A Touch of Tech Archive
Find out something new about Virginia Tech you may not have known. Updated every Friday by noon.
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07.04.08 Bringing back mussels; Carbon sequestration.
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06.27.08 Certifiable supervisors; University inspires "supercity" designation.
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06.20.08 Jefferson's big trees; Visualizing viruses.
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06.13.08 Equine Medical Center has it all; Chesapeake Bay and cows.
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06.06.08 Emotional intelligence and IT; Tiny bubbles offer big clues.
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05.30.08 Storing more stuff; Brainmobiles.
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05.23.08 Nanopollution; An Olympic veterinarian.
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05.16.08 Teamwork in the ACC; A whole new yew.
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05.09.08 See food, not seafood; Better chemical suits.
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05.02.08 Plants as parasites; Different kind of cow chip.
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04.25.08 Smells like you; Happier trails to you.
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04.18.08 Bugs bugging other bugs; Global clouding from global warming.
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04.04.08 Cooling off computers; Greening up computers.
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03.28.08 Drought-resistant rice; Chicken-powered vehicles?
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03.21.08 Neutrinos by the trillions; Predators and evolution
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03.14.08 Fill'er up with algae; Getting CO2 out of the air.
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03.07.08 Maps to avoid the road; When the patient is a zebra
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02.29.08 Saving a beach dune; Conservation in Belize.
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02.22.08 Game theory and cell phones; Improving public health.
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02.15.08 Space research; Virginia Cooperative Extension.
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02.08.08 The shape of obesity; A better book bag.
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02.01.08 Computer "games" for farmers; How a disease starts.
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01.25.08 Virginia Tech's international life; Tropical bird songs.
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01.18.08 Exploring a destroyed cathederal; The breadth of Virginia Tech.
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01.11.08 Accurate museums; Inland seafood.
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01.04.08 Bringing back grouse; Inland shipbuilding.
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12.14.2007 Some light body work; Manipulating mosquitos.
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12.07.2007 Partnering to find a cure; Zapping cancer.
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11.30.2007 Developing a really sweet ride; Building better noses.
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11.16.2007 A knotty problem; Mussel-building.
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11.09.2007 Finding airborne fungus; Making nano-medicine work.
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11.02.2007 Shorts from soybeans; Controlling obesity in horses.
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10.26.2007 Creating robot amoebas; Cows and the Chesapeake Bay.
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10.19.2007 Plastics from feathers; Speed training for horses.
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10.12.2007 Understanding neutrinos; Making more olive oil.
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10.05.2007 Healthy biodiesel byproducts; Chickens and prostate cancer.
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09.28.2007 Using tree rings to study Virginia's past; Folding and flexing DNA.
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09.21.2007 Helping disabled farmers; Cleaning up beaches.
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09.14.2007 Disappearing Appalachian trout; A Hokie bug.
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09.07.2007 Protecting piping plovers; Reforesting Virginia.
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