We talked with psychology professor Daniel Willingham about his recent New York Times piece, “The High Price of Multitasking.” Here, he lays out the huge risks and offers tips to lessen the threats that come with doing more than one thing at a time.
A young UVA scientist is using a Gates Foundation grant to pave the way for creating custom probiotic blends that could help fight many different diseases.
Professor Chris Goyne doesn’t remember Apollo, but as a kid in Australia was inspired by space shuttle flyovers. The students he’s teaching now may design the next generation of manned spacecraft.
UVA has joined “a small club of spacefaring institutions” with successful deployment of its own spacecraft.
The UVA Cancer Center will soon survey 2,000 people in 94 localities to learn more about factors that affect cancer prevention, detection and care.
UVA’s Center for Biomechanics finds that seat-belted females are more vulnerable to injury in front-end car crashes than males.
Crystal Chu, a graduate nursing student, will test a new decision aid to help breast cancer patients understand the risks inherent with preventative mastectomies.
A very new study of very old paints is helping UVA restore Thomas Jefferson’s image of the Lawn.