Kinesiology professor Jason Allen discusses his research on nitric oxide and its role in enhancing cardiovascular benefits from exercise for postmenopausal women. In this EdLab podcast episode, Allen shares current knowledge about women’s heart health after menopause and highlights why more research is needed. Available on Apple, Amazon, and Spotify.
Prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket are booming, letting people bet on everything from elections to reality TV winners. In this episode of Good Disruption, Yael and Mike talk with economist Robin Hanson about how these markets work, who shapes them, and the risks around gambling, insider trading, and incentives.
In this Voices of Biocomplexity episode, BI researcher Aniruddha Adiga discusses the science of influenza forecasting through the CDC’s FluSight network. He explains why models often disagree, how ensembles help manage uncertainty, and why past performance doesn’t guarantee future accuracy, offering insight into forecasting’s broader challenges in computational science.
In this episode, Dean Acampora takes on the question: what is higher education for when AI can generate the outputs? We also talk about cultivating human judgment and calling out the moments students exercise it. Plus the AI Literacy and Action Lab, Career Design and Discovery, and her advice for students, faculty and staff.
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.
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When you think of energy storage what comes to mind? Batteries. But what if you need to store 1 GW of power (roughly 700,000 homes) over days, weeks, or a whole season? This is increasingly becoming a reality with an electric grid stretched by data center demand. Your traditional Li-Ion battery won’t cut it. It will require large-scale systems built to store and discharge massive amounts of energy on demand.
This episode of Hoos in Stem features Lori McMahon, UVA’s new Vice President for Research. Lori arrived on Grounds in June, armed with an impressive…