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Mar 18, 2024 Kenyan Star Farmer

Researchers seek to reclaim indigenous vegetables in agricultural landscape

Makini said the project is not just about research and development, but also seeks to embrace cultural heritage, promote nutrition and empower farmers. “It represents a commitment to collaboration, innovation and sustainable growth in the agricultural sector,” she said.The project has been funded by Usaid through the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture. It… 

Mar 18, 2024 Cedar Rapids Gazette

PFAS is piling up in our trash. Can we keep it contained?

Researchers are still trying to understand whether the chemicals are also escaping into the air, whether through gasses from landfills, aeration in wastewater treatment and the emissions from incinerators, said Detlef Knappe, a professor of environmental engineering at North Carolina State University. 

Mar 18, 2024 Nanowerk

Printed polymer allows researchers to explore chirality and spin interactions at room temperature

“We know that CISS-driven charge-to-spin conversion works efficiently in chiral semiconductors, but we want to know why,” says Dali Sun, associate professor of physics, member of the Organic and Carbon Electronics Lab (ORaCEL) at North Carolina State University and co-corresponding author of the work. “And an easy way to understand the puzzling mechanics of such… 

Mar 18, 2024 Southern Living

Can You Eat Expired Eggs?

Benjamin Chapman, a professor and food safety specialist at North Carolina State University’s Department of Agriculture and Human Sciences, says expiration dates are actually the sell-by dates and “not related to the safety of the egg whatsoever.” 

Mar 15, 2024 AZoLifeSciences

Researchers Unveil Simple Trick to Improve Accuracy Of Plant Genetics Research

Researchers have published a simple trick that improves the accuracy of techniques that help us understand how external variables – such as temperature – affect gene activity in plants. “There are really two contributions here. First, we’re raising the visibility of a problem that many of us in the plant research community were unfamiliar with,… 

Mar 15, 2024 WRAL-TV

NC residents feeling positive about the economy, but with divides along political lines, WRAL News poll shows

Michael Walden, an economist at N.C. State University, says low unemployment rates and subsiding fears of recession are likely contributing to increased optimism. There are “a lot of things going for the economy,” he said. “And it makes sense that people have seen these improvements, and that the polling shows more optimism now than it… 

Mar 15, 2024 CBS-17

Added traffic light would improve travel times at busy intersections, NC State research shows

Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that adding a fourth light to traffic signals would improve travel times for both drivers and pedestrians. 

Mar 15, 2024 WUNC Radio

Hunting has a diversity problem, and an NC State program aims to fix it

The hunting community has a problem. “A census of different outdoor recreation activities showed that 90% of hunters were men,” said Richard von Furstenberg, a Ph.D. candidate at NC State in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, “and 97% of those hunters were white.” Von Furstenberg studies the relationship between hunting, society, and conservation.… 

Mar 14, 2024 WRAL-TV

North Carolina State University students studying organic chemistry no longer have to visit a lab in person to complete coursework

The university’s Rob-O-Chem lab at 851 Main Campus Drive in Raleigh allows students to participate in hands-on research, regardless of their location. It allows students to fully participate and physically coordinate live movements using machinery through a computer to conduct experiments as if they were in the room. 

Mar 14, 2024 Los Angeles Times

How do animals react during a total solar eclipse? Scientists plan to find out in April

Researchers will be standing by to observe how animals’ routines at the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas are disrupted when skies dim on April 8. They previously detected other strange animal behaviors in 2017 at a South Carolina zoo that was in the path of total darkness. “To our astonishment, most of the animals did… 

Mar 14, 2024 Popular Science

Researchers propose fourth traffic signal light for hypothetical self-driving car future

Fully self-driving cars, despite the claims of some companies, aren’t exactly ready to hit the roads anytime soon. There’s even a solid case to be made that completely autonomous vehicles (AVs) will never take over everyday travel. Regardless, some urban planners are already looking into ensuring how such a future could be as safe and… 

Mar 14, 2024 New Atlas

The case for four-color traffic signals

A team of researchers from North Carolina State University have suggested that once a critical number of AVs are on the road, a fourth, white traffic signal light can be added to the traditional trio. “Our earlier work introduced the idea of a fourth traffic signal called a ‘white phase,’ which taps into the computing… 

Mar 13, 2024 Foxy 107.1

Study Finds No Increase In Stress Among High School Students Who Participated In Anti-Racism Program

Kelly Lynn Mulvey, an associate professor of psychology at NC State, reported that “students in our study were actively interested in learning about and discussing issues related to racism,” and that “the highly engaged group demonstrated significant growth in their awareness of social inequality after the intervention.” 

Mar 13, 2024 IEEE Spectrum

Injectable Microchip Tracks Animal Health

A team from North Carolina State University used off-the-shelf materials to create what they say is “the most advanced multimodal and minimally invasive injectable sensor system for animals to wirelessly monitor several of their physiological indicators and activity patterns.” “Researchers use implantables already out there to track animals in studies, but they’re cumbersome: You need… 

Mar 13, 2024 USA Today

Biden plan would offer tax credits to homebuyers, not $400 a month to everyone

It is not clear if the credits would be refundable – meaning a taxpayer would receive a cash refund if the amount of the credit exceeds the amount of tax that person owes – said Nathan Goldman, an expert on taxation at North Carolina State University, in an email to USA TODAY.