Virginia Tech joins global effort on vector control strategy to prevent malaria
(Virginia Tech) Researchers has been awarded a $1.4 million grant to undertake the economic and environmental impact assessments for Broad One Health Endectocide-based Malaria Intervention in Africa. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - April 12, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Expanding truck safety outreach program
(Virginia Tech) The grant will help expand a program which aims to teach driver's education students how to drive safely around commercial motor vehicles. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - April 8, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Improving 3D-printed prosthetics and integrating electronic sensors
(Virginia Tech) Virginia Tech professor and his team have made inroads in integrating electronic sensors with personalized 3D-printed prosthetics (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - April 4, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Novel insights into soil biodiversity, Earth's global engine
(Virginia Tech) The findings indicate changes in soil biodiversity are driven by changes in plant cover and soil acidification during ecosystem development. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 28, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Studying reintroduction of bull trout with simulations
(Virginia Tech) Their project is one of the first to use an advanced computer model to simulate the genetic and demographic outcomes of the reintroduction by projecting 200 years into the future. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 28, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Codifying the universal language of honey bees
(Virginia Tech) In a paper appearing in April's issue of Animal Behaviour researchers decipher the instructive messages encoded in the insects' movements, called waggle dances. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - March 27, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Study finds people who feed birds impact conservation
(Virginia Tech) Researchers analyzed how people who feed birds notice and respond to natural events at their feeders by collaborating with Project FeederWatch, a program managed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology that engages more than 25,000 people to observe and collect data on their backyard birds. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - March 26, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
First ratings for youth football helmets address sport's largest pool of athletes
(Virginia Tech) With the release of youth football-helmet ratings by the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab -- already renowned for their helmet ratings for varsity football and other sports -- consumers can see which helmets best reduce concussion risk. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 20, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Researchers analyze biodiversity patterns in Antarctic Dry Valleys
(Virginia Tech) 'Surprisingly, we found that biotic, or living, interactions are crucial in shaping biodiversity patterns even in the extreme ecosystems of the Antarctic Dry Valleys.' (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 20, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Honey bee gut microbiome research -- NSF grant
(Virginia Tech) 'Using the honey bee gut microbiome as a model to study host defense against parasites could have implications for understanding the human microbiome and host defense, as well.' (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 15, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
To slow malaria, cure mosquitoes with drug-treated bed nets
(Virginia Tech) Researchers found that they could use the same drug -- atovaquone -- used to treat the malaria parasite when a person gets sick, coat mosquito bed nets with it, and let mosquitoes ingest the anti-malarial drug. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - March 11, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
NIH provides $23 million for statewide translational research institute
(Virginia Tech) The focus of is 'using data to improve health' and leverages the data science expertise across the state. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 8, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
How well do vaccines work? Research reveals measles vaccine efficacy
(Virginia Tech) 'What we found was a bit of a shock -- there are a very small number of studies that test whether vaccines are effective across multiple pathogen doses ...' said Langwig. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 7, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Giving a voice to society's maintainers
(Virginia Tech) 'It's about changing leadership and the way that we lead and manage organizations.' -- Lee Vinsel. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - March 5, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Facial recognition software to identify Civil War soldiers
(Virginia Tech) Photo Sleuth may help uncover the mysteries of nearly 4 million photographs of Civil War-era images. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 27, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
