2013

Mar 20, 2013

Blair to Lead Housing Group

Tim Blair, associate director of University Apartments, has been elected president of the Southeastern Association of Housing Officers. 

Mar 19, 2013

A Book for Fertile Minds

A book about the development of chemical fertilizer is this year’s common reading selection. 

Mar 19, 2013

Taylor Named ACE Fellow

Laura Taylor, professor of agricultural and resource economics, has been selected as one of 50 American Council on Education Fellows for the 2013-14 academic year. 

Mar 19, 2013

Supernova Photo of the Day and Cool New Findings

The image above is of the Kepler supernova remnant, first discovered in 1604, and one of only a few Type Ia supernovas known to have exploded in the Milky Way galaxy. Its proximity and its identifiable explosion date make it an excellent object to study. In a new study, researchers from NC State have found that… 

Mar 19, 2013

Companies Join Consumer Consortium

Four companies have been selected to partner with the university in the Consumer Innovation Consortium, a research collaboration in the Poole College of Management. 

Mar 19, 2013

In Memoriam: Ian Peterson

In a moving tribute, an NC State administrator sings the praises of Ian Peterson, who died last month after a courageous battle against cancer. 

Mar 19, 2013

Raising Awareness of Birth Defects

Kayte Thomas, a graduate student in social work, wins accolades for helping raise international awareness of birth defects. 

Mar 19, 2013

Researchers Devise Hidden Dune Filters to Treat Coastal Stormwater Runoff

When it rains, untreated stormwater can sweep pollutants into coastal waters, potentially endangering public health. Now researchers from North Carolina State University have developed low-cost filtration systems that are concealed beneath sand dunes and filter out most of the bacteria that can lead to beach closures. 

Mar 18, 2013

Unexpected Entrepreneur

From electrical engineer to entrepreneur: when Ph.D student Vindhya Kunduru came to NC State, she didn't know she'd soon be bringing vaccines to market. 

Mar 18, 2013

Researchers Trap Light, Improve Laser Potential of MEH-PPV Polymer

Researchers from North Carolina State University have come up with a low-cost way to enhance a polymer called MEH-PPV’s ability to confine light, advancing efforts to use the material to convert electricity into laser light for use in photonic devices. 

Mar 18, 2013

The Heat Is On to Understand Thermal Transport between Materials

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Mark Losego, a research assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at NC State. Losego recently co-authored a News and Views article about nanoscale heat flow in Nature Materials with David Cahill of the University of Illinois. The basics of heat flow have long been overlooked, but now,… 

Mar 15, 2013

10 Grad Programs Among Top 30

Ten graduate programs placed in the top 30 in new rankings released this month by U.S. News & World Report. 

Mar 15, 2013

Study Offers New Insights on Invasive Fly Threatening U.S. Fruit Crops

Humans aren’t the only species with a sweet tooth. Research from North Carolina State University shows that the invasive spotted-wing vinegar fly (Drosophila suzukii) also prefers sweet, soft fruit – giving us new insight into a species that has spread across the United States over the past four years and threatens to cause hundreds of… 

Mar 14, 2013

Researchers Create Nanoscale Spinning Magnetic Droplets

Researchers have successfully created a magnetic soliton – a nano-sized, spinning droplet that was first theorized 35 years ago. These solitons have implications for the creation of magnetic, spin-based computers. Solitons are waves, localized in space, that preserve their size and momentum. They were first observed in water. Solitons composed of light have proved useful… 

Mar 13, 2013

Foundations of Carbon-Based Life Leave Little Room for Error

  Life as we know it is based upon the elements of carbon and oxygen. Now a team of physicists, including one from North Carolina State University, is looking at the conditions necessary to the formation of those two elements in the universe. They’ve found that when it comes to supporting life, the universe leaves…