News Stories

- - Oct 23, 2018 What do bubbles, cells, and dancers have in common?
    Virginia Tech engineers have teamed up with a choreographer for a radical, creative approach to visualizing microscopic acoustic phenomena. The goal? Developing technologies that could lead to more effective treatments for cancer and other diseases.
- - Oct 02, 2018 Gilliam Fellowship will support graduate student’s investigation of racial disparities in medical research
    As a 2018 Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study recipient, Cherice Hughes-Oliver will focus on the lack of racial representation in biomechanical research and hopes to discover how common research practices are limiting the generalizability of results.
- - Sep 20, 2018 New Virginia Tech biomedical engineering degree to focus on technology transfer, health care
    With the nation’s demand for health-related services, products, and professionals expected to skyrocket over the next decade, students in the new program will be uniquely trained to bridge the gap between traditional medicine and the technology needed to address emerging and complex health care problems.
- - Sep 17, 2018 VTCRI scientist awarded new federal grant to study cardiac conduction in health, disease
    Steven Poelzing, an associate professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, has received a new five-year grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
- - Sep 17, 2018 World’s first passive anti-frosting surface fights ice with ice
    While the inconvenience of scraping or defrosting car windows may define cold mornings for many drivers, the toll frost takes on the larger economy is more than just a nuisance. From delayed flights to power outages, ice buildup can cost consumers and companies billions of dollars every year in lost efficiency and mechanical breakdown.
- - 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.

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