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Every patent from Virginia's research universities, translated into plain language, so the state's operators can find technology worth licensing.
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VTPorcine Circovirus Type 2 causes Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS), which leads to high mortality rates and significant economic losses for commercial pig farmers. Previous attempts at vaccines were often either ineffective or risked causing the disease they were meant to prevent.
VTStandard quadcopters waste energy because their flat bodies create drag without generating lift, severely limiting flight range and endurance. Drone operators in delivery, inspection, and defense need longer-range VTOL aircraft without the complexity of tilt-rotor or fixed-wing hybrid designs.
VTDuring pelvic brachytherapy for cancers like cervical or uterine cancer, healthy organs such as the bladder and rectum sit dangerously close to the radiation source, leading to serious side effects. Radiation oncologists and cancer centers need a reliable, conformable way to physically move those organs away during treatment.
VCUBatteries in electric vehicles and energy storage systems generate intense, hard-to-stop fires, and existing insulation materials lack combined fire resistance and thermal buffering in a single mechanically robust form. Battery manufacturers, automotive OEMs, and building product makers all face this gap.
GMUIntelligence operatives, journalists, dissidents, and enterprises operating in hostile or surveilled network environments need to communicate securely without revealing that secret communication is even occurring, since standard encryption reveals the existence of sensitive traffic even if not its contents.
VTRadio receivers in crowded or dynamic spectrum environments struggle to maintain signal quality because they rely on static or manually configured tuning rules. Wireless device makers, defense electronics firms, and telecom equipment manufacturers all face this challenge.
