FDA designates molecular test for concussions as 'breakthrough device'
(Virginia Tech) The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute will serve as one of the national anchor research and clinical sites to validate a point-of-care test for mild Traumatic Brain Injury. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 17, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Breakthrough paves way for new Lyme disease treatment
(Virginia Tech) Virginia Tech biochemist Brandon Jutras has discovered the cellular component that contributes to Lyme arthritis, a debilitating and extremely painful condition that is the most common late stage symptom of Lyme disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - June 17, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Beyond Queen's stomp-stomp-clap: Concerts and computer science converge in new research
(Virginia Tech) How to get large numbers of people engaged in participating during a live performance like a concert -- or a lecture -- and channel that energy for a sustained time period. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 14, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
How do engineers form subjective opinions from objective data?
(Virginia Tech) 'I believe that the way in which we expose students to engineering problems in college is very misleading from the real practice of engineering.' (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 14, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
A Study on Twins Offers Proof That We All Need Personalized Diets
Though they’re not without critics, the U.S. federal dietary guidelines have for years aimed to give all Americans a blueprint for good nutrition.
But new research says this kind of one-size-fits-all approach may not cut it. Different people, even identical twins (who have nearly the exact same DNA), may respond to the same foods very differently, the researchers found—complicating decades of weight-loss and health advice, and potentially leaving consumers with more questions than answers.
“Our recommendations, medically and public-health wise, have just been assuming that if people follow the standard pl...
Source: TIME: Health - June 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Diet/Nutrition Source Type: news
Judge Dismisses Case Brought By Flint Researcher Against University Academic
LANSING, Mich. - A Michigan judge on May 14 dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Virginia Tech researcher who led the team that exposed the lead-contaminated water crisis in Flint, Mich., against Wayne State University (WSU) in which the researcher challenged the qualifications of the academic who led WSU's team of investigators and experts working in Flint (Marc Edwards v. Wayne State University, No. 18-110, Mich. Clms.). (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - June 5, 2019 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news
Bats have an ambulance in their ears
(Virginia Tech) 'The Doppler shift patterns produced by the ear motions could give these bat species the option to concentrate their energy in a narrow frequency band yet be also able to tell target direction.' (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 4, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
What causes battery electrode failure?
(Virginia Tech) 'It's impossible to have every single grain of rice identical in terms of their shapes and how far away it is to its neighbor,' Lin said. 'To make a better battery, you need to maximize the contribution from each individual particle...' (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 3, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Harmful algal blooms research -- Fulbright US Scholar Award to New Zealand
(Virginia Tech) Researchers will work to improve the security of water systems by developing new remote-sensing capabilities to sense and respond to harmful algal blooms. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 3, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Parasitic plant research -- Fulbright US Scholar Award
(Virginia Tech) Jim Westwood will study the interaction of sunflower broomrape, a parasitic plant species, with sunflower. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 29, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Jumping drops get boost from gravity
(Virginia Tech) 'It turns out that surface tension and gravity work far better together than either works on its own.' (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 28, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Studying the evolution of oceans -- grant
(Virginia Tech) 'By understanding how microbes have evolved to live in the ocean, we can begin to predict how they might respond to future changes in climate and ocean acidification,' Aylward said. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 28, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Island lizards are expert sunbathers, and researchers find it's slowing their evolution
(Virginia Tech) If you've ever spent some time in the Caribbean, you might have noticed that humans are not the only organisms soaking up the sun. Anoles -- diminutive little tree lizards -- spend much of their day shuttling in and out of shade. But, according to a new study in Evolution led by assistant professor Martha Mu ñ oz at Virginia Tech and Jhan Salazar at Universidad Icesi, this behavioral 'thermoregulation' isn't just affecting their body temperature. Surprisingly, it's also slowing their evolution. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - April 22, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Amazon Research Award to develop algorithms to tackle unfairness in recommendation engines
(Virginia Tech) 'Recommendation engines can be unfair in that they may recommend beneficial products to some users but not others ... ' (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - April 19, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Universities lead effort to help Appalachians trapped by opioid epidemic
(Virginia Tech) With a new grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, universities led by Virginia Tech will unite scientists, a range of health-care and service providers, and communities, including individuals in recovery, to confront the opioid problem, directly in the epicenter of the epidemic. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - April 17, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
