New circles of science
I have never thought too hard about insects – good or bad. I don’t like it when spiders find their way into my bed or when moths find their way into my flour, but beyond that, entomology, plant...
View ArticleWith Gentleness
When I sat down this morning to write my first post for this blog, I meant to focus on eating bugs — who eats bugs, why don’t we eat more bugs, why does it gross us out… recipes? I don’t know. But...
View ArticleMorning pears with a booklouse
This article was originally posted on the IPM Innovation Lab website. Advancing technology has indisputably sharpened the tools of scientific inquiry. The most powerful telescope can see 15 billion...
View ArticleSpeckled beetle key to saving crops in Ethiopia
An invasive weed poses a serious and frightening threat to farming families in Ethiopia, but scientists from a Virginia Tech-led program have unleashed a new weapon in the fight against hunger: a tiny,...
View ArticleUniversity awarded $18 million for agriculture program in developing countries
BLACKSBURG, Va., Jan. 12, 2015 – Virginia Tech has won a new $18 million grant for a program working to raise the standard of living of people around the world through environmentally sound...
View ArticleInvasion Of The Tomato Leaf-Miner
Originally published by Scientific American. Darth Vader. Lex Luther. Tuta Absoluta. Megatronus Prime. Which of these is not like the other? Tuta absoluta is the scientific name of a moth no bigger...
View ArticleSlimming down, beefing up brain implants
Article originally published in Virginia Tech news. When it comes to sticking something into your brain, smaller is usually better. Virginia Tech researcher Xiaoting Jia and her team found a new way to...
View ArticleEngineering professor develops potential method of objectively detecting ADHD
Article originally published in Virginia Tech news Despite the growing number of children and adolescents identified as having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), there is no objective...
View ArticleHave you thanked your brain’s astrocytes today?
Article originally published in Virginia Tech News Virginia Tech engineers are forging new computational tools to shed light on the role of vitally important cells in the human brain called...
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