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NC State news is shared far and wide. Below are just some of our recent appearances in local, regional, national and international media publications.

Oct 17, 2013

Where and when to find fall colors in the Southeast

Where and when to find fall colors in the Southeast, The State, Oct. 17, 2013. According to NC State forestry and environmental resources expert, North Carolina’s autumn leaf show is arriving later than normal statewide this year due to a low-stress growing season. Robert Bardon, forestry and environmental resources extension, featured. 

Oct 17, 2013

Researchers Develop Software That Uses Cyborg Roaches To Map …

Researchers Develop Software That Uses Cyborg Roaches To Map …, International Business Times, Oct. 17, 2013. NC State researchers have developed software that allows them to map unknown environments — such as collapsed buildings. Edgar Lobaton, Alper Bozkurt and Alireza Dirafzoon, electrical and computer engineering, featured. 

Oct 17, 2013

Meet new ‘cyborg roaches’

Meet new ‘cyborg roaches’, Bayoubuzz, Oct. 17, 2013. The cyborg bugs could give responders “a quick picture of the environment,” under conditions that may be dangerous or inaccessible to human rescuers.  Edgar Lobaton, Alper Bozkurt and Alireza Dirafzoon, electrical and computer engineering, featured. 

Oct 17, 2013

Software allows cyborg insect army to map cut-off areas

Software allows cyborg insect army to map cut-off areas, The Engineer, Oct. 17, 2013. NC State researchers have developed software that allows them to map unknown environments such as collapsed buildings. Edgar Lobaton, Alper Bozkurt and Alireza Dirafzoon, electrical and computer engineering, featured. 

Oct 17, 2013

New software could allow cyborg insects to map buildings

New software could allow cyborg insects to map buildings, Gizmag. Oct. 16, 2013. NC State researchers have developed software that allows them to map unknown environments — such as collapsed buildings. Edgar Lobaton, Alper Bozkurt and Alireza Dirafzoon, electrical and computer engineering, featured.

Oct 17, 2013

Innovation or nightmare? Here come the cyborg-bugs

Innovation or nightmare? Here come the cyborg-bugs, GlobalPost (blog), Oct. 16, 2013. NC State researchers are looking to explore dangerous or other unknown spaces with the help of a swarm of insect cyborgs. Edgar Lobaton, Alper Bozkurt and Alireza Dirafzoon, electrical and computer engineering, featured. 

Oct 17, 2013

Swarm of Cyborg Insects May Come to the Rescue

Swarm of Cyborg Insects May Come to the Rescue, Nature World News, Oct. 16, 2013. NC State researchers have developed software that allows them to map unknown environments — such as collapsed buildings. Edgar Lobaton, Alper Bozkurt and Alireza Dirafzoon, electrical and computer engineering, featured. 

Oct 17, 2013

NC State researchers turning cyborg insects into lifesavers

NC State researchers turning cyborg insects into lifesavers, News & Observer, Oct. 16, 2013. NC State researchers are developing software to help map unknown and potentially dangerous environments by employing an army of insect cyborgs. Edgar Lobaton, Alper Bozkurt and Alireza Dirafzoon, electrical and computer engineering, featured. 

Oct 17, 2013

Researchers: Ancient Mosquito’s Last Meal Of Blood Found Preserved In Fossil

Researchers: Ancient Mosquito’s Last Meal Of Blood Found Preserved In Fossil, KAKE-TV (KS), Oct. 15, 2013. According to NC State expert, researchers didn’t prove their conclusion that it is blood they found inside a fossil of a mosquito by ruling out other possibilities. Mary Schweitzer, marine earth and atmospheric sciences, featured. 

Oct 17, 2013

Cooper’s same-sex marriage stance sets up battle with Republican – WNCN: News, Weather for Raleigh. Durham, Fayetteville

Cooper’s same-sex marriage stance sets up battle with Republican – WNCN: News, Weather for Raleigh. Durham, Fayetteville, WNCN-TV, Oct. 15, 2013. According to NC State political scientist, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper should be expected to defend the law despite his public opposition to it. Steven Greene, political science, featured. 

Oct 17, 2013

Oreo the Oystercatcher a Boon to Researchers

Oreo the Oystercatcher a Boon to Researchers, The Ledger (FL), Oct. 16, 2013. Wildlife biologists from Audubon and NC State are tagging and tracking American oystercatchers, hoping to learn enough about her migratory habits to answer questions about American oystercatchers that biologists have thus far been unable to answer. 

Oct 17, 2013

: Software Uses Cyborg Swarm To Map Unknown Environs

: Software Uses Cyborg Swarm To Map Unknown Environs, M2 PressWIRE, Oct. 16, 2013. NC State researchers have developed software that allows them to map unknown environments — such as collapsed buildings. Edgar Lobaton, Alper Bozkurt and Alireza Dirafzoon, electrical and computer engineering, featured. 

Oct 17, 2013

Extinction Spillover

Extinction Spillover, American Scientist, Oct. 16, 2013. Research study is a step toward a broader simulation of more complex host–parasite dynamics, including parasites hosted by noncarnivorous species. Rob Dunn, biology, featured. 

Oct 17, 2013

Software uses cyborg swarm to map unknown environs

Software uses cyborg swarm to map unknown environs, e! Science News, Oct. 16, 2013. NC State researchers have developed software that allows them to map unknown environments — such as collapsed buildings. Edgar Lobaton, Alper Bozkurt and Alireza Dirafzoon, electrical and computer engineering, featured. 

Oct 17, 2013

Fort Bragg soldiers worry about pay delays

Fort Bragg soldiers worry about pay delays, Stars and Stripes, Oct. 16, 2013. Economists say the ramifications of government shutdown could be far-reaching. Mike Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured.