Bowl Projections, College Football Playoff Predictions: Kansas State, Virginia Tech Opt Out
The College Football News bowl projections, and the predictions for the College Football Playoff after Week 15 and before Championship... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
School of Education assistant professor revolutionizing the older adult wellness narrative
(Virginia Tech) The assistant professor of counselor education in the Virginia Tech School of Education earned a $100,000 grant from the Mather Institute to develop a wellness coaching program for older adults. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - December 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Fulbright grant to study nations with a history of leadership by women
(Virginia Tech) To better understand the effects of women's political empowerment in each nation, Jalalzai will ask questions of current and former leaders through the method of elite interviews. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - December 10, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
$2 million NIH grant to develop Zika virus vaccine
(Virginia Tech) " This grant focuses on a new strategy that we developed to produce safe and effective flavivirus vaccines. It aims to prevent the emergence of these viruses -- in this case Zika virus -- in humans, " said Jonathan Auguste (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - December 9, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Scientists say they can make antiperspirant from body fluids
Scientists from Virginia Tech in the U.S. say it's possible and, while the idea may make you squirm, the work is said to have caught the eye of several manufacturers. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 8, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Clemson vs. Virginia Tech Condensed Game
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Source: Reuters: Health - December 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Clemson vs. Virginia Tech: Live stream, watch online, TV channel, coverage, kickoff time, odds, spread, pick
The Tigers will wrap the regular season on Saturday night in Blacksburg (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Clemson players unavailable for Virginia Tech game
Clemson released an official list of unavailable players on Saturday approximately 120 minutes prior to Clemson's kickoff vs. Virginia... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 5, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NSF grant unites diverse Virginia Tech team to improve in-home physical therapy
(Virginia Tech) The project responds to growing demand for physical therapy as the U.S. population ages. Annually, 795,000 people suffer strokes in the United States. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 24, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Scientists investigate solutions for building cell membrane defense against COVID-19
(DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Researchers from Virginia Tech and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are using neutron scattering at ORNL's Spallation Neutron Source to investigate how cell membranes and the COVID-19 virus impact each other and what therapeutic candidates could make cell membranes more resistant to viral entry. Such information could help experts design strategies for slowing down the progress of viral infection and reducing its harmful effects. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - November 20, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
$4 million grant to improve boxwood blight prevention
(Virginia Tech) The disease quickly obliterates boxwoods, the most common evergreen shrub in the United States, and staples of modern and historic gardens alike, while also causing lasting damage to the infected areas. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - November 20, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
NSF grant to study oxygen delivery in insects
(Virginia Tech) Together, they will study the role of hydrodynamic slip -- an unusual behavior of fluids in special conditions -- in insects' respiratory systems, looking at oxygen delivery at the micro level. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - November 20, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
An app may make digital contact tracing for COVID-19 more private and secure
(Worcester Polytechnic Institute) Engineers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Virginia Tech are collaborating on a smartphone app that can help conduct contact tracing needed to contain the spread of COVID-19 without risking users' privacy or personal security. Their work is funded by a one-year, $120,000 RAPID grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - November 19, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
In Memoriam
The editors of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health were saddened to learn that Dr. Christine Kaestle died on July 16, 2020, in Blacksburg, Virginia. Dr. Kaestle was a professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Science at Virginia Tech College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, and was a longtime member of the journal's Editorial Advisory Committee. (Source: The Guttmacher Institute)
Source: The Guttmacher Institute - November 18, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Guttmacher Source Type: news
Virginia Tech lab proves the concept of a natural approach to antiperspirants
(Virginia Tech) The Virginia Tech Nature-Inspired Fluids and Interfaces Lab, led by Associate Profesor Jonathan Boreyko, has just made a major breakthrough in the study of natural antiperspirants. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - November 16, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
