University of Richmond Receives $1.4 Million Grant

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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has awarded a $1.4 million grant to the University of Richmond.

Dr. Lisa Gentile, Univ. of Richmond

Science Museum Opens "Body Worlds & the Brain" Today

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A unique exhibit opens today at the Science Museum of Virginia. Gunther von Hagens' BODY WORLDS and the Brain will be in Richmond through the 23rd of September.

A poster for the exhibit that opens today at the Science Museum of Virginia
The Ponderer is one of the bodies included in BODY WORLDS & The Brain at the Sci

Team From NASA Langley Will Track Rocket Launch From North Atlantic

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A team from NASA’s Langley Research Center will be tracking the launch of the first commercial spaceflight carrying cargo to the International Space Station from a ship in the North Atlantic. Charles Fishburne has more in this WCVE Science Matters Report.

Read more and watch the video report here.

Gyroscopic Tracking System
NASA's Freedom Star

Maggie Walker Student Selected for Science Society

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Samantha Marquez and Jeff Holste, the Grand Prize winners at this year’s Metro Richmond Science Fair will be in Pittsburgh this week competing in the International Science and Engineering Fair. Marquez has been selected to be a member of one of the most prestigious science research societies in the country.

Photo: Maggie Walker student Samantha Marquez has been selected a member of Sigma Xi, a prestigious science research society.

Samantha Marquez

VCU Research Finds Pregnancy High Blood Pressure Clue

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Researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine have discovered that changes in the gene expression of a key enzyme may contribute to high blood pressure among some pregnant women.

NASA Langley-Built Next Generation Space Capsule Comes Home for Summer Tour

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The next-generation space capsule that NASA hopes will take us into deep space returns home to NASA Langley this morning, after a round of successful testing  at White Sands Missile range.  Charles Fishburne has more in this WCVE Science Matters report.
 

Students Plant Seedlings for Arbor Day

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Tomorrow is Arbor Day, and elementary students in Virginia and seven other states are planting seedlings. John Ogle has the story.

3 Blue Spruce Seedlings
Dominion's Paulin Cheatham and Molly Nugent of River's Edge Elementary School in

Shuttle Discovery's Last Flight

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Thousands of people were on the National Mall cheering as the retired Space Shuttle Discovery, riding a 747 jet, took a victory lap around the Washington Monument, the Capitol and the White House on its way to The National Air and Space Museum's Virginia facility.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden

America’s First Hispanic in Space Inspires Students at Science Museum

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America’s first Hispanic astronaut in space told a story about turning hopes into dreams last night to a crowd of students at the Science Museum of Virginia. Charles Fishburne has more in this WCVE Science Matters report.

Read more and Watch A Video Report here.

VCU School Of Engineering Readies Annual Senior Design Expo

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Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Engineering is gearing up for its annual Senior Design Expo to share designs and prototypes with area middle and high school students.  Charles Fishburne has more in this WCVE Science Matters report.

Human Powered Moonbuggy
VCU 2011 Senior Design Expo