Aug 13, 2013

NC State program equips Triangle teachers with STEM skills

NC State program equips Triangle teachers with STEM skills, Triangle Business Journal (blog), Aug. 2, 2013. Through the Kenan Fellows program, an initiative of NC State’s Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science, teachers from around the state spent their summer working in research labs, manufacturing facilities, hospitals, agribusinesses and other local workplaces learning how researchers and industry experts use… 

Aug 13, 2013

Self-healing solar cells channel natural processes

Self-healing solar cells channel natural processes, Energy Harvesting Journal, Aug. 12, 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 engineering, featured. 

Aug 13, 2013

New Technique Allows Closer Study of How Radiation Damages …

New Technique Allows Closer Study of How Radiation Damages …, Stanly News & Press, Aug. 12, 2013. NC State researchers  have developed a technique that provides real-time images of how magnesium changes at the atomic scale when exposed to radiation. Weizong Xu, Suveen Mathaudhu and Yuntian Zhu, materials science and engineering, featured. 

Aug 13, 2013

Agency discusses development of NC offshore energy

Agency discusses development of NC offshore energy, Businessweek, Aug. 12, 2013. The North Carolina Energy Office and NC State’s Solar Center staff will be available at offshore wind energy meetings to answer questions regarding the identification of areas for offshore wind development. 

Aug 13, 2013

Solar cells which heal themselves developed in USA

Solar cells which heal themselves developed in USA, Energy Live News, Aug. 13, 2013. NC State University researchers have designed solar-cell devices with channels that were inspired by the branching vascular channels that circulate life-sustaining nutrients in leaves and human hands. Orlin Velev and Hyung-Jun Koo, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

Aug 13, 2013

Why Mosquitoes Like You and Not Me

Why Mosquitoes Like You and Not Me, Scientific American (blog), Aug. 13, 2013. NC State biologist discusses why mosquitoes devour some people and ignore others. Rob Dunn, biology, featured. 

Aug 12, 2013

Nine key trends of global logistics

Nine key trends of global logistics, Arabian Supply Chain, Aug. 12, 2013. Major challenges lie ahead as the world becomes a more complex place in which to operate logistically. Robert Handfield, business management, featured. 

Aug 12, 2013

UNC system bans gender-inclusive housing on all 17 campuses

UNC system bans gender-inclusive housing on all 17 campuses, QNotes, Aug. 9, 2013. The University of North Carolina system Board of Governors voted on Friday morning to approve a ban on gender-inclusive housing on all 17 campuses of the university system. Justine Hollingshead, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Center, featured. 

Aug 12, 2013

Tar Heel of the Week: If your packaged food still tastes good, thank …

Tar Heel of the Week: If your packaged food still tastes good, thank …, News & Observer, Aug. 10, 2013. NC State food science professor spent his career exploring a different kind of frontier – charting new ways to capture and preserve the tastes and textures of foods for long periods of time. Ken Swartze, food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences,… 

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.