Two researchers affiliated with the Virginia Tech College of Engineering have published a paper which reports that hot water recirculating systems touted as "green," actually use both more energy and water than their standard ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

May 02, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 4 |

(Phys.org) —The macroscopic effects of certain nanoparticles on human health have long been clear to the naked eye. What scientists have lacked is the ability to see the detailed movements of individual ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Apr 25, 2013 4 / 5 (3) 0 |

A team of Virginia Tech researchers has discovered that humans are passing antibiotic resistance to wildlife, especially in protected areas where numbers of humans are limited. In the case of banded mongoose ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Apr 24, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 0 |

If the current national challenge to make solar energy cost competitive with other forms of energy by the end of this decade is met, Ranga Pitchumani, the John R. Jones III Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Apr 16, 2013 2.5 / 5 (2) 0

A team of Virginia Tech researchers has succeeded in transforming cellulose into starch, a process that has the potential to provide a previously untapped nutrient source from plants not traditionally thought ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 16, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 15 |

At the race track, the roar of the engines is part of the attraction. But along a public road, most of the noise comes from tires on pavement, increasing 2.5 decibels for every 10 mph, and it is an environmental ...

Technology - Engineering

Apr 11, 2013 not rated yet 0

A team of Virginia Tech researchers has discovered a way to extract large quantities of hydrogen from any plant, a breakthrough that has the potential to bring a low-cost, environmentally friendly fuel source ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Apr 03, 2013 4.4 / 5 (34) 38 |

Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers have unveiled a life-like, autonomous robotic jellyfish the size and weight of a grown man, 5 foot 7 inches in length and weighing 170 pounds.

Electronics - Robotics

Mar 28, 2013 3.8 / 5 (5) 3 |

In a National Science Foundation funded study, Kathleen Alexander, an associate professor of wildlife at Virginia Tech, found that climate drives a large part of diarrheal disease and increases the threat ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 26, 2013 3 / 5 (4) 1

Sunghwan Jung is a fan of the 19th Century born John William Strutt, 3rd, also known as Lord Baron Rayleigh. An English physicist, Rayleigh, along with William Ramsay, discovered the gas argon, an achievement ...

Physics - Soft Matter

Mar 22, 2013 4.6 / 5 (14) 20 |

Virginia Tech researchers successfully used a gene disruption technique to change the eye color of a mosquito—a critical step toward new genetic strategies aimed at disrupting the transmission of diseases ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Mar 21, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Have you ever had a fighter jet fly over your home and the noise of the aircraft booms loud enough to rattle the windows? Well, imagine working on an aircraft carrier or air base, up close to the engines ...

Technology - Engineering

Mar 19, 2013 3.7 / 5 (3) 1

Physicists at Virginia Tech, as part of a collaboration with U.S. and Chinese researchers, took part in one of 2012's top scientific breakthroughs according to Science magazine. It's a breakthrough that could have a sign ...

Physics - General Physics

Mar 11, 2013 4.5 / 5 (14) 8

Raising plants for biofuels is many farmers' dream. The lucrative crops grow with a minimal amount of work and can be harvested using existing equipment. However, some plants that are ideal for bioenergy production come with ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 06, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —When physics professor Randy Heflin brought his 18-month-old daughter to the pediatrician, he didn't know the visit would provide the motivation for a discovery that could herald a breakthrough ...

Chemistry - Polymers

Mar 05, 2013 not rated yet 0