News articles from UVA Today.
Common HIV Drugs May Help Prevent Leading Cause of Vision Loss, Study Finds
A surprising DNA discovery from scientists including UVA's Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati points to a potential treatment for macular degeneration.
Research: Less Centralized, Renewable Power a Better Bet as Hurricanes Intensify
A UVA-led team demonstrates that modernizing power grids and using renewable energy will be cheaper than repairing hurricane damage to a centralized, fossil fuel-dependent system.
UVA Honors Distinguished Researchers at Virtual Awards Event
In a difficult year, these researchers stood out – and the University recognized them Friday at an online ceremony.
Blood Discoveries Advance Effort to Grow Organs, Battle Cancer
UVA researcher Karen K. Hirschi's pioneering work has moved us closer to regrowing tissues and organs.
Race to a Vaccine: UVA Engineers Demonstrate Potency of People and Science
When the pandemic gripped the world, the world got going. These members of the UVA community helped turn what is usually a marathon into a history-making sprint.
Strange Colon Discovery Explains Racial Disparities in Colorectal Cancer
A team of scientists led by two UVA researchers found that one side of the colon ages faster than the other, but which side ages first differs between people of African and European descent.
How UVA Created Artificial Intelligence to Watch Over Patients With COVID-19
A UVA physician's software that monitors patients to predict clinical problems is helping COVID patients.
Big Questions as a Child Leads Ph.D. Candidate to Big Research
Graduate student Hyunglok Kim is using a Horton hydrology grant for proposal to link satellite network data to measure soil moisture and predict natural disasters.
How UVA Engineers Help to Prevent Cyber Espionage by Adversarial Governments
UVA Engineering researchers have developed a unique concept to protect our digital world.
To Predict the Future of Polar Ice, Environmental Scientists Are Looking to the Past
An environmental scientist at UVA is looking for geological clues from the distant past to better understand how quickly arctic ice is melting and what that could mean for the future of our coastal communities.