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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) has awarded a grant for more than $2.7 million to North Carolina State University to support research into the creation of biofuels using microbial organisms, called extremophiles, that live in high-temperature environments. Continue Reading »

North Carolina State University’s Tucker Residence Hall has been selected to participate in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) first national “Working off the Waste” competition among commercial buildings to save energy and fight climate change. Continue Reading »

School districts across the state are investing millions of dollars into instructional technology for K-12 schools in hopes of better preparing students to work and live in the 21st century. But are the technology and media programs helping students succeed? Researchers at North Carolina State University are evaluating the success of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s (NCDPI) IMPACT model – a model for technology integration – that is currently being implemented in 31 North Carolina schools across 11 districts. Continue Reading »

A researcher at North Carolina State University has developed a computer chip that can store an unprecedented amount of data – enough to hold an entire library’s worth of information on a single chip. The new chip stems from a breakthrough in the use of nanodots, or nanoscale magnets, and represents a significant advance in computer-memory technology. Continue Reading »

Virtualization and cloud computing allow computer users access to powerful computers and software applications hosted by remote groups of servers, but security concerns related to data privacy are limiting public confidence – and slowing adoption of the new technology. Now researchers from North Carolina State University have developed new techniques and software that may be the key to resolving those security concerns and boosting confidence in the sector. Continue Reading »

Dr. Randy Woodson, North Carolina State University’s 14th chancellor, will begin a series of visits across the state to meet with North Carolinians, learn more about the university’s role and reach, and reaffirm the university’s commitment to meeting the state’s needs.

On Tuesday, April 27, Woodson will visit the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, where he will tour the cutting-edge research labs and learn more about how NC State advances knowledge about making fruits and vegetables more healthy and less prone to disease and drought, among other innovations at the campus. Media coverage is invited at 3 p.m. in the NC State building, home to the Plants for Human Health Institute.

Woodson began his job at NC State on April 5. A horticultural scientist, Woodson served as chief academic officer, dean, department head and professor in his 25-year career at Purdue University in Indiana. He plans on touring the state in the next few months to talk to people about NC State’s goals of providing quality education, groundbreaking research and problem-solving service, and to hear how NC State can be even more responsive to North Carolinians.

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