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Summer brings longer days and outdoor fun, but it also marks the official start of storm season and unpredictable fireworks displays.

For thousands of dogs and cats, these sudden, booming sounds trigger severe panic.

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A new grant will support #VirginiaTech research to better understand how brain activity changes as dystonia develops and could help advance understanding of the neurological disorder. 🧠

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As silicon approaches its physical limits, this #VirginiaTech Ph.D student is helping explore what comes next for semiconductors.

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$4 million in grants was awarded to @vt_cnre projects to support research to improve how military lands are managed for threatened and endangered species.

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We still don’t know what exactly dark matter is, but the evidence keeps growing.

New Virginia Tech-led research using echo mapping suggests dark matter may cluster around supermassive black holes like a dense cloud.

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While operating data centers in low earth orbit could alleviate some of the issues they create on Earth, doing so also introduces a host of new challenges and costs.

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New research from Virginia Tech found evidence that the volcanic eruptions linked to the end-Triassic extinction depleted oxygen in the oceans, with oxygen starvation beginning nearly 8 million years before the mass extinction.

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A #VirginiaTech researcher is working to improve food safety by helping trace outbreaks faster and reduce contamination before it reaches people’s kitchens. 👏

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Virginia Tech researchers are combining histotripsy with immunotherapy to treat osteosarcoma — a cancer with an unchanged prognosis for decades. https://t.co/pFY0idS4K1

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New #VirginiaTech research findings show that housing instability serves as a strong predictor of increased adverse childhood experiences and a greater likelihood of negative long-term health outcomes. 🏠

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Researchers have identified a key protein that may help failing hearts regain function, offering new insight into why some hearts recover while others do not. 🫀

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As associate director of the #VirginiaTech Newport News Center, Mallory Tuttle M.S. ’14 builds partnerships and creates opportunity across Hampton Roads — work that recently earned her recognition of one of Virginia's Forty Under 40. 🙌

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A #VirginiaTech study found that AI image generators produce more realistic and recognizable images of large cities than smaller communities, raising questions about geographic bias in artificial intelligence systems.

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Through support from the heavy equipment company, engineering students will be well equipped to lead the mining workforce into the future. ���

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Three studies led by @FralinBiomed addiction researcher Roberta Freitas-Lemos examine approaches to reducing tobacco use, including tax policies and menthol bans.

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#Hokies are working with the U.S. Secret Service to develop a portable audio and video system that can rapidly detect and identify potential drone threats.

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When a 7-month-old miniature donkey named Dolly Parton was found hypothermic and unresponsive, her owner drove nearly two hours to @VaMdVetMed for lifesaving treatment that took weeks to complete. 🫏

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The Olenick family has had six siblings become #Hokies. The youngest will graduate this week, closing a chapter that began in Blacksburg nearly two decades ago. 🦃

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History was made one year ago today. 🦃⚡️

Video courtesy of @Metallica

#M72VirginiaTech #Hokies

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Samar Antar, a postdoctoral associate with @FralinBiomed, will use the Career Development Award to identify new therapeutic targets for the progressive, irreversible lung disease. 🫁

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