May 9, 2013

Billionaire Murdock gives $50M to support scientific research

Billionaire Murdock gives $50M to support scientific research, WRAL Tech Wire, May 8, 2013. David H. Murdock, founder of the the North Carolina Research Campus, announced a $50 million gift to support the research institute that bears his name. Eight North Carolina universities, including North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Duke… 

May 9, 2013

Cannibal tadpoles key to understanding digestive evolution

Cannibal tadpoles key to understanding digestive evolution, Science Codex, May 8, 203. A carnivorous, cannibalistic tadpole may play a role in understanding the evolution and development of digestive organs, according to research from North Carolina State University. Nanette Nascone-Yoder, Stephanie Bloom and Cris Ledon-Rettig, molecular biomedical sciences, featured. 

May 9, 2013

Cannibalistic Tadpoles Key To Understanding Digestive Evolution

Cannibalistic Tadpoles Key To Understanding Digestive Evolution, Red Orbit, May 8, 2013. According to NC State researchers, a carnivorous, cannibalistic tadpole may play a role in understanding the evolution and development of digestive organs. Nanette Nascone-Yoder, Stephanie Bloom and Cris Ledon-Rettig, molecular biomedical sciences, featured. 

May 9, 2013

Cannibal Tadpoles Aid in Understanding Digestive Evolution

Cannibal Tadpoles Aid in Understanding Digestive Evolution, Nature World News, May 8, 2013. According to NC State researchers, a genetic study of two types of frog tadpoles – a cannibalistic carnivore and a humble algae eater – may play a role in furthering our understanding of the evolution and development of digestive organs. Nanette Nascone-Yoder, Stephanie Bloom and Cris… 

May 8, 2013

How do you like your taxes? Progressive or regressive?

How do you like your taxes? Progressive or regressive?, The Progressive Pulse, May 7, 2013. One of the few points of consensus that the right and left can come to on North Carolina’s tax system is that it’s badly in need of fixing. The particulars how to do that, and how much taxes different groups should… 

May 8, 2013

More than half of the nation’s rivers and streams are in poor condition, according to a new report from the U.S. EPA

More than half of the nation’s rivers and streams are in poor condition, according to a new report from the U.S. EPA, ASCE: American Society of Civil Engineers, May 7, 2013. A large percentage of the nation’s rivers and streams are insufficiently able to support aquatic life as a result of runoff, agricultural practices, fossil fuel… 

May 8, 2013

NACCU announces 2013 award recipients

NACCU announces 2013 award recipients, CR80 News, May 7, 2013. The National Association of Campus Card Users (NACCU) handed out its annual awards at its 20th Annual NACCU Conference held in Orlando, Fla. The 2013 Best Social Networking and/or Website Award went to North Carolina State University for its use of social media and internet tools for its… 

May 8, 2013

Superefficient gas combustion simplifies carbon capture

Superefficient gas combustion simplifies carbon capture, The Engineer, May 7, 2013. Chemical engineering researchers have identified a new mechanism to convert natural gas into energy up to 70 times faster, while effectively capturing carbon dioxide. Fanxing Li, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

May 8, 2013

Mechanism converts natural gas to energy faster, capture CO2

Mechanism converts natural gas to energy faster, capture CO2, R & D Magazine, May 7, 2013. Chemical engineering researchers have identified a new mechanism to convert natural gas into energy up to 70 times faster, while effectively capturing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2). Fanxing Li, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

May 8, 2013

New mechanism converts natural gas to energy faster

New mechanism converts natural gas to energy faster, EarthSky (blog), May 7, 2013. Chemical engineering researchers have identified a new mechanism to convert natural gas into energy up to 70 times faster, while effectively capturing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2). Fanxing Li, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

May 8, 2013

New Mechanism Converts Natural Gas to Energy Faster, Captures CO2

New Mechanism Converts Natural Gas to Energy Faster, Captures CO2, Nanotechnology News, May 7, 2013. Chemical engineering researchers have identified a new mechanism to convert natural gas into energy up to 70 times faster, while effectively capturing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2). Fanxing Li, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

May 8, 2013

New mechanism converts natural gas to energy faster, captures CO2

New mechanism converts natural gas to energy faster, captures CO2, Eureka! Science News, May 7, 2013.  Chemical engineering researchers have identified a new mechanism to convert natural gas into energy up to 70 times faster, while effectively capturing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2). Fanxing Li, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

May 8, 2013

New mechanism converts natural gas to energy faster, captures CO2

New mechanism converts natural gas to energy faster, captures CO2, PHYS.org, May 7, 2013. North Carolina State University researchers have identified a new mechanism to convert natural gas into energy up to 70 times faster, while effectively capturing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2). Fanxing Li, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

May 8, 2013

Dear Glenn Beck: NRA gun, confederate lore have nothing in common with King

Dear Glenn Beck: NRA gun, confederate lore have nothing in common with King, TheGrio.com, May 7, 2013. NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre has courted controversy since Newtown. Rather than seeking compromise in the wake of the tragedy, LaPierre has described the moderate legislation put forward in the Congress as the beginnings of “a once-in-a-generation fight.” Blair… 

May 8, 2013

WBTV News Prime Time

WBTV News Prime Time, WBTV – TV, May 7, 2013. On Tuesday, a group of manufacturers met at Siemens for a NC State University Manufacturing Makes It Real Network event, where they talked about the industry and learned how Pringle and his crew managed to grow a thriving workforce in under a year. Terry Helmlinger Ratcliff, industrial extension, featured.