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        <description><![CDATA[ It’s officially scary season, but some aspects of our natural world can be frightening all the time. Here are a few examples of real-life scary science from Virginia Tech science experts.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Headspinningly complex quantum advances are taking place in the Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering, which is dedicated to understanding the physics of quantum systems and how these principles can be harnessed for new technology and new applications. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Hydrogen and oxygen are like your English teacher and your gym teacher: familiar, solid, and stable — or are they? Research from a Virginia Tech physicist and his team points to a new way to test the stability of some of the universe’s most valuable players. No pressure.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Park, an internationally respected theorist in condensed matter physics, passed away Aug. 14 after a lengthy battle with lung cancer. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Erratic cell membranes have puzzled scientists for decades. But when physicist Rana Ashkar’s team looked at membrane behavior on the nanoscale, they were able to identify the elusive biophysical laws that membranes have been following all along. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Sloan Research Fellowship recognizes exceptional early career researchers whose creativity, innovation, and accomplishments are poised to revolutionize their fields.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Particle physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator today released the final and the most precise measurement of a particle&#39;s anomalous behavior. Virginia Tech experts explain what these results mean for physics.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ &#34;Like artificial intelligence, quantum technology offers a completely new approach,” Assistant Professor of Computer Science Jamie Sikora said. After several years of investment in faculty, students, and facilities, the Department of Computer Science is graduating its first Ph.D. student in the rapidly evolving field of quantum computing this May.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Stump combined her passions for entrepreneurship and quantum computingto forge a path from startup founder to Sales Director at IonQ. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Astronomers detected a possible signature of life on a distant planet. A Virginia Tech astrophysicist offers insights into the discovery and urges caution.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A team of Virginia Tech neuroscientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC will capture real-time brain signals that govern people’s decisions about food with help from a $2.75 million grant. ]]></description>
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        <title>What in the world is quantum? Experts explain</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Is quantum as hard to understand as everyone says? Well, yes. But for World Quantum Day, Virginia Tech professors from the College of Science and the College of Engineering help us figure out what all the buzz is about. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Khodaparast, physics professor and L.C. Hassinger Faculty Fellow in Nanoscience, has been elected a 2025 fellow of SPIE. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The center will engage in groundbreaking research with potential military and commercial implications.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Journalist resource: Experts look ahead to the top stories of 2025</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ With the Trump administration’s promises of transformative policies across the economy, international relations, and climate action, Virginia Tech&#39;s experts are ready to add insights and context to your stories. To schedule an interview with any of our experts on the top stories of the year, email mediarelations@vt.edu.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Marie Boër, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and bridged faculty member at the Jefferson Lab, is expected to generate new foundational knowledge in the field of hadronic physics with her current research. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Quantum computing may well be a vital component of our technological future. Steve Flammia, director of the Center for Quantum Architecture and Software Development at Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus, believes we&#39;re close to a breakthrough that could change the way we conceive of what&#39;s possible with computers. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Sophia Economou, the T. Marshall Hahn Chair in Physics, is an expert in quantum information sciences and directs of the Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering. Her work has led to several breakthroughs in the field, including the co-development of the first adaptive quantum simulation algorithm to solve classically intractable problems in a mostly autonomous way and pioneering the idea of efficiently generating photonic resource states from matter qubits. She is one of four researchers honored with a Jacob A. Lutz III Award for Eminent Scholars. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech physicists reveal microscopic phenomenon that could improve performance of agile flexible robots, microscopic capsules for drug delivery, and other soft devices. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech media relations office has experts available for interviews this week to discuss Donald Trump&#39;s historic trial, Iran&#39;s attack on Israel, tax deadline tips, and more. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Richmond-based Red Gates Foundation committed $50 million to the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC to accelerate health sciences research at Virginia Tech. The gift is among the largest ever made to the university. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The College of Science and its Department of Physics will host the solar eclipse viewing event. In the Blacksburg area, the moon will cover 88 percent of the sun at approximately 3:15 p.m.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech media relations office has experts available for interviews on the upcoming solar eclipse, Donald Trump&#39;s legal entanglements, Kate Middleton&#39;s cancer diagnosis, and more. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech’s College of Science and Department of Physics will host a solar eclipse viewing event for hundreds of students, faculty, and staff. Blacksburg will experience approximately 88% coverage, a happening that won&#39;t come again for another 20 years.  ]]></description>
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