Research that Matters
Research that matters.
From the medicine we take and the food we eat to the roads we travel, the phones in our pockets, lifesaving treatments for our pets, and the security of our nation, research touches nearly every aspect of our lives. At Virginia Tech, every experiment, analysis, and breakthrough helps make our world healthier, safer, and stronger.
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Research for a Better Future
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Health: Revolutionizing Prevention, Treatment, and Care
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A deadly fungus may not live to see the last of us , articleVirginia Tech researchers successfully killed the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus in animal studies by identifying how it resists current therapeutic methods.
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Virginia Tech leads multimillion-dollar project for women's health , articleA team of researchers from across the country will investigate the connection between hormones and vaginal tissue health in a project funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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In a tight spot, mice look to their friends , articleResearchers discover how the brain turns a warning signal into a drive to seek familiar company.
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First-of-its-kind preventative phage therapy provides promising results , articleAssistant Professor and Blackwood Junior Faculty Fellow Bryan Hsu and his team recently demonstrated that prophylactic phage therapy, using an engineered nonpathogenic E. coli bacterium, successfully protected mice from an oral salmonella infection.
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Leukemia study highlights need to standardize testing , articleResearch led by Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists found that the usefulness of a widely used measure of acute myeloid leukemia relapse risk depends on who is doing the test.
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What biomedical discoveries can be made in three months? , articleUndergraduate students showcased findings from their hands-on summer research experiences alongside Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists.
Technology: Advancements for Improved Livelihoods
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Expert discusses the midterm elections and the roles that AI plays , articleAs the United States midterm elections approach, AI policy looms large, adding new uncertainties to a rapidly evolving campaign season. Political communications expert Cayce Myers provides analysis of the stakes in the upcoming election and the ways AI could affect campaigns and voters.
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Virginia’s Smart Airspace network lands first flights , articleOver the past year, the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership worked with its industry and government partners to develop the route network, which connects new vertiports at Virginia Tech Transportation Institute in Blacksburg, Roanoke-Blacksburg Airport in Roanoke, and Allen C. Perkinson Airport in Blackstone.
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How urgently do AI-exposed jobs need retraining? , articleTo better capture the complex and uneven effects of AI on the U.S. labor market, this study introduces the Reskilling Urgency Index, a comprehensive framework that extends existing measures of AI exposure by incorporating critical labor-market factors such as skill non-transferability and job non-specialization.
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Q&A: The AI slowdown debate , articleAs security threats and political pressures mount, Virginia Tech experts examine the feasibility, safety guardrails, and geopolitical tradeoffs of pacing AI development.
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Research team advances the future of distributed mobile networks , articleVirginia Tech National Security Institute, the Institute for Advanced Computing, and Lockheed Martin collaborate on this Future G project.
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Engineering alum's medical startup aims to empower amputees with AI-linked prosthetics , articleAs a student, Soham Mehra '25 had two goals: help people in need and solve unique engineering problems. He found a way to accomplish both by co-founding his own medical startup, MorphLabs.
Security: Safeguarding the Homefront
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Virginia Tech leads multimillion-dollar project for women's health , article
A team of researchers from across the country will investigate the connection between hormones and vaginal tissue health in a project funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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Experts available: UN General Assembly, AI and air traffic control, midterm elections, oil prices, and extreme weather , articleVirginia Tech experts are available this week to discuss top news stories, including the U.S. and Iranian presidents speaking at the UN, Al tools for air traffic control, the stakes for both parties (and AI) in the midterms, rapidly rising oil prices, and weather extremes. To schedule an interview with any of them or if you need analysis on other topics, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu.
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Research team advances the future of distributed mobile networks , article
Virginia Tech National Security Institute, the Institute for Advanced Computing, and Lockheed Martin collaborate on this Future G project.
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Chatting with AI to combat online grooming , articleUsing survey data from parents and teens and leveraging artificial intelligence, researchers created a chatbot that gradually advances the interactions from innocent to predatory, giving teens first-hand experience of cybergrooming tactics without the risk of actual harm.
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Narcisa Pricope named director of research and development for the Center for Geospatial Information Technology , articlePricope will help expand CGIT’s research portfolio, cultivate partnerships with federal agencies, industry, and academic collaborators, and support the development of innovative geospatial technologies and decision-support tools.
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Nation’s drone defenses bolstered by new center , articleVirginia Tech’s Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership and National Security Institute are partnering with the U.S. Army to open a Counter-UAS Testing and Research Center to test, evaluate, and improve the nation’s detection systems.