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Clinical Trial is First of Its Kind in the World, Combining Focused Ultrasound and Immunotherapy to Treat Breast Cancer in Humans
Read NowTackling Cancer Through Team Science.
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STEM Grad Students Seeking to Push Knowledge Beyond Academia
Read NowEngineering doctoral students Michaela Rikard (BME) and Courtney Hill (CEE) have been working to make UVA a national hub for grad students seeking training and experiences in science policy.
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From Half a World Away, Engineering Student Tackles Housing Problem in Armenia
Read NowLeon Yacoubian is a fourth-year student at the University of Virginia, but he’s already putting his education to use on the other side of the planet.
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Balloons on Mars? UVA Engineering Team Among Finalists in NASA Competition
Read NowMool Gupta wants to put balloons on Mars. Gupta, an electrical engineering professor at the University of Virginia, and his team of students are among five finalists in NASA’s BIG (breakthrough, innovative and game-changing) Ideas Challenge for 2018. “This is the kind of project that fuels the imagination, and a wonderful opportunity for our students to engage in grand-challenge space research.”
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Dr. Saucerman Wins Mid-Career Research Award
Read NowCongratulations, Dr. Saucerman!
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Chemical Engineering Camaraderie - Bonding over Tasty Heat Transference
Read NowFor chemical engineers, roasting a turkey is a lesson in heat transfer. The larger the bird, the longer it takes to transfer enough heat into the bird to cook it. And then there’s the question of stuffing.
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Pipe-climbing bacteria might spread infection from hospital sinks
Read NowFeatured nationwide in publications ranging from Science to NBC News to Plumbing Engineer, researchers at the University of Virginia show deadly bacteria colonize in the drains of hospital sinks, then take a mere week to grow and reach the hospital sink strainers. Once there, the germs were soon splashed around the sink, the counters, and other nearby sinks.
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3D cultures offer fresh perspective on cells
Read NowProfessor Caliari studies cell dynamics, disease with 3D cell cultures.
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The Sports Medicine Startup That's Making the Leap from Lab to Stadium
Read NowThe company has started a three-year beta testing partnership with an elite, global sports team. The company hopes to bring its technology to market in about 18 months.
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Student-Designed Satellite Featured on Illimitable
Read NowA University of Virginia student-built spacecraft, a cube the size of a softball, will be launched into orbit next year as part of a joint NASA mission.
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With help from "the Beast," UVA researchers are making the NFL safer
Read NowRichard Kent, a University of Virginia professor of biomedical, mechanical and aerospace engineering, and his colleagues at the UVA Center for Applied Biomechanics are working with the NFL to improve player safety through better equipment engineering.
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Student Gizmologists Engineer a Unique Timepiece
Read NowA group of University of Virginia students who call themselves the “Gizmologists” live to create gizmos – nifty devices that perform a function while adding more than a touch of creativity, beauty and flair.