Back Issues, Virginia Tech Research Magazine
- A look at changes in the diet of red knots at their one stopover between South America and the Arctic
- Who's running the country? Most of what we know about political appointees is based on anecdotes and assumptions, until now
- A tourist's dream of getting up close with wildlife is a community nightmare
- A new invention makes it possible to extract and dry the super-fine coal that has been discarded for decades
- Sugars from plant materials can now be converted to hydrogen by a cell-free enzymatic process
- Two hundred years ago, in the center of the nation, an 8.0 earthquake changed the land and rivers over hundreds of miles and created new lakes. It could happen again.
- Veterinarians use a new treatment developed by biomedical engineers to treat tumors in dogs. The most deadly of brain tumors happen in people and pooches.
- Editorial: Ask a stupid question, receive a brilliant answer
- Energy harvesting yields powerful crops
- Hate speech evolved from curses, once thought to have supernatural power. Now what some perceive as hate speech, others see as protected political opinion.
- Two extraordinary chicken lines have allowed scientists to study relationships between growth, reproduction, and immunology — and now to look at the genetics and chemistry of growth and nutrient management.
- The race goes not to the swift... but to those who can visualize the finish.
- Jeb Barrett looks at life in Antarctica to determine how long-term climate trends affect ecological processes.
- Mapping the path of the peanut in Uganda.
- Do not let them know you are old: Not many people in today's culture are comfortable with being old.
- A storm and a study save piping plovers
- Helping people and horses ‘breathe easy’
- Bats’ biosonar inspires sensing technology research
- Birds of a feather eat together (sometimes)
- Synthetic biology researchers consider perils and promise
- Envisioning the future in 3-D
- Hot pepper industry rescued from ‘Viruses of the Caribbean’
- Building bridges in Haiti - before and after the earthquake
- ‘Awed by Everything’ - How a poet reveals his world
- Scientists track misfires in cells' regulatory machinery as cause of lupus
- Being thrifty may not make you healthy
- Conservation planning tool developed for Tennessee adapted for South America
- Tires tested in the real world without leaving the lab
- Student researchers help preserve the integrity of the Passage Creek watershed
- Unraveling the secrets of a pathogen’s evolutionary arms race
- Southern forests went from cutover and ugly to productive and beautiful
- African-American voices in Appalachia resonate with Spanish gospel choir
- Iran’s contested election: Populism and power
- Minding our electricity use: How consumers can help even demand
- Unearthing a prehistoric time capsule
- Technology developed for national security advances cancer detection
- Regulatory uncertainty and industry investment: A new approach
- Innovation can help states revitalize job markets, economies
- Engineers seek to stem massive, deadly flow of heart disease
- Beauty and quiet revealed at the boundaries of a major city
- Scientists are learning how to make some of the everyday fruits we eat even more nutritious.
- Virginia Tech experts explain what happened with the economy and what to expect
- A little bit of polysaccharide helps the medicine go down
- Researchers develop blue-ribbon daylily with Hokie colors
- When and how did life on earth become so big?
- Putting the brakes on a pandemic influenza outbreak
- Safety requires more than a hard hat
- Mother's influence on young wildlife more than genetic
- Clean, clear water and words goal of Chinese and American scholars
- First rural NAACP a response to threat of residential segregation
- Volunteer tourism: a tale of two communities
- Can science save large sharks?
- Preventing falls saves lives
- Glacial erosion changes internal mountain structure, responses to plate tectonics
- Creating models to answer questions about air quality
- Getting one step closer to cleaner waters
- Nanominerals influence the Earth in ways only now being realized
- Virginia Tech center helps develop clean coal technology in India
- Air pollutants lurk in places previously thought safe
- Helping dams remain an important energy resource
- Preserving biodiversity
- Virginia Tech center leads team in climate-change project
- To save our streams, save our mussels
- Save the Bay, save agriculture
- Meet Billy the "scat dog"
- Satellite sensors show changes in plant growth
- Modern science uses ancient pieces of genetic machinery to study, fight mosquito-borne diseases
- Eager visitors are trampling Shenandoah National Park
- Madagascar ecology benefits as yesterday's students return as today's scientists
- Someone's in the kitchen: Modern design makes the kitchen an ever-more-popular place.
- Virginia Tech's Center for Geospatial Information Technology helps keep Virginia a step ahead of natural disasters
- Fat horses face health problems — in larger numbers than previously suspected and for a surprising reason
- Neutrino particles deep underground the Earth are telling researchers about the origins of our sun, the stars, and even the universe.
- An undergraduate student aims to save lives in Mali
- Editorial: Joy and frustration
- Battle of the bugs: An invader is destroying America’s hemlocks but Virginia Tech forest entomology researchers are battling the bugs.
- Student storm chasers find course research to be excellent adventure
- Creating the future’s wearable, washable, potentially life-saving computers.
- Storytelling software helps scientists make connections within the ocean of scientific information being published.
- Cognition and emotion development are connected: Virginia Tech’s Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Lab.
- Slow road to recovery in war-torn Bosnia is paved with hope.
- Recognition and thanks for the contributions of five faculty members
- Introducing Bob Walters, vice president for research at Virginia Tech.
- Saving rare breeds of livestock that helped build a nation
- A modern-day Dr. Dolittle, walking – and talking – with the animals
- A cool summer research adventure for a Virginia Tech graduate student
- Exploring Appalachia's geographic identity crisis
- Overcoming disabilities through the power of movement
- Finding an elegant solution to a threat to Albania’s olive crop
- New research is enabling the study of disease at the molecular level
- “Pressure tactics” that are helping to make food and medicine safer
- The Frequency Monitoring Network helps secure the grid
- Fixing America’s power grid – the role of distributed generation
- Tidal energy offers potential new forms of energy from the sea
- Virginia Tech’s beautiful, efficient solar house
- A roundup of energy-related research at Virginia Tech
- Multiculturalism in today's diverse workplace
- Infectious disease research
- The emotional toll parents' deployment has on teens
- Studying jaguars in the wild
- What causes traffic accidents
- New molecular complexes used in the war on cancer
- Driverless vehicles
- A roundup of hurricane-related research at Virginia Tech
- Free radicals threaten fat cats and fad dieters
- Apple shape puts overweight folks on fast track for disease
- Fat a BIG problem for kids
- Editorial: Fighting obesity: More than ‘Just say no’
- Plant chemistry, history reveal clues to survival<
- University theatre experimentation, creative experiences connect artists and audiences
- A step forward by design for spinal fusion surgery
- Microscopes
- Women learn from revolution that they can lead in peace
- Scientists model interaction of viruses and immune system
- Rising above sweatshops
- Life in the fast lane enriches Virginia’s landscape
- Cuba inside out
- Student Research
- 200 years ago, the Lewis and Clark expedition crossed a continent
- Researchers help pick faces out of a crowd
- How do mountains grow?
- Research can guide investment
- Building a supercomputer
- When a tree grows in any town, we all benefit
- Program helps couples stop the violence
- Reducing injuries from accidents
- Student research: Winning graduate student research makes it easier to plot forested land and for computer grids to operate in secure environments
- Microscopes
- Biomaterials — an offer the body can’t reject
- New sensor would simplify diagnostics
- Fit to lead — research suggests fitter executives may be better leaders
- Tiny, tough, and true — photonic sensors go into the harshest environments
- Emily Dickinson challenges modern writers
- People want to see themselves in the funny pages
- Finding the right horsepower — Equine nutrition to promote health and performance
- Microscopes
- There is more to a forest than trees
- Preparing for a ‘worst case scenario’
- Faster, safer, cheaper, air travel
- Composer travels the world
- Shaking up things in virtual reality
- Model airplane pinpoints plant stress
- The Quest for Donne
- Art flying in and out of space
- Microscopes
- Social scientists respond to September 11
- Power engineers taking small steps toward big energy savings
- Decisions, Decisions: Applying the power of business research to the business of power
- Filled buckyballs — diamonds from soot
- Nanotechnology — still more room at the bottom
- Mexican-American communities remain hostage to history
- Microscopes
- How two young men succeeded against the odds
- Bioinformatics
- And Justice for All
- The little cell that could power an energy revolution
- Life precarious in island paradise
- Aquaculture: Ocean-friendly, market-savvy wave of the future
- Student research bridges boundaries
- Microscopes
- From wired to unwired
- Speed, weather and the next wave
- Web project brings Jamestown to life
- Violent movies can increase violent responses
- Biomedical engineers maintain the ultimate machine
- Planting trees between a rock and a hard place
- If Bossy eats right, premium ice cream will be health food
- Coping and caring — not packaging — defines ‘family’
- The best things in life aren’t things
- Students showcase outstanding research
- Microscopes
- Racing against disease and economics
- Can we harvest hardwoods without harm?
- Seeds of change
- Re-live and learn
- Ruling the Web
- Engineers and biologist collaborate
- Night life
- Waste not, waste not
- Partners in research
- Microscopes
- Is it safe to eat?
- Smokin’
- Building a building system
- Adjusting the global thermostat
- Negotiating
- Antimatter matters
- A few good patents support university missions
- Partners in research
- Microscopes
- Can We Feed the World?
- Mapping the Future
- Hazardous Materials: Accidents and the Future
- Material Advances
- In 2047, we’ll be more efficient, more connected, more entertained, more unemployed
- Immunology advancements coming quickly
- Even the house of the future won’t necessarily be ‛smart’
- Highways, vehicles get smart
- Microscopes
