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While Del. Rasoul Condemns ICE, Illegal Alien Stabs Fredericksburg Woman To Death At Fairfax Bus Stop

On Monday, February 23, Stephanie Minter, 41, of Fredericksburg, was found stabbed to death at a Fairfax County bus stop with multiple knife wounds to the upper body. Minter...

Catawba Sustainability Center Expands Applied Research in Roanoke County

When Matthew Wagner walks the fields of the Catawba Sustainability Center, he’s thinking about more...

VA Tech Study Identifies Key Exercise Enzyme That Could Inform Diabetes Treatment

Researchers have investigated the role of a certain enzyme in regulating energy in muscle and...

Roanoke City Public Schools Receives $450K State Grant to Build First Solar-Powered Microgrid at any K-12 School in Virginia

Roanoke City Public Schools (RCPS) has been awarded a grant from the Virginia Department of...

Carilion Clinic Foundation Establishes Children’s Miracle Network Endowed Chair in Pediatric Medicine

In partnership with Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) of Southwest Virginia, the Carilion Clinic Foundation has...

Tips for preserving summer produce safely from a Virginia Cooperative Extension expert

As summer gardens and local markets begin to yield an abundance of fruits and vegetables, preserving that bounty for year-round use at home requires...

VA Tech Expert discusses the implications of Trump’s plans for artificial intelligence

President Donald Trump intends to unveil an Artificial Intelligence Action Plan aimed at keeping the United States at the forefront of AI development. Toward...

How does early-life trauma shape brain circuit function?

Uncontrolled rage is a public health issue. It is a feature of several psychiatric and behavioral disorders and contributes to societal challenges including community...

VA Tech Researchers Use eDNA to Track Endangered Sharks in the Mediterranean

The Mediterranean white shark is as elusive and mysterious as the sharks in the Atlantic and Pacific are well known. “There’s really not much known...

New treatment plan

Virginia native Scott Armistead, his wife, and their three boys boarded a plane for Pakistan in 1999. For the next 16 years, Armistead practiced...

AI in the classroom: Tools, training, and the future of education

Like most of the students in their classroom, teachers are also embracing AI. Educators' use of generative AI rose from 51 percent to 67...