'Fog harp' increases collection capacity for clean water
Fog harvesting may look like whimsical work.
Fog harvesting may look like whimsical work.
Materials Science
Mar 28, 2018
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Mosquitoes may have a reputation for being one of the world's most intractable pests, but they're actually quite tiny and fragile. So when an international team of scientists, including several at Virginia Tech, wanted to ...
Biotechnology
Mar 20, 2018
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By being the first to fully track the changing chemistry of carbon molecules in the air, a Virginia Tech professor could change the way we study pollutants, smog, and emissions to the atmosphere.
Materials Science
Feb 26, 2018
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The environment is teeming with microbes. Soil, water, indoor surfaces, our own bodies—any habitat that hasn't been rigorously sterilized is populated by thousands of species of interdependent bacteria, viruses, and other ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 16, 2018
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Your grandmother's insistence that you receive more bug bites because you're 'sweeter' may not be that far-fetched after all, according to pioneering research from Virginia Tech scientists.
Plants & Animals
Jan 25, 2018
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Could the newest farmhand be a drone?
Engineering
Jan 23, 2018
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A novel tuberculosis pathogen, Mycobacterium mungi, closely related to human TB, infects and kills banded mongooses through a surprising route—olfactory communication. Now, a detailed investigation published in the journal ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 10, 2018
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In a study involving 19 European Union nations, researchers have found that future climate change will make power outages more costly for European households.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 10, 2018
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The comfort food we know and love today as the potato was domesticated between 8,000 and 10,000 years ago from a wild species native to the Andes Mountains in southern Peru. During the 16th century, Spanish conquistadors ...
Biotechnology
Dec 13, 2017
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The conversion of tropical forests to crop and pastureland has long been a concern for scientists, as forest loss can lead to decreased rainfall, increased droughts, and degraded freshwater ecosystems. A new study points ...
Ecology
Dec 13, 2017
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