Rabies is a virus that affects the central nervous system in mammals, leading to brain inflammation. Rabies is almost always fatal once there are symptoms, but it is also 100 percent preventable with proper precautions and vaccination. Understanding...
26-Sep-2024 9:05 AM EDT
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The clock is ticking for TikTok, and questions of freedom of speech and national security are on the line. This week, representatives for the popular video-sharing app are arguing in a federal appeals court for its ability to operate in the United...
17-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT
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During every moment of any living organism鈥檚 life, enzymes are at work. These crucial proteins support life through most biological processes, including metabolism, movement, respiration, and digestion. 鈥淓nzymes鈥� effects in cells are part of...
13-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT
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The McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica live up to their name. The region is one of the driest places on Earth 鈥� mountains form a wall around the valleys and prevent melting glacier water from intruding, humidity is extremely low, and no rain was...
8-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT
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People don鈥檛 experience food insecurity the same way. Often, it's the mothers who first change their eating habits when food runs low to shield others, especially children, from its effects. To find out what is needed to help everyone have enough...
24-Jul-2024 10:05 AM EDT
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Improving human quality of life with drug treatments is a complicated issue. Drug certification, including drug safety and reliability, entails a long series of tests and government approvals before the drug is available for anyone to use. Testing...
22-Jul-2024 10:05 AM EDT
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Drunken driving claims 37 lives daily in the U.S. with teen and young adult drivers disproportionately involved. Niyousha Hosseinichimeh in Virginia Tech's College of Engineering has partnered with researchers across the U.S. to create a simulation...
22-Jul-2024 10:05 AM EDT
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Native trees adapt to the climate and environmental conditions of their area to survive. Researchers in the College of Natural Resources and Environment in collaboration with the American Chestnut Foundation confirmed this by examining the genome of...
22-Jul-2024 10:05 AM EDT
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Hurricane Helene has brought widespread devastation along the East Coast, particularly in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Three Virginia Tech public health and water quality experts 鈥撀燬tephanie Lareau, Julia Gohlke, and...
1-Oct-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Next week, Sen J.D. Vance and Gov. Tim Walz will take the stage in their first vice presidential debate. Several Virginia Tech experts are available to discuss what this debate means and whether it will make a difference for voters.
27-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT
As the 2024 election looms closer, political candidates are ramping up advertising efforts. Streaming and cord-cutting 鈥� canceling traditional cable or satellite service 鈥� has diminished the role of traditional television ads in favor of digital...
25-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Two years and seven months into the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces, the attitudes of the Ukrainian people toward ending the war are reluctantly shifting. Virginia Tech international affairs expert Gerard Toal has聽researched...
24-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Eliminating taxes on tips 鈥� an idea supported by both major party 2024 presidential candidates 鈥� could benefit some service workers but the overall impact may not be that dramatic, says a Virginia Tech expert. There are roughly 4 million workers...
18-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT
The Federal Reserve Board is likely to cut interest rates at its Sept. 17-18 meeting 鈥� but experts from Virginia Tech agree that the adjustment will be small. 鈥淚 think the Fed wants to display independence, so I am pretty sure they will not give...
16-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
The second presidential debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential debate contrasted a polished, occasionally evasive performance by Vice President Kamala Harris against an aggressive, defensive performance by former President Donald Trump. Virginia Tech...
12-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT
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