Science at Virginia Tech stories grouped by subject area (some stories appear in more than one area)
Business | Chemistry | Computers | Education | Engineering | Entomology | Environment/Natural Resources | Geological Sciences | Health and Other Life Sciences | Materials | Physics | Social Sciences | Space Science | Transportation
Business
Are the Japanese worked to death? (1995)
Clothing research "behind the seams" (1996)
Find spirituality in the workplace (1998)
From trucks to tykes, digital video measurement now easier (2002)
Chemistry
Virginia Tech chemists create new family of molecule, solve Fullerene processing mystery (1999)
Computers have had dramatic impact on chemistry (1999)
Interactions change behavior of kids, molecules (2002)
Surface chemistry advances have come with collaboration and, even, gallantry (2000)
Computers
Bioinformatics: What is it? (2000)
CAVE a high-tech research, education tool (2000)
Computers have had dramatic impact on chemistry (1999)
From trucks to tykes, digital video measurement now easier (2002)
Physics professor creates astronomy JAVA program for student use (1999)
Reusable codes reduce cost of creating software(1996)
Education
How to help a student learn (1990)
Engineering
Engineers, biologists, economists assess development impact and watershed management (1998)
Engineer's predictions dismal for nation's highways and bridges (2001)
From golf swing to hip sway, a computer program designed by materials engineers touches your life (1997)
Help for troubled bridges (1990)
Highways, vehicles of the future get smart (1997)
Smart spacecraft will provide smoother ride
Student's discoveries can help prevent water-borne diseases (2002)
When engineers team up with entomologists, cockroaches can drive cars (1997)
Entomology
Understanding carpenter ants results in bait and strategy for protecting homes (1998)
When engineers team up with entomologists, cockroaches can drive cars (1997)
Environment / Natural Resources
Bears, and bears, and more bears (1998)
Biologists fingerprint bacteria to find source of water contamination (1996)
Engineers and scientists taking the earth's pulse (1998)
Engineers, biologists, economists assess development impact and watershed management (1998)
Engineers, microbiologists team up to create more powerful sludge (1999)
Fish tell tale of poisoned waters, and more (1995)
The fishing hole had better be upstream from commercial and industrial centers (1998)
Forests yield more than timber (2000)
Hyporheic zone appears key to nitrogen remediation in streams (2001)
Horseshoe crab may be your lifesaver (1999)
How science works (1995)
Impurities in biominerals reveal a key to understanding climate change, will lead to novel materials (2001)
Learning uranium containment from nature (2001)
Pressure improves wood (2000)
Seven decades of management virtually wipes out life from the Colorado River Delta (2001)
Small streams critical to water quality (2001)
Student's discoveries can help prevent water-borne diseases (2002)
When Shewanella meets goethite: Evidence found of recognition between animate and inanimate objects (2001)
Geological Sciences
Earliest modern tree lived 360 to 345 million years ago (1999)
Horizontal strain critical to characterizing aquifer properties and to understanding land subsidence (2001)
Hyporheic zone appears key to nitrogen remediation in streams (2001)
Impurities in biominerals reveal a key to understanding climate change, will lead to novel materials (2001)
Iron-rich soil can help remove lead; manganese also important (2002)
Learning uranium containment from nature (2001)
Record of ancient climates can be a map to riches (2001)
Seven decades of management virtually wipes out life from the Colorado River Delta (2001)
When Shewanella meets goethite: Evidence found of recognition between animate and inanimate objects (2001)
Health and other Life Sciences
Bioinformatics: What is it? (2000)
Biologists fingerprint bacteria to find source of water contamination (1996)
Biotech approach to feral cat problem devised (1998)
Cells from extreme environments (1998)
Dynamic sub-cellular processes could lead to medical applications (2002)
From trucks to tykes, digital video measurement now easier (2002)
Hot pepper oil may prevent salmonella in poultry (2002)
Horseshoe crab may be your lifesaver (1999)
How the immune system works — a primer (1997)
Intervention helps aggressive and withdrawn children (1995)
Is it safe to eat? (1997)
Prevention is the key to real changes in health care (1995)
Rat gene increases vitamin C in plants (2002)
Researchers look at how hypnosis helps control pain (1996)
Researchers study the impact of fires on children (1998)
Short-term treatment for marijuana abuse as effective as longer program (1997)
Student's discoveries can help prevent water-borne diseases (2002)
Turning on the immune system to fight cancer (1997)
Veterinary researchers seek secret to reversing birth defects (2002)
What's behind your teeth (1990)
Materials
Designers of tomorrow's materials follow nature's example (1996)
Impurities in biominerals reveal a key to understanding climate change, will lead to novel materials (2001)
Materials spun from molecules of straw and wood better than gold (1997)
Pedaling materials for the 21st century (1995)
Thinner materials improve flexible solar cells, flat panel displays (2002)
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Physics
Antimatter matters (1997)
Interactions change behavior of kids, molecules (2002)
Measurement shows asymmetry in matter and antimatter (2002)
Molecule can be a transistor (2001)
Physics professor creates astronomy JAVA program for student use (1999)
Thinner materials improve flexible solar cells, flat panel displays (2002)
Virginia Tech telescope maps the galaxy (1998)
Social Sciences
Are the Japanese worked to death? (1995)
Can we feed the world? (1997)
Community interactions impact crime(1995)
Do we prevent accidents or develop elaborate warning systems? (1996)
Don't believe every 'old wives tale' about what keeps people together (1995)
Even in the house of the future, fashionable won't necessarily mean 'smart' (1996)
Fewer 'empty nests' as people help each other (1995)
Interactions change behavior of kids, molecules (2002)
Intervention helps aggressive and withdrawn children (1995)
The 'poor house' may not be a thing of the past (1995)
Violent movies can increase violent responses in real life (1999)
Space Science
Smart spacecraft will provide smoother ride (2001)
Space science — the new frontier (1998)
Transportation
Highways, vehicles of the future get smart (1997)
Night visibility enhanced using UV technology (1998)