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Virginia Tech students' research could give the Beach Boys a new surfing song
12-18-2007 · EurekAlert!Four Virginia Tech engineering science and mechanics students have completed "Surf Green" for their senior design project, and conclude that they can technically improve the surfboard's performance.
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- Drive-by-wire and human behavior systems key to Virginia Tech's Urban Challenge vehicle
08-10-2007 · EurekAlert!
Virginia Tech's entry in DARPA's Urban Challenge is moving forward to the qualifying rounds, thanks in part to a custom-designed drive-by-wire control system and unique navigation software that makes the vehicle's driving decisions almost human. "VictorTango," a team of Virginia Tech engineering and geography students, is among 36 semi-finalists selected by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to vie for the $2 million Urban Challenge prize.
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- Victimization for sexual orientation increases suicidal behavior in college students
09-24-2007 · EurekAlert!
The film and television series "M*A*S*H*" featured the song "Suicide is Painless," but new research refutes that idea and indicates that being victimized because of sexual orientation is a chief risk factor for suicidal behavior among gay, lesbian and bisexual college students.
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- Can consumers be confused into buying? Yes -- and more easily than you think
09-12-2007 · EurekAlert!
An important article from the October issue of the Journal of Consumer Research examines the effectiveness of a new confusion-based sales technique called "disrupt-then-reframe." The researchers found that by presenting a confusing sales pitch to consumers and then restating the pitch in a more familiar way, they were able to increase sales of a candy bar in a supermarket, increase students' willingness to pay to join a student interest group, and increase students' acceptance of a tuition increase.
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- Study finds school environment can moderate student aggression
04-23-2007 · EurekAlert!
The culture of a school can dampen -- or exacerbate -- the violent or disruptive tendencies of aggressive young teens, new research indicates. A large-scale study from the University of Illinois found that while personal traits and peer interactions have the most direct effect on the aggressive behavior of middle school students, the school environment also influences student aggression.
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- Male births are more likely to reduce quality of life and increase severe post-natal depression
02-13-2008 · EurekAlert!
Women who give birth to boys are more likely to suffer from post-natal depression and reduced quality of life. What marks this study out is that, unlike previous research, the women who took part didn't face any cultural pressures over the sex of their baby. And women reported lower quality of life following the birth of a boy, even if they didn't suffer from depression.
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- Nature's process for nitrogen fixation caught in action
11-09-2006 · EurekAlert!
A research team from Utah State University, Virginia Tech, and Northwestern University asked whether the biological process for nitrogen fixation, carried out by microbes that contain the enzyme nitrogenase, follows the same pathway as recently reported chemical methods. Their research method resulted in the ability to witness steps in the biological process that enables some microorganisms to convert atmospheric nitrogen to nutrients.
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- Stony Brook University Student Awarded 2007 Gertrude Scharff-Goldhaber Prize
06-06-2007 · Brookhaven National Laboratory
Manuela Kulaxizi, who graduated this spring from Stony Brook University (SBU) with a Ph.D. in physics, has been awarded the 2007 Gertrude Scharff-Goldhaber Prize, consisting of a framed certificate and $1,000. The prize was established to recognize substantial promise and accomplishment by women graduate students in physics who are enrolled at SBU or who are performing their thesis research at Brookhaven Lab.
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- Students test 'space postal service' during Foton mission
05-10-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
How do you deliver a parcel down to Earth from space without using a rocket engine and fuel? The answer is YES2, a student experiment that was prepared, built and tested at ESA's research and technology centre, ESTEC, in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. Today, YES2 (Young Engineers Satellite) will be transported to Russia; the launch and operations will follow in September.
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- Food packaging that provides visibility can reduce shelf life
08-23-2007 · EurekAlert!
Packaging that lets you see a food product may make you feel better as a consumer, but it is not good for the food. New ideas for plastics may help remedy that problem. Research by Virginia Tech food scientists has provided significant evidence that visible wavelengths of light cause taste and odor changes of food.
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- Almost 90 percent of children reported experiencing sexual violence
10-15-2007 · EurekAlert!
Almost 90 percent of teenagers aged 12-18 claim to have been victims of some level of sexual violence, according to a study conducted jointly by the University of Haifa and Ben Gurion University. The research surveyed 1,036 high school students. Additionally, 82 percent of the boys and 76 percent of the girls reported said that they had been subjects of violent physical assault.
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