Virginia Archives

What’s that smell in W. Virgina water?

Discovery opens up new areas of microbiology, evolutionary biology

Big differences in concussion risk between football helmets

Ultrasound directed to the human brain can boost sensory performance

Drivers engaged in other tasks about 10 percent of the time

Forget hurricane activity: Coastal sea levels to rise regardless

Surveying Ice and Fire: The First Map of All of Iceland’s Glaciers and Subglacier Volcanic Calderas

Evidence that larger structures collapse to form ‘buckyballs’

Exercise is no quick cure for insomnia

Sounding rocket to study active regions on the sun

New study reconciles conflicting data on mental aging

WASHINGTON — A new look at tests of mental aging reveals a good news-bad news situation. The bad news is all mental abilities appear to decline with age, to varying degrees. The good news is the drops are not as steep as some research showed, a…