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Researcher Suggests Eggs as Additional Vitamin D Source as Autumn Days Grow Shorter, Colder

A deficiency in vitamin D can lead to problems with bone development and maintenance, and additional symptoms including muscle weakness, fatigue, and depression. To supplement the body's necessary daily dose of vitamin D, Virginia Tech poultry...
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New Research on Octopus-Inspired Technology Successfully Maneuvers Underwater Objects

Using mechanisms inspired by nature to create new technological innovations is a signature of one Virginia Tech research team. The group led by Associate Professor Michael Bartlett has created an octopus-inspired adhesive, inspired by the shape of...
7-Oct-2024 3:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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World Rabies Day 2024: Experts Encourage Education, Vaccination, and Collaboration to Combat Rabies

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 Add to Favorites

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TikTok Ban Could Set Precedent for Social Media Free Speech and Privacy, Experts Say

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 Add to Favorites

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Scientist Awarded National Institutes of Health Grant to Examine Cancer-Dependent Enzyme

During every moment of any living organism’s life, enzymes are at work. These crucial proteins support life through most biological processes, including metabolism, movement, respiration, and digestion. “Enzymes’ effects in cells are part of...
13-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Weather 'whiplash' in Antarctica may help predict effects of future climate change

The McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica live up to their name. The region is one of the driest places on Earth — 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 Add to Favorites

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Moms and caregivers facing family food insecurity need help with more than just food

People don’t 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 Add to Favorites

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Researchers develop 'organ on a chip' for better drug testing 

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 Add to Favorites


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Appealing to Voters Through Podcasts, Expert Explains Advantages

Virginia Tech communication professor Megan Duncan discusses why United States presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris focused on podcasts in their voter outreach, and what benefits such media bring.
8-Nov-2024 9:10 AM EST

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Experts React to 2024 Election Results

Despite the expectation that the results of the 2024 presidential election might not be known for a while, former president Donald Trump won enough swing states to reclaim the presidency by Wednesday morning. Republicans also won the Senate, though...
6-Nov-2024 3:15 PM EST

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Daylight Saving Time: Economic Expert Explains Risks and Benefits

The necessity of daylight saving time has often been questioned and criticized. Virginia Tech economic expert Jadrian Wooten discusses why the retail industries want to keep daylight saving time, the problems associated with it, and at least one...
1-Nov-2024 4:35 PM EDT

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Expert Shares Advice on How to Ease Anxiety This Election Season

Voter anxiety over the presidential election is real. Kristen Benson, director of the marriage and family therapy program at Virginia Tech, offers advice for easing tension.
30-Oct-2024 6:40 PM EDT

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Sweet Temptations: Expert Advice for Mindful Holiday Eating

Halloween candy is everywhere. If you have kids in your home, the amount of candy around you may double or triple by Halloween night, and that’s not counting the bowl that made its way into your office — for guests, of course. This is only the...
25-Oct-2024 11:50 AM EDT

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Expert Offers Insights on Hurricane Helene's Lingering Impacts on Appalachia

Emily Satterwhite, professor and the director of the Appalachian Studies program in the Department of Religion and Culture, is familiar with the phases of flood recovery efforts. She shares insights on Hurricane Helene's lasting impacts in...
25-Oct-2024 9:50 AM EDT

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Diplomacy Needed to Deescalate War Between Israel and Iran’s Proxies, Expert Explains 

The one-year anniversary of the Hamas attacks in Israel arrived with no sign of a cease-fire agreement, and multiple signs that the fighting could expand to multiple fronts and go on for years.  Virginia Tech global affairs expert Ariel Ahram...
8-Oct-2024 4:05 PM EDT

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How Ghost Stories Came to Haunt Halloween, Expert Explains

Virginia Tech English department instructor Ingrid Johnson, who teaches a course on “Monsters, Madness, and the Macabre,” provides insights into how Halloween and ghost stories became so intertwined, and the influence ghost stories have in pop...
8-Oct-2024 4:05 PM EDT

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