Collaborations forged to create innovative solutions to children's health issues
Virginia Tech, Children's National Medical Center, and George Washington University have partnered in a unique program to create research breakthroughs in children's health.
View ArticleThe subtle hallmarks of psychiatric illness can reveal themselves even remotely
Most people are so attuned to the nuances of social interaction that they can detect clues to mental illness while playing a strategy game with someone they have never met.
View ArticleScientists image nanoparticles in action
A newly developed technique captures the movements of nanoparticles in a liquid environment with atomic resolution.
View ArticleScientists discover how Alzheimer's drugs sharpen the brain's performance
Researchers at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have discovered how cholinesterase inhibitors might sharpen the performance of the brains of those with Alzheimer's disease.
View ArticleWilliam 'Jamie' Tyler receives innovation award
William "Jamie" Tyler, an assistant professor in the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, recently received the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council's 2013 Innovation Award. Tyler was honored...
View ArticleBoard of Visitors approves graduate program in Translational Biology,...
The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors recently approved a resolution to create a new doctor of philosophy degree in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health. The interdisciplinary program will...
View ArticleSummer undergraduate research: Student investigates matters close to the heart
Spencer Lovegrove of Roanoke, Va., a rising junior majoring in biological sciences in the College of Science, will study sudden cardiac arrest this summer as part of the prestigious Fralin Life Science...
View ArticlePsychiatric disorders linked to a protein involved in the formation of...
Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists discover a protein that regulates synaptic ion channels that have been tied to bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The mechanism -- a protein called...
View ArticleSummer undergraduate research: Student investigates a less invasive way to...
Stephanie Wiltman, a senior double majoring in materials science and engineering and psychology, is doing undergraduate research this summer at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute as part of...
View ArticleVirginia Tech Carilion Research Institute announces public lectures by...
The fourth annual season of public lectures in the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute's Distinguished Scholars Series will bring leading experts in biomedical and health research from across the...
View ArticleNew doctoral program lauded by leading association of medical colleges for...
The new program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health recently approved by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors has received national acclaim from the leading association for medical schools,...
View ArticleSmoking abstinence research receives major financial boost
Warren Bickel, an internationally recognized addiction expert at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, recently received a $3.2-million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse for...
View ArticleVirginia Tech enters pact to accelerate biomaterial distribution to global...
By making important biological materials available to the research community, Virginia Tech is making a lasting impact on science around the globe.
View ArticleHarry Dorn reappointed as Dr. A.C. Lilly Jr. Faculty Fellow in Nanoscience
The Dr. A.C. Lilly Jr. Faculty Fellowship in Nanoscience was established to provide support for an outstanding faculty member in the field of nanoscience.
View ArticleNew, surprising roles indicated for critical neurodevelopmental agents
Researchers from the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute performed what they assumed would be a routine experiment in neurodevelopment. The results, however, revealed surprising roles of an...
View ArticleResearchers discover evidence to support controversial 'buckyball' formation...
Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists have found the first physical evidence for a controversial theory as to how spherical carbon nanoparticles called buckyballs are formed. The...
View ArticleVirginia Tech earns new National Institutes of Health award in biomedical...
Virginia Tech has been named one of 10 academic institutions to receive a first-of-its-kind grant from the National Institutes of Health to help prepare graduate students and postdoctoral scholars for...
View ArticleCovert operations: Your brain digitally remastered for clarity of thought
Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists have found that neurofeedback can enhance the signal-to-noise ratio in thought, enabling a sharper focus on tasks -- and a better understanding of...
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