Jun 3, 2013

Roaches evolve to avoid sugary bait

Roaches evolve to avoid sugary bait, McAlester News-Capital, June 1, 2013. The pest control industry may have to go back to the drawing board after a discovery by NC State researchers revealed that some cockroaches have evolved to avoid sugary bait. Ayako Wada-Katsumata, entomology, featured. 

Jun 3, 2013

Mutant cockroaches learn to avoid sugar to outsmart sticky traps

Mutant cockroaches learn to avoid sugar to outsmart sticky traps, Borneo Bulletin, June 1, 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. 

Jun 3, 2013

Man’s Best Friend Joins the Fight Against Cancer

Man’s Best Friend Joins the Fight Against Cancer, MedicineNet.com, June 2, 2013. The mapping of both the dog and human genomes over the past decade “has shown very clearly that humans and dogs are very closely related. Matthew Breen, molecular biomedical sciences, featured. 

Jun 3, 2013

ECHO’s echoes: A timeline

ECHO’s echoes: A timeline, Burlington Free Press, June 2, 2013. ECHO’s history is long, convoluted and fascinating. A sampling of milestones: 1999 – •  UVM Biology Prof. Mary Watzin becomes the lab’s first director and later, the long-serving dean of the Rubenstein center. She is now dean of the College of Natural Resources at North Carolina State University. 

Jun 3, 2013

Buggin out: Controlling stubborn fire ants is tricky business

Buggin out: Controlling stubborn fire ants is tricky business, High Point Enterprise, June 2, 2013. Fire ant colonies are aggressive, especially when disturbed. Getting rid of them can be tricky. Eleanor Spicer Rice, entomology, featured. 

Jun 3, 2013

Technology That Knows When to Hand You a Hankie

Technology That Knows When to Hand You a Hankie, Technology Review, June 2, 2013. A startup called Beyond Verbal has developed technology that can understand how you’re feeling just by listening to your voice. Computers that recognize human emotions could become much more useful tools. James Lester, computer science-engineering, featured. 

Jun 3, 2013

Project Apis m. Requests Donations for Honey Bee Research Programs

Project Apis m. Requests Donations for Honey Bee Research Programs, RenewableEnergyWorld.com, June 2, 2013. Project Apis m. a 501 (c)(5) non-profit organization is requesting donations to continue their comprehensive honey bee research programs. The following projects need funding: Dr. David Tarpy, NC State University, Nexcelom Vision System to process Bee Informed Partnership (BIP) samples. $29,480. 

Jun 3, 2013

Project Apis m. Requests Donations for Honey Bee Research Programs

Project Apis m. Requests Donations for Honey Bee Research Programs, PRWeb, Daily Herald, June 2, 2013. Project Apis m. a 501 (c)(5) non-profit organization is requesting donations to continue their comprehensive honey bee research programs. The following projects need funding: Dr. David Tarpy, NC State University, Nexcelom Vision System to process Bee Informed Partnership (BIP) samples. $29,480. 

Jun 3, 2013

ISA fully engaged in cybersecurity

ISA fully engaged in cybersecurity, ISA Transactions, June 3, 2013. U.S. Presidential Executive Order 13636 is intended to confront the growing threats and risks of destructive and potentially deadly cyber attacks on the nation’s critical infrastructure. Automation Federation (AF) agreed to help identify a location for one of three additional national Cybersecurity Framework workshops, to be… 

Jun 3, 2013

Kannapolis study could separate link between obesity, diabetes

Kannapolis study could separate link between obesity, diabetes, News 14 Carolina,  June 1, 2013. NC State scientists believe more than half of all obese people eventually develop diabetes. Slavko Komarnytsky, food, bioprocessing & nutrition sciences, featured. 

Jun 3, 2013

Designing the Future: Top Architects Answer the Call of North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park

Designing the Future: Top Architects Answer the Call of North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park, Yahoo! Finance, June 1, 2013. Some of the top architects, designers and planners are traveling to the heart of North Carolina on a mission for one of our nation’s most iconic institutions — the Research Triangle Park. The Research Triangle Park was built… 

Jun 3, 2013

NC State advances to super regionals with 9-2 win over William & Mary

NC State advances to super regionals with 9-2 win over William & Mary, Fayetteville Observer, June 30, 2013. Tarran Senay homered and drove in five runs, and North Carolina State earned a spot in the NCAA super regionals by routing William & Mary 9-2 on Sunday night. 

May 31, 2013

N.C. State professor publishes book on finding the ideal career

N.C. State professor publishes book on finding the ideal career, Wake Living, May 30, 2013. Dr. Susan M. Katz, a professor in the English department at NC State University in Raleigh, has published a new book, “Start Your Career: 5 Steps to Finding the Right Job after College.” Susan M. Katz, English, featured. 

May 31, 2013

Forum in Granville County links education, community entities

Forum in Granville County links education, community entities, Douglas Dispatch, May 30, 2013. Thirty representatives of manufacturing, education, government and community organizations met at the Granville County Expo and Conference Center  to consider how education and manufacturing can be better aligned to create jobs for the next generation. Jason Nelson, Institute for Emerging Issues, featured. 

May 31, 2013

US: Antimicrobial children’s wear seeing rapid success

US: Antimicrobial children’s wear seeing rapid success, just-style.com, May 30, 2013. Spitter Spatter, a fast-growing company that is a spinout of a NC State University incubator, is experiencing rapid success with its line of antimicrobial and stain resistant clothing for infants and toddlers. Co-founder and CEO Angela Hollen developed the idea as a graduate student at…