U.Va. planetary geologist Alan Howard studies how geological features formed on Mars, and how similar that may be to such processes on Earth. His work has now netted him not one, not two, but all three G.K. Gilbert Awards – the top in his field.

With Big Data research on the horizon and greater need for wireless connections, the University is upgrading its computing “core network.”

U.Va. physicists helped design the detectors that first tracked the particle and reviewed the results to confirm existence of the Higgs, often described as the glue that holds everything together and essential to the formation of the universe.

The infrastructural underpinning of research at the University is essential to innovation and scholarship, and it is a key part of the strategic plan.

Speakers from U.Va., other Virginia universities and federal agencies will give the rundown of latest research on the health of trout streams in Virginia during a Saturday symposium.

Big Data Institute director Don Brown, a professor of engineering, discusses the University’s new initiative in a Q&A.

A U.Va. study using brain scans has found that people experience risk to friends in the same way they feel risk to themselves.

Working-class people are less likely to commit to long-term relationships than college-educated people because of instability in their working and personal lives, according to a new U.Va./Harvard study.

Leading experts on aniridia, which literally means “lack of an iris” and is a congenital eye disorder with severe effects including blindness and obesity, will share new knowledge with patients next week at U.Va.

In joint custody arrangements, infants who spent overnights away from their mothers had less attachment to their mothers, a U.Va. study shows.