Mar 5, 2013

Bizarre Bee Disease Decimates Colonies

Bizarre Bee Disease Decimates Colonies, RedOrbit, March 4, 2013. As the mysterious plunge in bee populations continues, researchers are scrambling to understand the cause for the widespread decimation. David Tarpy, entomology, featured. 

Mar 5, 2013

Key Factors in Bee Colony Deaths Identified

Key Factors in Bee Colony Deaths Identified, Fars News Agency, March 5, 2013. A new long-term study of honey bee health has found that a little-understood disease study authors are calling “idiopathic brood disease syndrome” (IBDS), which kills off bee larvae, is the largest risk factor for predicting the death of a bee colony. David Tarpy, entomology, featured. 

Mar 5, 2013

New Dinosaur Species was Lunch for Prehistoric Crocs

New Dinosaur Species was Lunch for Prehistoric Crocs, Sci-News.com, March 5, 2013. Paleontologists from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, the University of Tennessee and North Carolina State University, have found the first fossil evidence of prehistoric crocs feeding on baby dinosaurs, including juveniles of a previously undescribed dinosaur species. 

Mar 5, 2013

Sticky Lithography

Sticky Lithography, Scientist Magazine, March 1, 2013. Researchers may be able to ditch the expensive photolithography equipment used for making microfluidic flow cells and cell-patterning devices designed to study cellular spatial 0rganization. Michael Dickey, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

Mar 5, 2013

Team led by South Dakota School of Mines assistant professor discovers new dinosaur species

Team led by South Dakota School of Mines assistant professor discovers new dinosaur species, American News, March 1, 2013. Researchers have discovered a new species of plant-eating dinosaurs that was a food source for an extinct relative of the crocodile. Terry Gates, marine earth and atmospheric sciences, featured. 

Mar 5, 2013

Today’s Medical & Research News

Today’s Medical & Research News, OBGYN & Reproduction Week, News RX, March 4, 2013. A team of researchers from NC State University, University of Illinois-Chicago, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign and University of Wyoming has developed an integrated model that tries to capture both sides of the equation. 

Mar 5, 2013

Rescue group helping birds get their waddle back

Rescue group helping birds get their waddle back, News & Observer, March 3, 2013. Animal prostheses are not new, but many people don’t know much about them. Denis Marcellin-Little, veterinary medicine, featured. 

Mar 5, 2013

SDSM&T-led team finds new species of dinosaur

SDSM&T-led team finds new species of dinosaur, Daily Republic – South Dakota, March 2, 2013.  A team led by a South Dakota School of Mines and Technology assistant professor has discovered a new species of plant-eating dinosaurs that was a food source for an extinct relative of the crocodile. Terry Gates, veterinary medicine, featured. 

Mar 5, 2013

North Carolina, Tennessee scientists teaming up to improve organic produce safety

North Carolina, Tennessee scientists teaming up to improve organic produce safety, Southeast Farm Press, March 4, 2013. A group of scientists at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture and North Carolina State University are working together to improve the safety of organic produce — naturally. Jeanine Davis, horticultural science, and  MaryAnne Drake, food, bioprocessing & nutrition sciences,… 

Mar 5, 2013

Crawl Space: Invasive Ant Armies Clash on U.S. Soil

Crawl Space: Invasion Ant Armies Clash on U.S. Soil, Scientific American, March 2, 2013. One of the most aggressive invasive ants in the world seems to have met its match in North Carolina–but if the arthropod challenger prevails, don’t expect it to play nice. Eleanor Spicer Rice, entomology, featured. 

Mar 4, 2013

Researchers look to ‘good’ stomach bacteria to help poultry fend off salmonella

Researchers look to ‘good’ stomach bacteria to help poultry fend off salmonella, News & Observer, March 2, 2013. A team of scientists in Raleigh and Chapel Hill is working to achieve a salmonella-free line of poultry by manipulating bacteria that live in the intestines of chickens. Matthew Koci, poultry science, featured. 

Mar 4, 2013

Southeast universities team on postharvest organic food safety

Southeast universities team on postharvest organic food safety, TheGrower, March 4, 2013. Researchers from NC State University and the University of Tennessee have teamed to improve the safety of organic produce and do it naturally. 

Mar 4, 2013

East Wake County teens celebrate TRIO Day of Service

East Wake County teens celebrate TRIO Day of  Service, Eastern Wake News, March 2, 2013. Local teens involved in an outreach program at NC State University recently spent time giving back to their community. 

Mar 4, 2013

N.C. State working on salmonella-free chickens

N.C. State working on salmonella-free chickens, Winston-Salem Journal, March 2, 2013. Scientists are working to achieve a salmonella-free line of poultry by manipulating bacteria that live in the intestines of chickens. Matthew Koci, poultry science, featured. 

Mar 4, 2013

Sharing news with public? That’s progress

Sharing news with public? That’s progress, News & Observer, March 3, 2013. In the world of scientific research, scientists are making amazing discoveries and findings, but the challenge is how to disseminate scientific breakthroughs and turn innovation into solutions. Meg Lowman, physical and math sciences, featured.