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Interviews with experts about Energy Efficiency or Renewable Energy like solar and wind when these are the cleanest, fastest and the Cheapest Solutions to climate change. And in this country the utilities have tripled investment in Energy Efficiency just in the last few years. Thats making all of our homes and shops and businesses get more Energy Services out of the power that we generate. Thats just scratching the surface. But the film clearly says that alternative Solutions Like solar, wind, i...

An awkward beat doesnt help on the dance floor, but it could help people who are recovering from mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).

Restricting menthol flavor in cigarettes while making nicotine replacement therapy, such as a skin patch that can help ease withdrawal, more available and affordable has the potential to reduce socioeconomic disparities in tobacco use.

Christopher Hourigan, director of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Cancer Research Center — D.C., was inducted this week into the American Society for

Roanoke lost the headquarters of two Fortune 500 companies. It created a promising future by retooling itself for biotech.

Formerly a National Institutes of Health senior investigator who studies and treats blood cancer, Christopher Hourigan has joined Virginia Tech to lead cancer r

Research and innovation ongoing in Roanoke helps improve the world at large, while creating opportunity for economic development here at home, said local leaders in health, education and government.

Some heavy-duty brainpower took part in a Research, Innovation and Economic Development in Biotechnology Roundtable at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute today, where US Senator Mark Warner was the guest of honor. Attracting more investment capital and more talent to the region were topics; Warner said afterward the Roanoke Valley needs to land one big

The global observance of Rare Disease Day takes place annually on the last day of February.

The Wells Fargo Tower and Berglund Center in downtown Roanoke will be lit up tonight in pink, green, purple and blue in recognition of Rare Disease Day.