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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 24, 2013

Method Creates Atomic-Scale Semiconductors

Method Creates Atomic-Scale Semiconductors, Photonics.com, May 23, 2013. An inexpensive material that can be “grown” in layers only one atom thick has yielded atomic-scale semiconductor thin films. The technique could be applied to make these devices wide enough to coat wafers that are 2 in.Linyou Cao, materials science and engineering, featured. 

May 24, 2013

Mutant Cockroaches Learn to Avoid Sugar to Outsmart Traps

Mutant Cockroaches Learn to Avoid Sugar to Outsmart Traps, Bloomberg News, May 23, 2013. Roaches that have been hard to trap may be a variety that find sugar doesn’t taste quite so sweet as bait anymore, a study suggests. Coby Schal, entomology, featured. 

May 24, 2013

How Pesticides Pushed Cockroaches Into Rapid Evolution

How Pesticides Pushed Cockroaches Into Rapid Evolution, io9, May 23, 2013. In the 1980s, manufactures began making cockroach baits that combined sweet glucose with deadly insecticides. By 1993, many cockroach populations somehow developed an aversion to the bait. Now, 20 years later, scientists finally understand how the roaches beat these traps. Coby Schal, entomology, featured. 

May 24, 2013

New technique to grow semiconductor thin films

New technique to grow semiconductor thin films, Materials Today, May 23, 2013. Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for creating high-quality semiconductor thin films at the atomic scale – meaning the films are only one atom thick. Linyou Cao, materials science and engineering, featured. 

May 24, 2013

There Is Ample Room to Find Offsets When Disaster Strikes

There Is Ample Room to Find Offsets When Disaster Strikes, U.S. News & World Report, May 23, 2013. The tragic events recently experienced in Moore, Oklahoma remind us all of the vulnerability of families and municipalities to natural disasters. Barry Goodwin, ag and resource economics, featured. 

May 24, 2013

A Bitter/Sweet Shift in Cockroach Defenses

A Bitter/Sweet Shift in Cockroach Defenses, New York Times, May 23, 2013. Everyone knows that cockroaches are the ultimate survivors, with enough evolutionary tricks up their carapaces to have thrived for 350 million years and to have completely adapted to the human species. Coby Schal, entomology, featured. 

May 24, 2013

How cockroaches are evolving to avoid sweets

How cockroaches are evolving to avoid sweets, Christian Science Monitor, May 23, 2013. Thanks to natural selection, some cockroaches have rapidly evolved the ability to check out of Roach Motels. Coby Schal, entomology, featured. 

May 24, 2013

Bunch of hurricanes coming, government says

Bunch of hurricanes coming, government says, N&O, Charlotte Observer, May 23, 2013. The National Hurricane Center on Thursday joined other tropical weather experts in predicting an above-average number of named storms in 2013, saying the pattern that produced a busy 2012 season remains in place. Marine, earth and atmospheric sciences, featured. 

May 24, 2013

Dog Owner Homes Are Bacteria-Ridden – And That’s Not Necessarily A Bad Thing | Toronto Telegraph

Dog Owner Homes Are Bacteria-Ridden – And That’s Not Necessarily A Bad Thing | Toronto Telegraph, Toronto Telegraph, RedOrbit Thursday 23rd May, 2013 . Or maybe not. According to a recently published study from researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of Colorado, Boulder, people who live with a pet dog harbor more… 

May 23, 2013

Dog Owners’ Homes Swarming With Bacteria

Dog Owners’ Homes Swarming With Bacteria, Discovery News, May 22, 2013. Homes with dogs have very different microscopic life forms than those without, new research finds. Rob Dunn, biology, featured. 

May 23, 2013

The Long Case For Yadkin Valley Financial

The Long Case For Yadkin Valley Financial, Seeking Alpha, May 21, 2013. Yadkin Valley Financial Corporation (YAVY) is a small regional bank that provides commercial and consumer banking in both North and South Carolina. Yadkin Valley Financial will begin doing business as Yadkin Financial Corporation and Yadkin Bank on May 28. Thirty percent of Yadkin commercial… 

May 23, 2013

Pests that bug us have their own ecological importance

Pests that bug us have their own ecological importance, Guardian Unlimited, May 21, 2013. Cockroaches, mosquitoes, bedbugs – some of the insects we find repellent form a vital part of species’ interdependence. Coby Schal, entomology, featured. 

May 23, 2013

As Jet Stream Moved North, Moist Air Barreled Into Plains With Deadly Results

As Jet Stream Moved North, Moist Air Barreled Into Plains With Deadly Results, New York Times, May 22, 2013. Until an outbreak of tornadoes in the past week, this year had been a relatively quiet one for twisters in the Midwest and Plains states. Kenneth Kunkel, marine, earth and atmospheric sciences, featured.   

May 23, 2013

Ctl-P for pizza

Ctl-P for pizza, The Register, UK, May 23, 2013. A small company in Austin, Texas, has received a $US125,000 grant from NASA to develop 3D printed food for astronauts. Food science department featured. 

May 23, 2013

Your Pooch Could Raise Your Home’s Bacteria Count

Your Pooch Could Raise Your Home’s Bacteria Count, Health.com, May 22, 2013. Man’s best friend may bring millions more microscopic pals into the average human home, a new study suggests. Rob Dunn, biology, featured.