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Thanks Dan. Combined organization (high-energy + nuclear) is roughly $1.6B/yr organization, and home to 2 mega-projects (LBNF/DUNE and EIC). Jury is out until we hear details.
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Judge Murphy said the process used to be based in science, but “unfortunately, the government has disregarded those methods and thereby undermined the integrity of its actions.”
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Judge Strikes Down Kennedy’s Vaccine Policies
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/health/childhood-vaccines-lawsuit-kennedy.html?smid=bs-share
3 months ago
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Ayesha Rascoe (NPR Weekend Edition Sunday) interviews VT Economics Prof. Djavad Salehi-Isfahani about developments in Iran. Extremely enlightening.
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Trump is threatening to bomb oil facilities on Iran's Kharg Island
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, professor of Economics at Virginia Tech, about the potential impact of a strike on oil facilities on Iran's Kharg Island.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/15/nx-s1-5747920/trump-is-threatening-to-bomb-oil-facilities-on-irans-kharg-island
3 months ago
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One less source of reliable news.
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Highlights from PBS News Weekend as show goes off the air
This Sunday is the final broadcast of PBS News Weekend, at least for the foreseeable future. PBS cancelled the show due to the loss of federal funding for public media. As our team signs off the air, ...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/highlights-from-pbs-news-weekend-as-show-goes-off-the-air
5 months ago
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Science Wordle today. ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Not The Onion: HHS Website Says ‘All the Diseases… Will Still Be Available to Anyone Who Wants Them’
The Department of Health and Human Services either committed an editing error or is offering "all diseases" to Americans via the Affordable Care Act.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/not-onion-hhs-website-says-014145428.html
5 months ago
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An amazing career of science, education, and service. And he was back at graduation to present the students! Congratulations and thanks to Joe Merola!
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Joseph Merola honored with emeritus status
A member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 38 years, Merola made significant research contributions to the study of organometallic complexes of the transition elements, both for catalysis a...
https://news.vt.edu/content/news_vt_edu/en/articles/2025/12/science-chemistry-merola-emeritus.html
5 months ago
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New tracer techniques make PET scanning even more powerful. Congrats to Wei Liu and team!
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New PET imaging breakthrough expands possibilities
Chemist Wei Liu and his graduate student Chao Wang have found a new way to tag molecules to aid in PET scans, expanding tracer options and opening possibilities for earlier diagnoses and more precise ...
https://news.vt.edu/content/news_vt_edu/en/articles/2025/12/science-chemistry-wliu-pet-tracer.html
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Congratulations to Johann Rudi, Virginia Tech Mathematics Department, for receiving the Luther and Alice Hamlett Junior Faculty Fellowship. Well deserved!
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Johann Rudi awarded Luther and Alice Hamlett Junior Faculty Fellowship
An assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics, Rudi conducts research that includes large scale parallel computational methods for modeling partial differential equations and data-driven app...
https://news.vt.edu/content/news_vt_edu/en/articles/2025/12/science-rudi-hamlett-fellowship.html
5 months ago
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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! We are looking forward to dinner with 600 @virginia_tech students who are unable to travel home for break. It's going to be great!
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WATCH: Virginia Tech Dean of Science hosts students for Thanksgiving Dinner
For the fourth year in a row, Virginia Tech’s dean of science, Kevin Pitts, is hosting an open invitation Thanksgiving. Truly embodying the spirit of the holiday and the university’s motto, Ut Prosim,...
https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2025/11/25/watch-virginia-tech-dean-of-science-hosts-students-for-thanksgiving-dinner/
6 months ago
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7 months ago
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Fantastic piece by
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. Congrats!
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7 months ago
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This is our fourth Thanksgiving with students, and it's going to be the biggest and best yet. We are expecting about 500 Hokies, friends, and family to join us! I can't wait.
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This is home for Thanksgiving
This year, all Virginia Tech students are invited to celebrate Thanksgiving with a holiday meal hosted by College of Science Dean Kevin Pitts and his wife, Toni.
https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/11/science-thanksgiving-celebration.html
7 months ago
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Big, if true.
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7 months ago
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This is correct. International students subsidize domestic students, they do not displace domestic students. It's a win-win.
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8 months ago
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VT Science Corner: Autism services – can we move mountains?
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VT Science Corner: Autism services – can we move mountains?
I often hear parents say that they would move mountains to help their child thrive. But if you begin to suspect autism, what do you do? And how would you
https://roanoke.com/opinion/column/article_a2e6f7e8-e78a-4099-ad49-8b0d187479ee.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=user-share
9 months ago
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Amazing, accomplished individuals and an inspiring event.
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College of Science welcomes five new members to Hall of Distinction
The Hall of Distinction honors alumni and friends of the college who have achieved excellence in their professional careers and have demonstrated remarkable service and philanthropy to civic groups an...
https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/06/science-2025-hall-of-distinction.html
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Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-vaccine-recommendations-backed-by-science-in-these-handy-charts/
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US must support chemistry research
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adx8085
12 months ago
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Another VT Science Corner is out! Congratulations to Georgia Hodes for this excellent op ed!
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12 months ago
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Long-running physics experiment dashes hope of new particles and forces | Science | AAAS
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Long-running physics experiment dashes hope of new particles and forces
Muon is just as magnetic as predicted, requiring no new theory to explain
https://www.science.org/content/article/long-running-physics-experiment-dashes-hope-new-particles-and-forces?et_rid=35400353&et_cid=5633330
about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
Muon Wobble Mystery Deepens as Fermilab Hits Precision Goal After six years of meticulous measurements, scientists at Fermilab have delivered their final word on one of physics' most puzzling mysteries: how much does a muon wobble in a magnetic field? The answer, precise to 127 parts-per-billion,…
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Muon Wobble Mystery Deepens as Fermilab Hits Precision Goal
After six years of meticulous measurements, scientists at Fermilab have delivered their final word on one of physics' most puzzling mysteries: how much does a muon wobble in a magnetic field? The answer, precise to 127 parts-per-billion, surpassed their original goal and represents the most accurate measurement of its kind ever achieved. Yet rather than solving the mystery, this remarkable precision has highlighted a growing divide in the theoretical physics community about what the numbers actually mean.
https://scienceblog.com/muon-wobble-mystery-deepens-as-fermilab-hits-precision-goal/
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Presidential budget is out. Here's NSF. Biggest cut, by amount, is $1 billion, or 66.8%, from MPS (Physics & Math directorate).
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It's Reading Day, Hokies!
https://news.vt.edu/art/2025/may/doodle-may-08-2025.html?utm_source=cmpgn_news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=vtUnirelNewsDailyCMP_May0825-fs
about 1 year ago
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Another VT Science Corner is out! Congrats to Jen Van Mullekom for a great piece on applications of statistics! Thanks to the Roanoke Times.
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VT Science Corner: Statisticians make backyard digging a little safer
The future holds promise for robots to actively collaborate in diverse aspects of human endeavor, transforming industries
https://roanoke.com/opinion/column/article_1f680295-6bda-4dd9-a7d2-c9b4f5eeee65.html
about 1 year ago
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Organic Chemistry Lab -- Undergraduate Science Laboratory Building
https://news.vt.edu/content/news_vt_edu/en/art/2025/april/doodle-apr-17-2025.html
about 1 year ago
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They want to end the model that US research has utilized for almost a century. But they seem uninterested in replacing it with a new model.
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Energy Department cuts university overhead rates to 15% on research grants
Sudden move mirrors NIH cap on “indirect” costs that was ruled illegal
https://www.science.org/content/article/energy-department-cuts-university-overhead-rates-to-15-on-research-grants
about 1 year ago
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News media: people who are aware of the overwhelming evidence for vaccine safety and effectiveness but unwilling or incapable of accepting this evidence are not "skeptics". Please stop calling them skeptics. The definition of skepticism doesn't include denial or disregard of factual information.
about 1 year ago
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I think that people who don’t fly often come to the airport with an expectation that flights will be on time and they will be treated with respect. Reality must be a huge shock for them.
about 1 year ago
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Air travel advice: don't miss your connection by 5 minutes (like you have any control over it...) You stand at the gate staring longingly at the plane that was supposed to take you away. And you know what follows: rebooking, re-rebooking, and a 5 city reroute that will get you there next week.
about 1 year ago
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Thanks for Giving, Hokies!
https://news.vt.edu/content/news_vt_edu/en/art/2025/february/doodle-feb-21-2024.html
over 1 year ago
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Really cool, "upcycling" plastic waste into soap. Greg Liu, Virginia Tech Chemistry, making it happen.
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Could plastic waste be recycled into soap? Virginia Tech chemist finds a way
Scientists estimate we recycle only nine percent of the plastic that’s produced around the world. A chemistry professor at Virginia Tech has discovered a way to use waste plastic to produce an ingredi...
https://www.wvtf.org/news/2025-01-13/could-plastic-waste-be-recycled-into-soap-virginia-tech-chemist-finds-a-way
over 1 year ago
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Helen Edwards was a great scientist and primarily responsible for what was arguably one of the greatest scientific instruments mankind ever built.
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Fermilab research center being renamed in honor of trailblazing female physicist
A research center at Batavia’s Fermilab is being renamed in honor of the woman who oversaw for 25 years the most powerful particle collider in the world.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2024/12/21/fermilab-research-center-being-renamed-in-honor-of-trailblazing-female-physicist/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1AwJzj1GpQE6Eq9X9CvZeEW5gBrxMixU73cziIAv865JUffmGJpjkR3iA_aem_p-AOiOsURw0RgPeECP_WRQ
over 1 year ago
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I believe we have made some progress over the last couple of decades, but not nearly enough -- and not fast enough. We have to figure out to do better. We are literally losing talent to stereotypes.
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Girls Face Stereotypes about STEM Abilities as Early as 6, Study Finds
Beliefs that boys are better at computer science and engineering could have ‘downstream effects’ on girls entering tech fields, one researcher says.
https://www.the74million.org/article/girls-face-stereotypes-about-stem-abilities-as-early-as-6-study-finds/
over 1 year ago
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over 1 year ago
Quantifying the global biodiversity of Proterozoic eukaryotes.
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"Here we report a new construction of fossil eukaryote diversity from the Paleoproterozoic to early Cambrian based on a comprehensive data compilation and quantitative analyses."
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Quantifying the global biodiversity of Proterozoic eukaryotes
The global diversity of Proterozoic eukaryote fossils is poorly quantified despite its fundamental importance to the understanding of macroevolutionary patterns and dynamics on the early Earth. Here w...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adm9137
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‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ explosion will bring a new star to the night sky | CNN
Astronomers are anticipating the appearance of a “new star” triggered by an explosive event that could appear in the night sky anytime between now and September.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/11/science/nova-new-star-nasa-scn/index.html
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Have a Great Turkey Day, Hokies!
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over 1 year ago
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