Jun 20, 2025 Wilmington Star-News Online

Upgrade stormwater ponds in New Hanover County to improve performance

North Carolina State University’s Stormwater Engineering Research Group offers an array of extension workshops on stormwater infrastructure design, maintenance, installation, and retrofits. We encourage anyone interested in these topics to attend, from regulators and professional landscapers to homeowners and property managers. Information on upcoming workshops can be found at https://bae.ncsu.edu/workshops-conferences/. 

Jun 20, 2025 Coastal Review

Oak Island residents say oceanfront lots unsuited for homes

Dr. Gavin Smith, a North Carolina State University professor who researches hazard mitigation, disaster recovery and climate change adaptation, is not a big fan of beach nourishment. “I think that overrelying on beach nourishment as a way to protect coastal development is fraught with problems,” he said in a telephone interview earlier this month. “It’s… 

Jun 20, 2025 Yahoo! News

On the trail of Bigfoot in academia and the Kentucky woods

The psycho-emotional aspect of this cryptozoological puzzle is one of its many factors that appeal to Darby Orcutt, M.S., a faculty member at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Orcutt teaches Science, Psi, Sasquatch and Spirits, a course he designed after having an epiphany while building a team for a DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects… 

Jun 20, 2025 Southern Living

How To Keep Wasps Away From Your Home

Of course, problems arise when wasps build their homes too close to ours. “While you can’t keep wasps out of your yard, you can make your living space as unattractive as possible to them,” says Sydney Crawley, Ph.D., assistant professor and extension specialist at North Carolina State University. “You may be able to leave a… 

Jun 19, 2025 MindFood

Exploring Antarctica By Cruise An Unforgettable, Otherworldly Adventure

There’s a lot of research into what draws travellers to Antarctica since it’s often referred to as the most inhospitable place on earth. Professor of Protected Area Tourism and Conservation Yu-Fai Leung at North Carolina State University has looked at why the region has received an exponential growth of interest and found a variety of… 

Jun 19, 2025 Poultry World

Breeds better suited to cage-free production

The study, published in the journal Poultry Science, carried out by the Department of Poultry Science at North Carolina State University, evaluated genetic strains in cage-free environments, as the US egg sector moves away from cage production. 

Jun 19, 2025 Phys.org

Human development outside protected areas may harm biodiversity within

This phenomenon is described in a new study using camera-trap data to evaluate the effectiveness of hundreds of protected areas across China. Co-author Roland Kays, research professor at North Carolina State University and scientist at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, said that researchers found major losses in biodiversity where protected areas were hemmed in… 

Jun 19, 2025 Laser Focus

Laser sintering method simplifies ultrahigh-temperature ceramics

A new twist on sintering developed by North Carolina State University engineers led by Cheryl Xu, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, taps lasers to turn raw materials—in either liquid or powder form—into ceramic materials with potential for space, defense, and nuclear power applications that must withstand ultrahigh temperatures within extreme environments. 

Jun 18, 2025 3D Printing Industry

Faster HfC synthesis with NC State’s new single-step laser process

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a single-step laser-based method to synthesize hafnium carbide (HfC), significantly streamlining the production of this ultrahigh-temperature ceramics. 

Jun 18, 2025 WUNC

NC State researchers urge Triangle drivers to watch out for turtles crossing the roads

Researchers at North Carolina State University want residents in the Triangle area to be cautious of turtles crossing the roads this summer. A new turtle crossing study has identified nine hotspots across the Triangle where vehicles tend to hit turtles. 

Jun 18, 2025 Newsweek

How Recall of 20 Million Eggs Could Affect US Prices

“This is not good news,” North Carolina State University economist Mike Walden told Newsweek. “Lower egg supply will increase egg prices.” 

Jun 18, 2025 NPR

Trump administration actions contradict MAHA rhetoric on toxic chemicals

“You can’t say one thing and do another,” says Sue Fenton, who directs the Center for Human Health and the Environment at NC State University, contrasting the administration’s rhetoric about clean water and air with its actions. 

Jun 17, 2025 WGCU

Floods are worsening but engineers worry national rainfall database won’t be updated

The only member of the Atlas 15 team to provide comments was lead scientist Ken Kunkel, a principal research scholar at North Carolina State University’s Institute for Climate Studies. He has studied heavy precipitation for more than 30 years and hopes that completion of Atlas 15, volumes 1 and 2 will be the capstone of… 

Jun 17, 2025 Forbes

Human And AI Fatigue: Achieving Determinism And Accuracy In Intelligent Systems

Mental fatigue makes it harder for people to focus, solve problems and avoid mistakes, especially in demanding jobs like software engineering. My research at North Carolina State University showed that tired developers often make more errors, take longer to solve problems and are less creative. For example, a tired engineer might miss a bug that… 

Jun 17, 2025 Scientific American

Wind and Solar Energy Are Cheaper Than Electricity from Fossil-Fuel Plants

The result is that existing fossil fuel plants could generate more power to meet short-term rises in electricity demand, said Harrison Fell, an associate professor at North Carolina State University who tracks electricity markets. “To the extent we need to add a lot more, wind and solar plus storage looks competitive to gas, even without…