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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Bed bugs may have been with us far longer than we thought. 🪲 New research from Virginia Tech is shedding light on how these urban pests spread across the United States, suggesting the international jetsetting bed bugs of the 90s is an urban myth. Read more ➡️ go.vt.edu/us9h8

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Three Virginia Tech research teams have received $25,000 grants to exploring new interdisciplinary approaches to sustainable food packaging, cancer research, and 4-H learning. 🔬 🔗: go.vt.edu/us4u7

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🏥 It's official: the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors has approved construction on our Veterinary Teaching Hospital's expansion and renovation. Groundbreaking is set for spring 2027. 🔗: bit.ly/4yO7wlm

Virginia Tech Veterinary Teaching Hospital announcement. The message highlights an expansion and renovation set for a Spring 2027 groundbreaking. The image shows the hospital building with trees and a blue sky.

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Virginia Tech has been ranked as one of the top 20 public schools in the United States. 👏 ➡️ bit.ly/4xCJb0M

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Space satellites will soon help keep local water resources safe and clean. 💧 Here's how ➡️ bit.ly/4xuiJq3

A spacecraft orbits Earth, with the sun peeking over the horizon. Text reads: "The sky is the limit in water quality prediction."

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Virginia Tech researchers have made a step toward a new treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension. 🫁 A study led by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute found that blocking a molecule linked to the disease reversed key signs of PAH in preclinical models. 🔗: go.vt.edu/usQTK

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The nation’s drone defenses are getting a boost. #VirginiaTech has launched a new center focused on advancing technologies to detect, understand and defend against the growing threat of drones. 🔗: bit.ly/4d9EbcC

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have developed an experimental oral therapy that could protect healthy tissue from radiation while allowing radiation to continue fighting cancer cells, a finding that could improve cancer treatment. 🔗: go.vt.edu/ustC0

An image with three people standing side by side, smiling, in a medical or laboratory setting. The text overlay in bold reads, "Experimental therapy shows potential to protect healthy tissue from radiation."

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A Virginia Tech associate professor has been named to the New Voices in Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine cohort, a selective leadership program with the National Academies to connect outstanding mid-career scientists, engineers, & medical professionals as emerging leaders. 👏 🔗: go.vt.edu/usq8u

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Who in the U.S. actually has reliable internet and who doesn’t? This Virginia Tech computer scientist is tackling that question with a new NSF CAREER Award, advancing research to improve internet access for rural and indigenous communities. 🔗: go.vt.edu/uspYR

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Introducing the Virginia Tech Class of 2030 👏🦃 #VT30

An overhead photo shows the Virginia Tech Class of 2030 standing in a VT formation.

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Happy first day of class, Hokies! 🦃

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Meet Warren Dixon, the new @vtengineering.bsky.social dean. 👋 With a passion for student success, a background in robotics & AI, & a vision for continued growth, Dixon is ready to get to work (and he’s bringing a little magic along for the ride 👀🎩). 🔗: go.vt.edu/usjXZ

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

An experimental enzyme significantly reduced fire blight in apple orchard field trials, offering growers a promising new way to fight one of the fruit industry's most destructive diseases. 📔: Environmental Science & Technology 🔗: go.vt.edu/usfPk

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Virginia Tech researchers have developed a wearable patch that can detect fentanyl and releases naloxone automatically, offering a potential new approach to preventing unwitnessed opioid overdose deaths. 🔗: bit.ly/4ibYXvu

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Seven Virginia Tech faculty members have been elected to the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, recognizing their sustained contributions to research, innovation, education, and service to the Commonwealth of Virginia. 🙌 🔗: bit.ly/4qhcwfo

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

What happens chemically when we disinfect drinking water? 💧 Virginia Tech researchers are uncovering the chemistry that happens during water disinfection, helping us better understand what’s in our drinking water & how treatment processes can affect water quality. 🔗: go.vt.edu/usdiu

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A team of Virginia Tech researchers has received a $20 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to establish an AI-enabled cloud-based semiconductor laboratory. 🔗: go.vt.edu/usbF3

A laboratory with scientific equipment and a computer monitor on a desk. Text on the image reads, "University receives $20 million grant for cloud-based semiconductor lab."

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The White House recently announced a $100 million federal investment to strengthen the nation’s mining workforce and double the number of mining engineering graduates, an effort Virginia Tech is helping lead through its mining and minerals engineering programs. 🔗: go.vt.edu/usbE0

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Virginia Tech researchers are pushing 3D printing into new territory. 👏 At the DREAMS Lab, Chris Williams and his team are developing new materials, robotics and printing processes that could transform how we make everything from aircraft and vehicles to medical devices.

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

AI could help us prepare for drought before it happens. 💧 Virginia Tech researchers are exploring how AI and better access to data can help predict drought conditions and inform decisions around irrigation, water conservation, wildfire prevention and reservoir management. 🔗: bit.ly/4fVU8nh

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

A Virginia Tech researcher is partnering with communities in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” to better understand the impacts of industrial pollution, putting residents’ experiences at the center of the work. 🔗 Read more: go.vt.edu/ur2Wd

A photo of a smoke stack is seen on the right. Text reads: Research links industrial pollution to health risks in Louisiana.

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A Virginia Tech researcher has found a new way to upcycle PVC, one of the world's hardest-to-recycle plastics, into high-performance synthetic oils. 👏 🔗: go.vt.edu/ur1cH

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Virginia Tech researchers are partnering with communities across the commonwealth to bring the stories of U.S. Bicycle Route 76 to life through public art and local exhibits. 🚴 🔗: go.vt.edu/urX04

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

How do the northern lights affect our atmosphere? Virginia Tech researchers are helping find the answer. 🌌 They launched a NASA sounding rocket into the Arctic sky to study nitric oxide created by auroras, which could improve our understanding of Earth's ozone layer and climate. 🔗: go.vt.edu/urU4g

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

After earning three degrees from Virginia Tech, Sreyoshi Bhaduri is putting her engineering education to work solving complex industry challenges. 👏 🔗: go.vt.edu/urQEI

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

One of the most important innovations might be something you throw away without a second thought. Packaging. 📦 Virginia Tech researchers are developing sustainable materials, smart medical packaging, and advanced shipping systems that change how products move around the world. 🔗: bit.ly/3ToGce8

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

More than a dozen Virginia Tech researchers are connected to three of the first projects selected for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission. 🔗: go.vt.edu/urPWV

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Don't throw an apple at us. 🫣 Even though the common pronunciation in Southwest Virginia is "apple-atch-uh," there are many ways to pronounce "Appalachia." At least, that's what Virginia Tech research has found. 🔗: go.vt.edu/urKdP

Graphic featuring a layered blue-green mountain landscape under a cloudy sky, representing the Appalachian Mountains. Overlaid text reads: “There’s no right or wrong way to say Appalachia, according to Virginia Tech research.”

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Nine Virginia Tech faculty members have received U.S. Fulbright Scholar Awards for the 2026–27 academic year. 👏 🔗: go.vt.edu/urBlk

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Graduate students in Virginia Tech's Carilion Clinic Biodesign Program developed a new translation tool designed to improve communication between dental providers and patients, helping make care more accessible for everyone. 🔗: go.vt.edu/urBkP

Three people standing in a room with dental supplies in the background. Text overlay reads, "Students create translation tool for dental patients - Virginia Tech."

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Virginia Tech statisticians have been recognized for their work with NASA, helping assess critical pressure vessels on the International Space Station that safely store essentials like propellants and life-support systems. 🚀 🔗: go.vt.edu/urzjG

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

As drought strains water supplies across much of the United States, Virginia Tech researchers have developed an artificial intelligence model designed to help policymakers manage growing competition between agriculture and semiconductor manufacturing. 🔗: go.vt.edu/urwKi

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A globally recognized researcher at Virginia Tech has been inducted as a 2025 fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. 👏 🔗: go.vt.edu/urtB0

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

This professor has committed over $1 million to help undergraduates hone their research skills. 👏 🔗: go.vt.edu/urq0b

Two people smiling in a laboratory setting at Virginia Tech. Text overlay reads, "Gift from professor empowers students in the lab.

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

As silicon approaches its physical limits, this #VirginiaTech Ph.D student is helping explore what comes next for semiconductors. 🔗: go.vt.edu/uq59S

A student poses for a photo in a lab. Text on screen reads: Engineering the next generation of semiconductor materials

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

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. 🔗: go.vt.edu/uqL3E

An artist's impression of the environment close to a supermassive black hole, where only visible matter is shown. Text reads: New research suggests dark matter clusters around black holes

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Virginia Tech researchers have completed the first evolutionary history of Earth’s first land animals, pushing their origins tens of millions of years deeper into the past. 🔗: go.vt.edu/uqJT2

A close up shot of a millipede. Text on screen reads:
Ancient millipedes still had secrets to tell, research finds.

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Jefferson Lab’s future High Performance Data Facility in Newport News, which recently broke ground, will provide an opportunity for faculty and student researchers to work with real-world data in support of the Department of Energy’s mission. 🔗: brnw.ch/21x3qHN

The Jefferson Lab is pictured. Text on screen reads: "new department of energy facility to accelerate Virginia Tech research"

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Virginia Tech has been ranked in the top 15 percent of universities from over 100 countries in U.S. News & World Report’s 2026-27 Best Global Universities rankings. 👏 🔗: go.vt.edu/uqFCy

Torgersen Bridge is photographed from below against a bright blue sky. Text on screen reads "Virginia Tech ranked among top 15 percent of global universities"

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

A Virginia Tech neuroscientist is investigating whether obesity may be accelerating the brain's aging process, contributing to earlier memory decline. 🧠 🔗: go.vt.edu/uqCf1

Three researchers work in a lab. Text on screen reads: Can obesity make the brain age faster? Researchers uncover parallels

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Women are twice as likely as men to develop post-traumatic stress disorder, and new research may offer a biological clue as to why. 🔗: go.vt.edu/uqjmd

Researchers gather around a lab space. Text on screen reads: "fear memories form differently in male and female brains, study finds"

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Ordinary pet dogs outperformed trained human searchers in sniffing out pesky spotted lanternflies, finding more than twice as many egg masses. 🔗: go.vt.edu/uqjhE

A spotted lanternfly rests on a leaf. Text on screen reads: "Could your dog help fight the spotted lanternfly? A new study makes the case"

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

These researchers are protecting Appalachian biodiversity. 🦎 Virginia Tech students and faculty are surveying a rare salamander, the eastern hellbender, to better understand and protect them. Their work informs conservation decisions and highlights the biodiversity of Appalachia.

A faculty member holds a hellbender while in the water.

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Virginia Tech has received its largest commitment ever. 🙌 The unprecedented, $75 million in support will advance the university’s ambitious athletics strategy and expand one of its most innovative academic programs.

Lane Stadium is seen pictured against a blue sky. Text on screen reads "$75 million record commitment"

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

This Virginia Tech student’s research took her to the Arctic. 🥶 Doctoral student Sithuni Mimasha’s work builds on partnerships with Inuit communities, focusing on how climate change is reshaping food systems, livelihoods, health and well-being. 🔗: brnw.ch/21x33X3

A student poses for a selfie in the Arctic with two others. Text on screen reads: “Research builds a cultural bridge across continents”

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Researchers found that yellow fever mosquitoes can learn to associate the smell of DEET with food — potentially weakening the world’s most widely used insect repellent. 🦟 🔗: go.vt.edu/upTKp

A parent is seen spraying bug spray on a child's arm. Text on screen reads: "think DEET keeps mosquitos away? They may be learning to love it."

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

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. 🫀 🔗: go.vt.edu/upS4k

Junco Warren (at center), an assistant professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, helped lead a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association that sheds light on the process of recovery from heart failure. Members of her lab including (from left) Audrey Korte, Mysha Alabbi, Alexey Zaitsev, Samia Tasneem, Karthi Sreedevi, and Abigail Doku study the mechanisms underlying metabolic reprogramming in the failing heart.

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Bees may hold the key to the next generation of biodegradable plastics. 🐝 A Virginia Tech lab has partnered with ecologists at the University of Tennessee to study so called “cellophane bees”, which produce a biodegradable polyethylene-like plastic for their nests. 🎥: go.vt.edu/upQhR

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

For the one in 10 people who suffer from kidney stones, a noninvasive treatment can provide much-needed relief. Now, a technology developed by Virginia Tech researchers has received FDA approval for a new approach that’s even less invasive. 🔗: go.vt.edu/upFZH

A researcher poses for a photo. Text on screen reads: New kidney stone treatment powered by biomedical engineering research receives FDA approval.

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