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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.

May 29, 2013

Housecall for Health: Dog Bacteria

Housecall for Health: Dog Bacteria, FOX News Radio, May 28, 2013. A study from North Carolina State University finds homes with dogs have greater bacterial diversity. Robb Dunn, biology, featured. 

May 29, 2013

First hotel slated for Centennial Campus

First hotel slated for Centennial Campus, Triangle Business Journal, May 28, 2013. A Hyatt Place hotel is being planned for NC State University’s Centennial Campus in Raleigh. It will be built on 10 acres near the Park Alumni Center building on the southern shore of Lake Raleigh and the Lonnie Poole Golf Course. 

May 29, 2013

Combat soldiers benefit from fruit, vegetable-infused rations

Combat soldiers benefit from fruit, vegetable-infused rations, Southeast Farm Press, May 29, 2013. NC State University has gained support from the U.S. Army to create functional food ingredients from fruits and vegetables that will be used to develop healthier, more portable combat rations for soldiers. Mary Ann Lila, Kannapolis research, featured. 

May 29, 2013

Podcast: Dr. Coby Schal on New Cockroach Glucose Aversion …

Podcast: Dr. Coby Schal on New Cockroach Glucose Aversion, Pest Control Technology (PCT) Magazine, May 28, 2013. PCT interviewed Dr. Coby Schal, NC State entomologist and a co-author of a study published Thursday in the journal Science that sheds new light on cockroaches and glucose aversion. Coby Schal, and Jules Silverman, entomology, featured. 

May 29, 2013

Former Rocky Mount Chief Rebuilding Image of ECSU Campus Police

Former Rocky Mount Chief Rebuilding Image of ECSU Campus Police, WRAL, May 29, 2013. John Manley, who retired two years ago as chief of the Rocky Mount Police Department, has been named interim chief at Elizabeth City State. He has called in local police and law enforcement from North Carolina State University and North Carolina Central… 

May 29, 2013

Having a Dog May Mean Having Extra Microbes

Having a Dog May Mean Having Extra Microbes, Science Friday, May 24, 2013. NC State biologist finds that abodes with dogs had more diverse bacterial communities, and higher numbers of “dog-associated” bacteria. Rob Dunn, biology, featured. 

May 29, 2013

Mapping the Great Indoors

Mapping the Great Indoors, New York Times, May 27, 2013. Biologists team up to sample the microbial wildlife in 1,400 homes across the United States. Rob Dunn, biology, featured. 

May 28, 2013

Homes with dogs have more types of bacteria

Homes with dogs have more types of bacteria, Deccan Chronicle, Researchers have claimed that households that have dogs residing in them have more types of bacteria – including those that are rarely found in the homes where dogs don’t reside. Dr. Rob Dunn, an associate professor of biology at North Carolina St 

May 28, 2013

Mutant cockroaches skip sweets

Mutant cockroaches skip sweets, Journal Gazette – Online, The, Syrup used in traps no longer appealing for species to survive NEW YORK – For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something wen 

May 28, 2013

Dogs at Homes Lead to More Types of Bacteria

Dogs at Homes Lead to More Types of Bacteria, TopNews New Zealand, According to a research, households that have dogs residing in them have more types of bacteria. Researchers have claimed the presence of bacteria including those that are rarely found in homes where dogs do not reside. Dr. Rob Dunn, an associate 

May 28, 2013

Dogs bring swarm of bacteria into your home

Dogs bring swarm of bacteria into your home, FOXNews.com, Pets play a role in the exchange of microbes in a household.Joop Snijder Jr. | Shutterstock Your loyal pooch may be bringing a whole world of bacteria into your home but don’t panic. Research suggests that exposure to a wide variety of microbes ma 

May 28, 2013

Researchers discover method for atomic scale semiconductors

Researchers discover method for atomic scale semiconductors, New Electronics, May 24, 2013. A team from North Carolina State University has developed a technique for creating high quality semiconductor thin films at the atomic scale. Linyou Cao, featured. 

May 28, 2013

Cockroaches evolving to avoid sugary baits

Cockroaches evolving to avoid sugary baits, The Hindu, Cockroach loses its sweet tooth! A strain of cockroaches have outsmarted human efforts to kill them by evolving taste buds that make sweet insecticide baits taste bitter, scientists have found. North Carolina State University entomologists discove 

May 28, 2013

New Genes Mutation are Reorganizing Senses of Cockroaches, find Experts

New Genes Mutation are Reorganizing Senses of Cockroaches, find Experts, French Tribune, A team of US Scientists has recently noticed in their research that cockroaches are outsmarting the sugar traps. The above findings were concluded in the study published in the journal Science. In their drawn conclusions, scientists have written 

May 28, 2013

Evolving cockroaches shun sugar-laden bait

Evolving cockroaches shun sugar-laden bait, Radio New Zealand, May 25, 2013. A strain of cockroaches in Europe has evolved to outsmart the sugar traps used to eradicate them. Coby Schal, entomology, featured.