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Cancer Prevention: Can Future-Focused Thinking Help Smokers Quit?

As the warning label on every pack of cigarettes tells us, smoking is harmful. It’s the leading preventable cause of death, disease and disability. And yet, nearly 15 percent of...

VDOT Lifts Lane Closures for Holiday Travel Across Virginia

If you’re headed out to do some last-minute holiday shopping, the Virginia Department of Transportation...

Virginia Credit Union, Member One Donate $15K to Roanoke, Lynchburg Youth Programs

Virginia Credit Union and its Member One division recently donated $15,000 to two community organizations...

Invest to Win Takes Flight With $20 Million Record Gift to Athletics

At a historic juncture for Virginia Tech Athletics, a donor has stepped forward to make...

New Study Shows How Neurons Organize Genetic Messages

Scientists found that messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules that carry genetic instructions to the far reaches...

Roanoke Recognized as a Top Destination for Fall Colors by USA Today 10Best

The official results are in after a nationwide competition to determine the Best Destination for Fall Colors by USA Today 10Best. Among twenty destinations...

Gov. Youngkin: “Nobody who would cheer murder should be allowed within 100 yards of a student.”

Many across Western Virginia and our nation have had nerves raw and on edge, first since the chilling video of a man knifing to...

Roanoke Area Remembers 9/11

This September 11 marks the twenty-fourth anniversary of the horrific terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001. In those attacks, 19 Islamist hijackers, all from the Middle...

Fralin researchers investigate why memory circuits break down in Alzheimer’s disease

Scientists are investigating a small region of the brain that plays a major role in memory, spatial navigation, and — perhaps — Alzheimer’s disease. One...

VA Tech experts say AI still needs more oversight to protect youth

Amid growing concerns about how children and teens engage with AI chatbots, including a tragic suicide reportedly linked back to a teen’s use of...

VA Tech research offers new insight into blood thinners and bone builders

If biomolecules were people, heparin would be a celebrity. Best known as a powerful blood thinner with a global market of more than $7 billion,...