Sep 27, 2013

Now you know: IBM’s Ctrl+Alt+Delete invented by former NC State professor

Now you know: IBM’s Ctrl+Alt+Delete invented by former NC State professor, Triangle Business Journal, Sept. 26, 2013. NC State professor is credited with the invention of the Control+Alt+Delete combination we’ve all used to reboot our computers. David Bradley, electrical & computer engineering, featured. 

Sep 26, 2013

Innovative designs: BNU students win award for low-cost house

Innovative designs: BNU students win award for low-cost house, Express Tribune, Sept. 26, 2013. Twelve students from the Razia Hassan School of Architecture at the Beaconhouse National University designed two sustainable shacks using recyclable and cost effective materials for low income housing for the 2013 NC State Shackathon. 

Sep 26, 2013

NSF grant will explore brain-prosthesis interface

NSF grant will explore brain-prosthesis interface, NAREIT SmartBrief, Sept. 24, 2013. The National Science Foundation has awarded $1.2 million to researchers at NC State and the University of Houston for the study of how to connect prosthetic limbs with the brains of amputees. Helen Huang, biomedical engineering, featured. 

Sep 26, 2013

Roach Baits Loose Its Appeal Study Says

Roach Baits Loose Its Appeal Study Says, PRWeb, Sept. 26, 2013. NC State researchers found that roaches no longer have an appetite for one of their favorite foods: glucose, a form of sugar and the main bait used in roach traps. Entomology featured. 

Sep 26, 2013

Universities struggle to make patents pay

Universities struggle to make patents pay, Universities News, Sept. 25, 2013. Surfeit of unlicensed intellectual property pushes research institutions into unseemly partnerships. Kelly Sexton, technology-transfer, featured. 

Sep 26, 2013

Statistics Degrees More Than Double in Last Five Years

Statistics Degrees More Than Double in Last Five Years, Quality Digest, Sept. 23, 2013. According to NC State statistician, most, if not all, of the growing interest in statistics by post-secondary students is being driven by the promise of readily available and well-paying positions in the private and public sectors after graduation. Marie Davidian, statistics, featured. 

Sep 26, 2013

Research Programme Celebrates 50 Years of Achievement

Research Programme Celebrates 50 Years of Achievement, ThePoultrySite.com, Sept. 26, 2013. NC State professor is the first recipient of the Dr Charles Beard Research Excellence Award, a USPoultry award named for Dr Charles Beard, former director of the Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory. James Guy, population health and pathobiology, featured. 

Sep 26, 2013

Roach Baits Loose Its Appeal Study Says

Roach Baits Loose Its Appeal Study Says, Review Seeker, Sept. 26, 2013. NC State researchers found that roaches no longer have an appetite for one of their favorite foods: glucose, a form of sugar and the main bait used in roach traps. Entomology featured. 

Sep 26, 2013

Roach Baits Loose Its Appeal Study Says

Roach Baits Loose Its Appeal Study Says, Northern Colorado 5, Sept. 26, 2013. NC State researchers found that roaches no longer have an appetite for one of their favorite foods: glucose, a form of sugar and the main bait used in roach traps. Entomology featured. 

Sep 26, 2013

Turns out you can learn a lot from a belly button

Turns out you can learn a lot from a belly button, Salisbury Post, Sept. 26, 2013. Twenty Catawba College students worked to emulate an NC State research project studying belly button bacterial biodiversity. Rob Dunn, biology, featured. 

Sep 26, 2013

Roach Baits Loose Its Appeal Study Says

Roach Baits Loose Its Appeal Study Says, KXVO-TV CW 15 (NE), Sept. 26, 2013. NC State researchers found that roaches no longer have an appetite for one of their favorite foods: glucose, a form of sugar and the main bait used in roach traps. Entomology featured. 

Sep 26, 2013

Roach Baits Loose Its Appeal Study Says

Roach Baits Loose Its Appeal Study Says, KLJB-TV Fox 18 (IA), Sept. 26, 2013. NC State study found that cockroaches are no longer attracted to glucose-based baits. Entomology featured. 

Sep 26, 2013

Bunny Gets Therapy to Preserve Mobility

Bunny Gets Therapy to Preserve Mobility, eHealthy News, Sept. 25, 2013. At NC State rabbits run on underwater treadmills! Cory Sims, veterinary medicine, featured. 

Sep 26, 2013

Roach Baits Loose Its Appeal Study Says

Roach Baits Loose Its Appeal Study Says, WFXS-TV, Sept. 26, 2013. NC State researchers found that roaches no longer have an appetite for one of their favorite foods: glucose, a form of sugar and the main bait used in roach traps. Entomology featured. 

Sep 26, 2013

New Model Should Expedite Development of Temperature-Stable Nano-Alloys

New Model Should Expedite Development of Temperature-Stable Nano-Alloys, Spacemart, Sept. 24, 2013. NC State researchers have developed a new theoretical model that will speed the development of new nanomaterial alloys that retain their advantageous properties at elevated temperatures. Ron Scattergood and Mostafa Saber, materials science and engineering, featured.