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Dec 10, 2013

System Developed for Assessing How Effective Species Are at …

System Developed for Assessing How Effective Species Are at …, Science Daily, Dec. 9, 2013. NC State researchers are proposing a set of guidelines for assessing the performance of pollinator species in order to determine which species are most important and should be prioritized for protection. Hannah Burrack and David Tarpy, entomology, featured. 

Dec 10, 2013

Researchers develop system for assessing how effective species …

Researchers develop system for assessing how effective species …, Eureka! Science News, Dec. 9, 2013. NC State researchers are proposing a set of guidelines for assessing the performance of pollinator species in order to determine which species are most important and should be prioritized for protection. Hannah Burrack and David Tarpy, entomology, featured. 

Dec 9, 2013

UNC Chapel Hill demographer sees megalopolis along I-85

UNC Chapel Hill demographer sees megalopolis along I-85, Winston Salem Journal, Dec. 8, 2013. Urban sprawl could take on a whole new meaning for the Triad and central North Carolina if projected housing and population growth patterns come to fruition by 2050. Michael Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

Dec 9, 2013

Changing Face of Earth in 2013: Photos

Changing Face of Earth in 2013: Photos, Discovery Channel, Dec. 9, 2013.  While a typhoon may have caused much of the vegetation loss in and around Tacloban, the loss of rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon bore the signature of human activity. Clinton Jenkins, biology, featured. 

Dec 9, 2013

Odd working hours affect parent-child relationship

Odd working hours affect parent-child relationship, AllVoices, Dec. 7, 2013.  According to NC State study parents who work at odd hours have troubled relationships with their children. Toby Parcel and Josh Hendrix, sociology and anthropology, featured. 

Dec 9, 2013

Odd working hours affect parent-child relationship

Odd working hours affect parent-child relationship, TruthDive, Dec. 7, 2013. NC State research shows that working a job that doesn’t keep 9am to 5pm hours can hurt the relationships between parents and adolescents. Toby Parcel and Josh Hendrix, sociology and anthropology, featured. 

Dec 9, 2013

Researchers develop system for assessing how effective species …

Researchers develop system for assessing how effective species …, Science Codex, Dec. 9, 2013. NC State researchers are proposing a set of guidelines for assessing the performance of pollinator species in order to determine which species are most important and should be prioritized for protection. Hannah Burrack and David Tarpy, entomology, featured. 

Dec 9, 2013

After years of decline, motor vehicle deaths rise in NC

After years of decline, motor vehicle deaths rise in NC, News & Observer, Dec. 6, 2013. Traffic fatalities in North Carolina are on the rise after falling off sharply during the 2008 recession. Nagui Rouphail, civil engineering, featured. 

Dec 9, 2013

NC State’s Database Could Revolutionize Pharmaceutical Research

NC State’s Database Could Revolutionize Pharmaceutical Research, WUNC, Dec. 6, 2013. NC State researchers have updated an extensive toxicology database so that it can be used to track information about therapeutic drugs and toxic effects. Allan Peter Davis, biological sciences, featured. 

Dec 9, 2013

Odd working hours affect parent-child relationship

Odd working hours affect parent-child relationship, ANINEWS, Dec. 7, 2013. NC State research shows that working a job that doesn’t keep 9am to 5pm hours can hurt the relationships between parents and adolescents. Toby Parcel and Josh Hendrix, sociology and anthropology, featured. 

Dec 9, 2013

Odd working hours affect parent-child relationship

Odd working hours affect parent-child relationship, Business Standard, Dec. 7, 2013. NC State research shows that working a job that doesn’t keep 9am to 5pm hours can hurt the relationships between parents and adolescents. Toby Parcel and Josh Hendrix, sociology and anthropology, featured. 

Dec 9, 2013

Wet weather creates Christmas tree troubles this year

Wet weather creates Christmas tree troubles this year, Fox (Washington DC), Dec. 9, 2013. A historical nuisance in the Christmas tree industry, brought on by recent wet weather, may threaten Christmas trees this winter season. John Frampton, forestry and environmental resources, featured. 

Dec 9, 2013

Text mining 88000 papers gives Pfizer a drug safety database

Text mining 88000 papers gives Pfizer a drug safety database, FierceBiotech IT, Dec. 9, 2013. NC State researchers have built a system to track how environmental chemicals affect human health as well as drug adverse events. Allan Peter Davis, biological sciences, featured. 

Dec 6, 2013

New initiative focuses on critical role of soil health

New initiative focuses on critical role of soil health, AgProfessional, Dec. 5, 2013. According to NC State expert, establishing a basis of understanding of what soil health concerns is the first step to move forward with universal acceptance of soil health as a critical need. David Lindbo, soil science, featured. 

Dec 6, 2013

Researchers updated extensive toxicology database to track information about drugs toxic effects

Researchers updated extensive toxicology database to track information about drugs toxic effects, Big News Network, Dec. 6, 2013. NC State researchers have updated an extensive toxicology database so that it can be used to track information about therapeutic drugs and toxic effects. Allan Peter Davis, biological sciences, featured.