Virginia Tech Engineering Students Win National ecoCar Competition

Charles Fishburne in Science Matters

Virginia Tech engineering students have just won a national competition by building a hybrid-electric next-generation automobile that practically runs on fumes. Charles Fishburne has more in this Science Matters report.

Blue Crab Harvest to be Tied to Gender

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After a tough winter for blue crabs, Chesapeake Bay fisheries managers will be using the latest science to help them increase populations by keeping the right number of females out of the pot. Northern Neck Correspondent Pamela D’Angelo reports.

A waterman with his crabpots on the Little Wicomico River in Reedville

Virginia Struggling With Oyster Restoration Efforts -- Part 2

Pamela D'Angelo in Science Matters

During the past few months Virginia, federal officials and the seafood industry have struggled with how to proceed with state oyster restoration. In some cases the issue has pitted scientists against one another. Today state fisheries managers from around the Chesapeake Bay and the director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Bay Office continue a two-day meeting in the Northern Neck. On their agenda are the next steps for a bay-wide oyster restoration strategy and how to measure its success. WCVE’s Northern Neck Correspondent Pamela D’Angelo reports.

Virginia Struggling with Oyster Restoration Efforts

Pamela D'Angelo in Science Matters

This morning, state fisheries managers from around the Chesapeake Bay and the director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Bay Office begin a two-day meeting in the Northern Neck. On their agenda are the next steps for a bay-wide oyster restoration strategy and how to measure its success. Virginia is struggling with how to do this and must decide soon or face losing two-million dollars in federal funding in a tough economy. WCVE Nothern Neck Correspondent Pamela D'Angelo reports.

Great Balls of Fire! World Premiere at SMV

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Two new attractions at the Science Museum of Virginia let you count the stars and save the planet. Charles Fishburne has more in this WCVE Science Matters report.

High School Students to Travel Length of James River

John Ogle in Science Matters

A group of high school students will be traveling the James River from one end to the other. The James River Expedition will launch from Iron Gate, near Covington June 25.

VCU Presenting Medical Math Modeling Event

John Ogle in Science Matters

Beginning Tuesday, Virginia Commonwealth University will host a five-day international meeting of scientists working with mathematical modeling of the behavior of the circulatory systems. A WCVE Science Matters report by Correspondent John Ogle.

UVA, William and Mary and ODU to launch Virginia Nanoelectronics Center

Charles Fishburne in Science Matters

Tomorrow’s computers may not need a keyboard, they’ll just read your mind. That technology isn’t far away, but will depend on chips based on new materials and new techniques. Later today, UVA, William and Mary and Old Dominion University will announce a new partnership to help develop tomorrow’s computer electronics. Charles Fishburne has more in this science matters report.

NASA Launches Educational Programs

John Ogle in Science Matters

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is offering programs to teach student and educators about the agency’s flight plans.

VCU Engineering School Senior Design Expo Today

John Ogle in Science Matters

Today, at the Science Museum of Virginia, The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering will present its annual Senior Design Expo. A WCVE Science Matters report by John Ogle.