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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.

Sep 20, 2013

Lamb chops: Exceptional children take charge in show ring at Rowan County Fair

Lamb chops: Exceptional children take charge in show ring at Rowan County Fair, Salisbury Post, Sept. 20, 2013. NC State student Beverly Hampton organized the first Exceptional Children’s Lamb Show four years ago when she was still a local high school student. Now she sees the fair as a perfect place for special needs children to interact with… 

Sep 20, 2013

Antioxidants dispel static electricity

Antioxidants dispel static electricity, Nature, Sept. 19, 2013. Static electricity is fun when it sticks hair to balloons – but no laughing matter in the electronics industry. Michael Dickey, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

Sep 20, 2013

It’s lawn renewal season in Raleigh

It’s lawn renewal season in Raleigh, News & Observer, Sept. 20, 2013. According to NC State turfgrass specialist, this has been a better than average year for fescue lawns. Grady Miller, crop science, featured. 

Sep 20, 2013

Scaling up personalized query results for next-gen search engines

Scaling up personalized query results for next-gen search engines, TG Daily, Sept. 20, 2013. NC State researchers have developed a way for search engines to provide users with more accurate, personalized search results. Kemafor Anyanwu, computer science, featured. 

Sep 20, 2013

University Researchers Have Developed a More Personalized …

University Researchers Have Developed a More Personalized …, Search Engine Journal, Sept. 19, 2013. NC State researchers have developed a search engine that is better at personalizing results for users. Kemafor Anyanwu, computer science, featured. 

Sep 20, 2013

Meet BookBot

Meet BookBot, Book Riot, Sept. 18, 2013. NC State’s James Hunt Library opened earlier this year. To make space for all of this room for people without making the library enormous, its space for books that got smaller—but not the number of books in the collection. James Hunt Library featured. 

Sep 20, 2013

News & Analysis Spintronics for Silicon Approaching

News & Analysis Spintronics for Silicon Approaching, EE Times, Sept. 19, 2013. NC State researchers have discovered a new silicon-compatible room-temperature dilute magnetic semiconductor,  holding great promise for spintronic devices, which store information on the magnetic spin of an electron. Jay Narayan, material science engineering, featured. 

Sep 20, 2013

Entrepreneurs offer ideas to lure start-ups

Entrepreneurs offer ideas to lure start-ups, North Raleigh News, Sept. 18, 2013. Improving Raleigh’s climate for start-up businesses with a new “signature attraction” and a road map for aspiring entrepreneurs were key suggestions from a brainstorming session at the Raleigh Innovation Summit. Terri Lomax, research and innovation, featured 

Sep 19, 2013

How To Make A Beach Clean Itself

How To Make A Beach Clean Itself, Popular Science, Sept. 18, 2013. NC State research team has built three sand-filtration systems under the dunes of a beach about two hours from Raleigh and is considering sites for additional installations. Michael Burchell, biological and agricultural engineering, featured. 

Sep 19, 2013

Smaller than small: Why we measure the space between atoms

Smaller than small: Why we measure the space between atoms, Phys.org, Sept. 18, 2013. One of the challenges for researchers is how to measure something incredibly small. Jacob Jones, materials science and engineering, featured. 

Sep 19, 2013

6 Weird Fruit Wines You Must Try

6 Weird Fruit Wines You Must Try, Prevention, Sept. 18, 2013. Combining different types of a fruit gives you complexity of flavor, but also nutritional variety. Mary Ann Lila, Plants for Human Health Institute, featured. 

Sep 19, 2013

Next Gen search engines to give personalized context-related query results

Next Gen search engines to give personalized context-related query results, Asian News International, Sept. 19, 2013. NC State researchers have developed a new way for search engines to provide users with more accurate and personalized search results. Kemafor Anyanwu, computer science, featured. 

Sep 19, 2013

Next Gen search engines to give personalized context-related query results

Next Gen search engines to give personalized context-related query results, Big News Network, Sept. 19, 2013. NC State researchers have developed a new way for search engines to provide users with more accurate and personalized search results. Kemafor Anyanwu, computer science, featured. 

Sep 19, 2013

Next Gen search engines to give personalized context-related query results

Next Gen search engines to give personalized context-related query results, Argentina Star, Sept. 19, 2013. NC State researchers have developed a new way for search engines to provide users with more accurate and personalized search results. Kemafor Anyanwu, computer science, featured. 

Sep 19, 2013

Next Gen search engines to give personalized context-related query results

Next Gen search engines to give personalized context-related query results, Malaysia Sun, Sept. 19, 2013. NC State researchers have developed a new way for search engines to provide users with more accurate and personalized search results. Kemafor Anyanwu, computer science, featured.