Science Corner
Featured Columns by Faculty in the Roanoke Times
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Redirect ItemPatrick Huber: Neutrinos and nuclear weapons , redirect
In addition to the title of a horror movie in the 1980s, Poltergeist was the name of the first experiment trying to prove the existence of neutrinos.
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Redirect ItemJ.E. “Jeb” Barrett: Weather ‘whiplash’ in Antarctic may help us anticipate the effects of future climate changes in Virginia , redirect
A polar Vortex in February 2021 caused record cold temperatures over most of the U.S., including my family’s farm in Hiwassee, where the cold snap killed over 200 of our lavender plants that had already begun to bud out following an unusually warm January. This was when I started getting interested in “weather whiplash,” rapid changes in weather conditions from one extreme to another.
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Redirect ItemWebster Santos: Exercise in a pill , redirect
Tweaking the molecules by adding and removing pieces like a Lego, we can plug the enzyme or transporter to block its signal. We have been successful in demonstrating that our strategy works in both cells and animal models of kidney disease.
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Redirect ItemRyan M. Pollyea: Reaching for net zero with underground CO2 storage , redirect
Climate change is melting glaciers, increasing sea level, extending hurricane season, and intensifying wildfires.
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Redirect ItemMichael A. Robert: Mosquito-borne diseases, climate, and mathematics , redirect
For those of us in Southwest Virginia, mosquitoes are a nuisance to outdoor activities and only rarely cause greater concern.
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Redirect ItemSue Ge: The Groundwork of Cooperation , redirect
A little bit of competition, especially if it’s healthy, never hurts anybody. However, the secret sauce that makes the world go around is cooperation.
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Redirect ItemJungmeen Kim-Spoon: Children can learn to overcome adversity, neglect, or worse , redirect
When it comes to “human resilience” people often perceive it as something that someone is born with. However, this perception is not the full story.
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Redirect ItemChinmay Katke and Nadir Kaplan: Unlocking the potential of hydrogels for flexible robots , redirect
The future holds promise for robots to actively collaborate in diverse aspects of human endeavor, transforming industries.
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Redirect ItemTina Dura: Revealing clues of Earth's turbulent past , redirect
The detective work required to reconstruct the history of past earthquakes is conducted by coastal paleoseismologists. Cascadia’s coastlines act as natural seismographs, recording the footprints of past earthquakes and tsunamis through various geological clues.
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Redirect ItemDimitrios Nikolopoulos: A way to democratize AI , redirect
Doing AI in the small is valuable to many people who do not have the means to use and benefit from Big Tech AI. It might also be safer if people do not have to share their data with Big Tech companies for the sake of building new AI models that benefit only a few. Miniaturizing AI can be about rural communities that do not have good broadband internet access or the latest personal devices.
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