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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.

Aug 12, 2013

Hydrogel Solar Cells Could be Self Healing

Hydrogel Solar Cells Could be Self Healing, Tech Fragments, Aug. 11, 2013. NC State researchers show that creating solar cell devices with channels that mimic organic vascular systems can effectively reinvigorate solar cells whose performance deteriorates due to degradation by the sun’s ultraviolet rays. Orlin Velev and Hyung-Jun Koo, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

Aug 12, 2013

NCSU Study: Researchers Create ‘Soft Robotic’ Devices Using …

NCSU Study: Researchers Create ‘Soft Robotic’ Devices Using …, Stanly News & Press, Aug. 11, 2013. NC State researchers have developed a new technique for creating devices out of a water-based hydrogel material that can be patterned, folded and used to manipulate objects. Michael Dickey and Orlin Velev, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

Aug 12, 2013

NCSU STUDY: Battery Design Gets Boost from Aligned Carbon …

NCSU STUDY: Battery Design Gets Boost from Aligned Carbon …, Stanly News & Press, Aug. 10, 2013. NC State researchers have created a new flexible nano-scaffold for rechargeable lithium ion batteries that could help make cell phone and electric car batteries last longer. Philip Bradford and Xiangwu Zhang, textile engineering, chemistry and science, featured. 

Aug 12, 2013

Researchers to Study Link Between Early Stress, GI Tract Disease

Researchers to Study Link Between Early Stress, GI Tract Disease, HealthCanal.com, Aug 9, 2013. NC State researcher is leading a study that looks at how high stress events early in life essentially ‘rewire’ the gastrointestinal tract so that it stays in stress response mode. Anthony Blikslager, clinical sciences, featured. 

Aug 12, 2013

Goldfish can be ensured a long, healthy life with the right care and consideration

Goldfish can be ensured a long, healthy life with the right care and consideration, AnnArbor.com, Aug. 10, 2013. ensuring the optimal health and well-being of a goldfish is simple really, but it does require a little work and forethought, and in doing so can be a great opportunity to interject more dialogue with children, with… 

Aug 12, 2013

North Carolina tax changes: Where you stand

North Carolina tax changes: Where you stand, Charlotte Observer, Aug. 11, 2013. State Rep. Ruth Samuelson cited research from an NC State economist who forecasts the state will add more than 100,000 jobs this year and next, which would be enough to lower North Carolina’s unemployment rate to 6.8 percent. 

Aug 12, 2013

Battery design gets boost from aligned carbon nanotubes

Battery design gets boost from aligned carbon nanotubes, Electronics News Australia, Aug. 11, 2013. NC State researchers have created a flexible nano-scaffold for rechargeable lithium ion batteries that could help make cell phone and electric car batteries last longer. Philip Bradford and Xiangwu Zhang, textile engineering, chemistry and science, featured. 

Aug 12, 2013

Leaf veins inspire self-replenishing organic solar cell design

Leaf veins inspire self-replenishing organic solar cell design, The Engineer, Aug. 11, 2013. NC State researchers show that creating solar cell devices with channels that mimic organic vascular systems can effectively reinvigorate solar cells whose performance deteriorates due to degradation by the sun’s ultraviolet rays. Orlin Velev and Hyung-Jun Koo, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

Aug 12, 2013

Shaffer: N.C. State scientists brew brainy beer

Shaffer: N.C. State scientists brew brainy beer, News & Observer, Aug. 12, 2013. The NC State Brewery serves as a quiet partner trained in microbiology and chemical engineering, a resource that can tell you how to fight contamination, manage yeast and calculate your beer’s International Bitterness Units, or IBU. Blake Layfield, food, bioprocessing & nutrition sciences, featured. 

Aug 12, 2013

: Researchers to Study Link Between Early Stress, GI Tract Disease

: Researchers to Study Link Between Early Stress, GI Tract Disease, M2 PressWIRE, Aug. 12, 2013. NC State researcher is leading a study that looks at how high stress events early in life essentially ‘rewire’ the gastrointestinal tract so that it stays in stress response mode. Anthony Blikslager, clinical sciences, featured. 

Aug 12, 2013

Say what? Fayetteville’s past and present affect the way residents pronounce words

Say what? Fayetteville’s past and present affect the way residents pronounce words, Fayetteville Observer, Aug. 12, 2013. Fayetteville, with all the influences that meet there, is a wonderful spot in the South. Walt Wolfram, English, featured. 

Aug 12, 2013

Researchers to Study Link Between Early Stress, GI Tract Disease

Researchers to Study Link Between Early Stress, GI Tract Disease, TMCnet.com, Aug. 12, 2013. NC State researcher is leading a study that looks at how high stress events early in life essentially ‘rewire’ the gastrointestinal tract so that it stays in stress response mode. Anthony Blikslager, clinical sciences, featured. 

Aug 9, 2013

Researchers Create Devices from Water-Based Hydrogels

Researchers Create Devices from Water-Based Hydrogels, NASA Tech Briefs, Aug. 8, 2013. NC State researchers have developed a new technique for creating devices out of a water-based hydrogel material that can be patterned, folded and used to manipulate objects. Michael Dickey and Orlin Velev, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

Aug 9, 2013

Battery design gets boost from aligned carbon nanotubes

Battery design gets boost from aligned carbon nanotubes, Nanotechnology Now, Aug. 8, 2013. NC State researchers have created a new flexible nano-scaffold for rechargeable lithium ion batteries that could help make mobile phone and electric car batteries run for longer. Philip Bradford and Xiangwu Zhang, textile engineering, chemistry and science, featured. 

Aug 9, 2013

Federal agency offers offshore wind energy visual simulation next week

Federal agency offers offshore wind energy visual simulation next week, WWAY-TV, Aug. 8, 2013. The NC Energy Office and NC State’s Solar Center staff will be available at next week’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management meetings to answer questions regarding the process for identifying areas for offshore wind development in the state.