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- - Aug 27, 2018 The heart: digital or analog? VTCRI researchers shed dramatic new light on disorders of heart bioelectricity
    Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute (VTCRI) have found evidence that may disrupt conventional understanding about how electrical activity travels in the heart — a discovery that potentially can lead to new insight into medical problems, such as heart arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death.
- - Aug 07, 2018 Through partnership with local rescue squad, Virginia Tech students develop lifesaving device
    A biomedical design organization started by Virginia Tech students developed a device to help first responders lift heavy patients — potentially saving emergency medical service workers from career-ending injuries.
- - Aug 03, 2018 New approach to super slippery packaging aims to cut down on food waste
    New research from Virginia Tech aims to cut down on that waste – and consumer frustration – with a novel approach to creating super slippery industrial packaging.
- - Aug 02, 2018 A SMART combination: Graduate student credits Virginia Tech mentors, support programs with scholarship award
    BEAM Ph.D. student Katrina Colucci-Chang is an engineer with a dancer’s mindset.
- - Jul 25, 2018 Study identifies possible treatment target for Alzheimer’s, age-related cognitive decline
    New research from a collaborative team of neuroscientists and engineers at Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia is shedding light on the underlying mechanisms of brain aging, along with associated neurological diseases.
- - Jul 11, 2018 Engineering students take lifesaving concept to market with help from university environment and donors
    Virginia Tech engineering science and mechanics graduate Jordan Klein and mechanical engineering graduate David Hall founded bike helmet company Park & Diamond in 2015.
- - Jun 26, 2018 Virginia Tech releases ratings for bicycle helmets
    The Virginia Tech Helmet Lab has released its first set of ratings for bicycle helmets, representing more than two years of dedicated research by the group that has helped drive innovation in the sports equipment industry with evidence-based, consumer-oriented safety testing.
- - Jun 18, 2018 VTCRI scientists, Carilion clinicians first to identify perinexus in human heart
    Steve Poelzing, associate professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, and Soufian AlMahameed, who was the director of the Carilion Clinic's Center for Atrial Fibrillation, led the research team that first identified the perinexus in the human heart.
- - Jun 13, 2018 Scott L. Hendricks honored with emeritus status
    A member of the university community since 1979, Scott L. Hendricks is being awarded emeritus status.
- - May 24, 2018 Virginia Tech researchers awarded USDA grant to study the spread of devastating wheat diseases
    A Virginia Tech research project focused on the dispersal of two wheat pathogens will receive $498,708 over the next three years from the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative.

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