’s just some of what the trail cameras captured. 🦊
A #VirginiaTech graduate student is using trail cameras and community partnerships to map gray fox distribution across Virginia. Here’s just some of what the trail cameras captured. 🦊
On #VeteransDay and every day, we honor those who serve and have served. Thank you for your bravery, veterans. 🇺🇸 #UtProsim
This morning, the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets honored former, current, and future service members with a ceremony at the Pylons.
This morning, the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets honored former, current, and future service members with a ceremony at the Pylons.
November 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
On #VeteransDay and every day, we honor those who serve and have served. Thank you for your bravery, veterans. 🇺🇸 #UtProsim
This morning, the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets honored former, current, and future service members with a ceremony at the Pylons.
This morning, the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets honored former, current, and future service members with a ceremony at the Pylons.
From the depths of the ocean to standing in front of a classroom full of students, Becker supports the next generation of students, leaders, and veterans. He uses his military experience in teaching MBA students how to become leaders. 🙌
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November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
From the depths of the ocean to standing in front of a classroom full of students, Becker supports the next generation of students, leaders, and veterans. He uses his military experience in teaching MBA students how to become leaders. 🙌
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New research from #VirginiaTech shows that controlling pond water levels and removing invasive hybrids may be key to protecting the endangered California tiger salamander. 🦎
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November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
New research from #VirginiaTech shows that controlling pond water levels and removing invasive hybrids may be key to protecting the endangered California tiger salamander. 🦎
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Our colors may be maroon and orange, but our Blacksburg campus is stunning in black and white. 🤍
November 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Our colors may be maroon and orange, but our Blacksburg campus is stunning in black and white. 🤍
#VirginiaTech researchers have developed a scalable method for creating stronger, more sustainable paper packaging.
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Spray-coated bioplastics offer scalable, sustainable alternative to plastic packaging
Researchers develop a proof-of-concept process to strengthen biodegradable paper coatings and reduce plastic waste.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
#VirginiaTech researchers have developed a scalable method for creating stronger, more sustainable paper packaging.
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A new 1.5-mile outdoor wireless network test bed for the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative gives researchers and industry partners new infrastructure to test advancements designed to safeguard our data and privacy. 🛜
Commonwealth Cyber Initiative launches new outdoor wireless test bed
The new 1.5-mile test bed along Stroubles Creek in Blacksburg expands the CCI xG Testbed in Arlington into one of the nation’s largest, providing researchers and industry partners such as Verizon, AT&...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A new 1.5-mile outdoor wireless network test bed for the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative gives researchers and industry partners new infrastructure to test advancements designed to safeguard our data and privacy. 🛜
Sinking land is quietly destabilizing urban infrastructure in India’s largest cities, putting thousands of buildings and millions of people at risk, according to #VirginiaTech scientists.
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Sinking Indian megacities pose 'alarming' building damage risks
Research published in Nature Sustainability highlights urgent need for adaptation as sinking land threatens millions in India.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Sinking land is quietly destabilizing urban infrastructure in India’s largest cities, putting thousands of buildings and millions of people at risk, according to #VirginiaTech scientists.
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Did you know that Virginia ranks in the top 10 states for pumpkin production? Here's why. 🎃⬇️
Expert explains what makes Virginia so spookily successful at pumpkin growing
The designation of October as Virginia Pumpkin Month provides an opportunity to recognize how the commonwealth annually ranks in the top 10 states for pumpkin production. Plant pathologist and Virgini...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Did you know that Virginia ranks in the top 10 states for pumpkin production? Here's why. 🎃⬇️
High above the Appalachian slopes, red spruce trees thrive on isolated “sky islands,” mountaintops with naturally cool conditions.🌲
#VirginiaTech researchers are studying how these rare trees might adapt to warmer temperatures and what that could mean for their future in the region.
#VirginiaTech researchers are studying how these rare trees might adapt to warmer temperatures and what that could mean for their future in the region.
Can the red spruce thrive in Appalachia again?
Efforts to expand the range of the red spruce focus on acclimatizing the species to warmer climates.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
High above the Appalachian slopes, red spruce trees thrive on isolated “sky islands,” mountaintops with naturally cool conditions.🌲
#VirginiaTech researchers are studying how these rare trees might adapt to warmer temperatures and what that could mean for their future in the region.
#VirginiaTech researchers are studying how these rare trees might adapt to warmer temperatures and what that could mean for their future in the region.
The 49th annual Fall Forestry and Wildlife Tour brought together landowners, professionals, and community members to explore science-based practices that make a difference across the Commonwealth. 🌳
October 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The 49th annual Fall Forestry and Wildlife Tour brought together landowners, professionals, and community members to explore science-based practices that make a difference across the Commonwealth. 🌳
A collaboration between #VirginiaTech and Amazon Web Services is focused on giving Hokies the expertise in AI that’s critically needed in the defense sector. 🙌
New AI training program launches to develop national security leaders
A collaboration between the university and Amazon Web Services is focused on giving students the expertise in artificial intelligence that’s critical needed in the defense sector. About 75 students ar...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A collaboration between #VirginiaTech and Amazon Web Services is focused on giving Hokies the expertise in AI that’s critically needed in the defense sector. 🙌
Welcome to the Discovery Lab, #VirginiaTech’s newest space for student-led innovation and research. 🤩
The 6,000-square-foot lab supports collaboration, prototyping, and hands-on learning for Hokies.
The 6,000-square-foot lab supports collaboration, prototyping, and hands-on learning for Hokies.
October 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Welcome to the Discovery Lab, #VirginiaTech’s newest space for student-led innovation and research. 🤩
The 6,000-square-foot lab supports collaboration, prototyping, and hands-on learning for Hokies.
The 6,000-square-foot lab supports collaboration, prototyping, and hands-on learning for Hokies.
To biomedical engineer Jennifer Munson, the liquid movements within the brain hold powerful clues about how disease takes hold — and how healing might begin.
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The hidden currents of the brain
To biomedical engineer Jennifer Munson, the liquid movements within the brain hold powerful clues about how disease takes hold — and how healing might begin.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
To biomedical engineer Jennifer Munson, the liquid movements within the brain hold powerful clues about how disease takes hold — and how healing might begin.
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The effects of physical activity don’t stop when the movement does, according to a new #VirginiaTech study.
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Physical activity increases total daily energy use, study shows
The study shows that active bodies burn more calories throughout the day and don’t conserve energy in other areas.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The effects of physical activity don’t stop when the movement does, according to a new #VirginiaTech study.
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Have you heard about the dentist who decided to become a quantum physicist? 🤔
That's not a joke. He’s a #VirginiaTech graduate student named Hisham Amer. Seven years ago, he was a practicing oral surgeon and faculty member in dental medicine at Cairo University in Egypt.
That's not a joke. He’s a #VirginiaTech graduate student named Hisham Amer. Seven years ago, he was a practicing oral surgeon and faculty member in dental medicine at Cairo University in Egypt.
Quantum center levels up, generating new research, grants, space
Headspinningly complex quantum advances are taking place in the Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering, which is dedicated to understanding the physics of quantum systems and how these...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Have you heard about the dentist who decided to become a quantum physicist? 🤔
That's not a joke. He’s a #VirginiaTech graduate student named Hisham Amer. Seven years ago, he was a practicing oral surgeon and faculty member in dental medicine at Cairo University in Egypt.
That's not a joke. He’s a #VirginiaTech graduate student named Hisham Amer. Seven years ago, he was a practicing oral surgeon and faculty member in dental medicine at Cairo University in Egypt.
A $1 million, four-year National Science Foundation grant will help better understand how natural hazards on land affect the quality of water in reservoirs used for drinking water. 💧
Ecological forecasting research team crosses ecosystem boundaries
A $1 million, four-year National Science Foundation grant will help better understand how natural hazards impact the forest and soils that control the water quality that ends up in drinking water rese...
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October 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
A $1 million, four-year National Science Foundation grant will help better understand how natural hazards on land affect the quality of water in reservoirs used for drinking water. 💧
After wildfires devastated Maui in 2023, leaving thousands of families without homes, architecture alum Jordan Rogove ’98 led efforts to design prefabricated housing that offered survivors dignity and stability. 🧡
Designing hope: Architecture alum responds to Maui wildfires
Architecture alum Jordan Rogove is using his design expertise to create dignified modular housing for Maui wildfire survivors, reflecting his belief in architecture as a force for public good.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
After wildfires devastated Maui in 2023, leaving thousands of families without homes, architecture alum Jordan Rogove ’98 led efforts to design prefabricated housing that offered survivors dignity and stability. 🧡
A tiny fossil found in Southwestern Virginia eluded classification for more than 514 million years. Now, Virginia Tech geoscientists have restored this unique organism into its evolutionary lineage.
A skeleton and a shell? Ancient fossil finally finds home on the tree of life
A tiny fossil found in Southwestern Virginia eluded classification for more than 514 million years. Now, Virginia Tech geoscientists have restored this unique organism into its evolutionary lineage.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A tiny fossil found in Southwestern Virginia eluded classification for more than 514 million years. Now, Virginia Tech geoscientists have restored this unique organism into its evolutionary lineage.
A new Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine study links nighttime hours, screen use, and easy access to medications to overdose attempts.
Study sheds light on overdose suicide attempts among youth and what families can do
As suicide and overdose attempts rise among youth nationwide, researchers at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine are uncovering patterns that could help families prevent tragedy. A study led...
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October 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A new Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine study links nighttime hours, screen use, and easy access to medications to overdose attempts.
Introducing: the Discovery Lab at #VirginiaTech 🔬
This new lab is dedicated to hands-on lab experience so undergraduate students can gain marketable research skills.
This new lab is dedicated to hands-on lab experience so undergraduate students can gain marketable research skills.
New undergraduate research space aims to bridge gap between academics and industry
The Discovery Lab, housed on an entire floor in the Undergraduate Science Laboratory Building, provides a supportive space to explore, experiment, fail, and learn workforce-ready skills. The lab will ...
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October 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Introducing: the Discovery Lab at #VirginiaTech 🔬
This new lab is dedicated to hands-on lab experience so undergraduate students can gain marketable research skills.
This new lab is dedicated to hands-on lab experience so undergraduate students can gain marketable research skills.