Physicists at U.Va.’s High-Energy Physics Lab are engaged in a series of neutrino experiments, called NOvA, now under way at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermilab to help answer how and why matter came about.

A new study has found that American conservatives think more like Asians, and liberals are the extreme Westerners in thought styles.

The commonwealth of Virginia’s highest faculty honor comes this year to an esteemed U.Va. English professor and a leading young biologist.

Two U.Va. students designed – while still in high school – an important component of the Orion spacecraft that lifted off this morning from Cape Canaveral.

The beauty products company, L’Oréal, each year recognizes promising young women scientists. This year, U.Va. astronomer Sabrina Stierwalt is honored with a fellowship.

Physical scientists Brad Cox and John Hawley are this year’s Distinguished Scientists, recognition given annually by the Office of the Vice President for Research.

Infants at 7 months old are able to unconsciously pick up on eye cues, based on the size of the whites of a person’s eyes – a vital foundation for the development of social interactive skills, a new U.Va. psychology study shows.

A U.Va. study used advanced DNA sequencing to produce new insights into the potentially nefarious origins of the cells’ “powerhouse” organelles.

U.Va.’s Data Science Institute on Friday kicks off a series of six data science lectures with a talk by Zillow economist Stan Humphries.

A U.Va. study ranks the top 200 psychologists from recent decades. Six U.Va. professors made the list.