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		<title>Transformational Fruit Fly Genome Catalog Completed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scientists searching for the genomics version of the holy grail – more insight into predicting how an animal’s genes affect physical or behavioral traits – now have a reference manual that should speed gene discoveries in everything from pest control to personalized medicine. In a paper published today in Nature, North Carolina State University genetics [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.ncsu.edu/features/010mkmackaynature/</link>
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		<title>Engineers Boost Computer Processor Performance By Over 20 Percent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique that allows graphics processing units (GPUs) and central processing units (CPUs) on a single chip to collaborate – boosting processor performance by an average of more than 20 percent. “Chip manufacturers are now creating processors that have a ‘fused architecture,’ meaning that they include [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/wmszhougpucpu/</link>
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		<title>Chemists Develop Faster, More Efficient Protein Labeling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Researchers have created specially engineered mammalian cells to provide a new “chemical handle” which will enable researchers to label proteins of interest more efficiently, without disrupting the normal function of the proteins themselves or the cells in which they are found. Protein labeling is used by researchers in a variety of fields to help them [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/deiters-protein/</link>
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		<title>Pioneering Cat Receives Total Knee Replacement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A tough cancer survivor named Cyrano received a brand new knee Thursday at NC State, making him the first ever feline recipient of an osseointegrated knee implant. Cyrano is a 10-year-old tabby cat who was treated for bone cancer last year and is now in total remission. However, the disease and treatment weakened the bone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.ncsu.edu/features/pioneering-cat/</link>
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		<title>Jimmy D. Clark Named to NC State Board of Trustees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jimmy D. Clark has been appointed by Gov. Bev Perdue to the North Carolina State University Board of Trustees. He replaces Gayle Lanier, whose term has expired. Clark is owner and president of Guy M. Turner Inc. a Greensboro-based company founded in 1924. The company specializes in heavy rigging, specialized transportation and crane services, and has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/008mktrusteesclark/</link>
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		<title>U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce to Visit NC State Textiles Labs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sánchez will visit North Carolina State University on Wednesday, Jan. 25, as part of a trip to meet with N.C. business and textile manufacturing leaders. Sánchez will tour NC State’s Nonwovens Institute Partners Lab, which aims to transform research and development in air, blood and water [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/006mkcommercevisit/</link>
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		<title>Cancer-Surviving Cat Is First to Receive Total Knee Replacement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A cancer survivor named Cyrano will be the first cat ever to receive total knee replacement surgery. The pioneering feline will receive his new knee on Jan. 26 at North Carolina State University. On Wednesday, Jan. 25, the day before the surgery, media are invited to meet Cyrano, view the implant, and speak with surgeon [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/cyrano-knee/</link>
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		<title>Researchers Devise New Means For Creating Elastic Conductors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new method for creating elastic conductors made of carbon nanotubes, which will contribute to large-scale production of the material for use in a new generation of elastic electronic devices. “We’re optimistic that this new approach could lead to large-scale production of stretchable conductors, which would then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/wmszhuconductors/</link>
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		<title>NC State Announces Fall Dean’s List Students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[North Carolina State University Chancellor Randy Woodson announced that 7,348 undergraduate students earned Dean’s List honors at NC State during the fall 2011 semester. To make the Dean’s List, students must earn an academic grade-point average of 3.25 or higher if they are carrying 15 or more hours of course work, or a 3.5 grade-point [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/wmsfalldeanslist2011/</link>
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		<title>College of Textiles Welcomes Prospective Students at Annual Open House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What: High school students, parents, teachers and the general public are invited to learn more about the new world of textiles by attending the annual open house event at North Carolina State University’s College of Textiles. The open house will showcase advances in fashion design and production, brand management and marketing, fabric design, polymer and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/003mktextileopenhouse/</link>
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