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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 13, 2013

KRCG 13 Live at Sunrise

KRCG 13 Live at Sunrise, KRCG-TV (MO), Sept. 13, 2013. NC State researcher hopes to use cockroaches in the rubble after natural disasters, like earthquakes, to find victims. Alper Bozkurt, computer and electrical engineering, featured. 

Sep 13, 2013

Good Morning Texas

Good Morning Texas, Good Morning Texas – KXXV-TV (Waca, TX), Sept. 13, 2013. Sept. 13, 2013. NC State researcher hopes to use cockroaches in the rubble after natural disasters, like earthquakes, to find victims. Alper Bozkurt, computer and electrical engineering, featured. 

Sep 13, 2013

FOX 8 Morning Edition at 6am

FOX 8 Morning Edition at 6am, Fox 8 Morning Edition at 6 AM – WVUE-TV (LA), Sept. 13, 2013. NC State researcher hopes to use cockroaches in the rubble after natural disasters, like earthquakes, to find victims. Alper Bozkurt, computer and electrical engineering, featured. 

Sep 13, 2013

Cyborg cockroaches sound terrifying but could save lives

Cyborg cockroaches sound terrifying but could save lives, WTVR-TV (VA), Sept. 12, 2013. NC State researcher hopes to use cockroaches in the rubble after natural disasters, like earthquakes, to find victims. Alper Bozkurt, computer and electrical engineering, featured. 

Sep 13, 2013

Remote Control Backpack For Dogs: Canine Command Device Could Aid In Rescue Missions, Police Work And More

Remote Control Backpack For Dogs: Canine Command Device Could Aid In Rescue Missions, Police Work And More, iScienceTimes.com, Sept. 12, 2013. NC State researcher hopes to use cockroaches in the rubble after natural disasters, like earthquakes, to find victims. Alper Bozkurt, computer and electrical engineering, featured. 

Sep 13, 2013

New Magnetic Semiconductor Material Holds Promise for ‘Spintronics’

New Magnetic Semiconductor Material Holds Promise for ‘Spintronics’, TMCnet.com, Sept. 12. 2013. NC State researchers have created a new compound that can be integrated into silicon chips and could be used to make devices that rely on magnetic force to operate, rather than electrical currents. Jay Narayan and Justin Schwartz, materials science and engineering, featured. 

Sep 13, 2013

New Magnetic Semiconductor Material Holds Promise For ‘Spintronics’

New Magnetic Semiconductor Material Holds Promise For ‘Spintronics’, RF GlobalNet.com, Sept. 13, 2013. NC State researchers have created a new compound that can be integrated into silicon chips and could be used to make devices that rely on magnetic force to operate, rather than electrical currents. Jay Narayan and Justin Schwartz, materials science and engineering, featured. 

Sep 13, 2013

New Connection Between Stacked Solar Cells Can Handle Energy Of 70,000 Suns

New Connection Between Stacked Solar Cells Can Handle Energy Of 70,000 Suns, Photonics, Sept. 12, 2013. NC State researchers have come up with a new technique for improving the connections between stacked solar cells, which should improve the overall efficiency of solar energy devices and reduce the cost of solar energy production. Salah Bedair, electrical engineering, featured. 

Sep 13, 2013

New technology could use cockroaches to help in disasters

New technology could use cockroaches to help in disasters, KENS-TV (TX), Sept. 12, 2013. NC State researchers are working to turn Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches into cyborgs. Alper Bozkurt, computer and electrical engineering, featured. 

Sep 13, 2013

ABC 13 News @ 7

ABC 13 News @ 7, ABC News 13 at 7 PM – WSET-TV (VA), Sept. 12, 2013. NC State researcher hopes to use cockroaches in the rubble after natural disasters, like earthquakes, to find victims. Alper Bozkurt, computer and electrical engineering, featured. 

Sep 13, 2013

Could Robotic Cockroaches Help Save Lives?

Could Robotic Cockroaches Help Save Lives?, WJBF-TV (Augusta, GA), Sept. 12, 2013. NC State researcher hopes to use cockroaches in the rubble after natural disasters, like earthquakes, to find victims. Alper Bozkurt, computer and electrical engineering, featured. 

Sep 13, 2013

Feed preservative Formaldehyde found in imported fish

Feed preservative Formaldehyde found in imported fish, AllAboutFeed, Sept. 13, 2013. NC State researchers in the Department of Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences conduct independent tests to verify methods used in formaldehyde testing. Jonathan C. Allen, food, bioprocessing & nutrition sciences, featured. 

Sep 13, 2013

Researchers find formaldehyde in supermarket fish imported from Asia

Researchers find formaldehyde in supermarket fish imported from Asia, Food Engineering, Sept. 12, 2013. NC State researchers in the Department of Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences conduct independent tests to verify methods used in formaldehyde testing. Jonathan C. Allen, food, bioprocessing & nutrition sciences, featured. 

Sep 13, 2013

Slocum Creek project shows vision

Slocum Creek project shows vision, Havelock News, Sept. 12, 2013. Despite some opposition, a progressive mayor and supportive board worked with a team of experts from NC State’s College of Design to develop a plan for revitalization. College of Design featured. 

Sep 13, 2013

Fact: You Carry Around Enough Bacteria To Fill A Large Soup Can

Fact: You Carry Around Enough Bacteria To Fill A Large Soup Can, Popular Science, Sept. 12, 2013. NC State biologigist found about 1,400 different strains of bacteria living in the navels of 95 research study participants. Rob Dunn, biology, featured.