A UVA-led study finds that the two paths to U.S. carbon neutrality by 2050 do about equally well for the climate but differ by trillions of dollars in cost and by thousands of lives.
Two doctoral students traveled to Angola to share techniques and learn from health professionals confronting the disease every day.
Ferdinando Fioretto, a UVA Engineering computer science professor and researcher, will lead a project as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission.
University of Virginia astronomer Yifan Zhou is leading the first direct measurement of a day on Beta Pictoris b, a super-Jupiter 63 light-years away. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, the team found the planet rotates every nine hours and spins in alignment with its orbit and host star, suggesting it formed gradually within a protoplanetary disk rather than through chaotic gravitational collapse.
New research from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business reveals that blockchain-enabled consumer tipping for farmers can backfire. While the technology promises to send money directly to growers, a game-theoretic model shows intermediary firms may exploit tips as subsidies, cutting wholesale prices instead. A beneficial outcome requires moderately attractive farmer alternatives and sufficiently socially conscious consumers.
From smartphone apps to hospital patient records, personal data are collected throughout daily life. These data can help organizations build better artificial intelligence systems, improve healthcare and inform public policy. […]
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UVA researchers discovered how an unhealthy gut may help breast cancer spread – and how an existing drug could potentially stop it.
Patricia Nguyen and Natasha Heller were awarded prestigious Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Public Impact Grants for projects that connect Buddhist scholarship with wider audiences.
New research from the UVA Department of Surgery’s Tsung Research Group, published in JAMA Network Open and selected as an Editor’s Pick, provides a national evaluation of real-world use of histotripsy for liver tumors.
On August 4, 2026, the UVA Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology hosted its inaugural SPARK Tank competition, bringing together a dynamic mix of faculty, including from the School of […]
When people think about infectious disease outbreaks, it’s easy to focus on the pathogen itself. But according to researchers at the University of Virginia’s Biocomplexity Institute, understanding how diseases spread often has less to do with biology alone and more to do with the complex networks of people, places, and behaviors through which they move.
In this episode of Good Disruption, UVA Professor Jack Van Horn joins hosts Yael Grushka-Cockayne and Mike Lenox to explore brain-computer interfaces, a rapidly advancing neurotechnology that translates brain signals into action. From restoring movement and communication to bypassing damaged neural pathways, BCIs hold remarkable promise — alongside significant challenges — as the field moves from science fiction to reality.