2+ week, 2+ day ago   (328+ words) Understanding people’s health in the context of their family can reduce biases in research, among other benefits, according to researchers. (Illustration by Meredith Michael Smith, University Communications) Researchers from the University of Virginia and Johns Hopkins University have developed a…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (574+ words) About 250 miles above the Earth, a NASA satellite is in trouble. First, it shouldn’t be that low. Wisps of wind at the boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and space have buffeted the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, slowing it down and decaying…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (313+ words) UVA research shows post-surgery delirium is common and can have negative long-term effects on cognition. (Illustration by Meredith Michael Smith, University Communications) A team of University of Virginia scientists has identified why a common type of delirium that often affects…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (527+ words) Since the 1990s, kids in the northern Shenandoah Valley have spent summers doing environmental research across Blandy Experimental Farm, the University of Virginia’s 700-acre research and learning facility. This season, elementary schoolers explored the natural world through crafts and games in…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (555+ words) Every summer, the University of Virginia hosts environmental science undergraduate researchers at Blandy Experimental Farm, a research and learning facility in the northern Shenandoah Valley. This year’s group of six UVA students has been living at Blandy while working on…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (529+ words) This summer, Rosie Latham has spent her summer digging in the Icelandic dirt, uncovering the lives of people who lived more than a thousand years ago. A rising fourth-year archaeology student at the University of Virginia, Latham has been part…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (169+ words) The University of Virginia’s rocketry team earned a first-place finish for the best livestream of its launch during an international competition held last month in Texas. The team traveled to Midland, Texas, hoping to defend its 2025 national championship in an…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (443+ words) Researchers say understanding how to leverage remains of dead organisms can help them build more resilient ecosystems. (Illustration by Johnny Utterback, University Communications) The immense effects that habitat-forming organisms such as trees, corals and oysters have on ecosystems have long…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (491+ words) The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation has added University of Virginia rising fourth-year student Micaiah Lee to its fold. “When I was 6, I decided that I wanted to be a bioengineer or go into genomics,” he said. “When I was in high…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (211+ words) A team of 22 University of Virginia students won the top prize at NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge after designing and building a robot intended to help future astronauts work and build on the moon. The student-run Mechatronics and Robotics Society, or MARS,…...