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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.

Jan 14, 2013

Artel simplifies verification of low-volume DMSO dispenses

Artel simplifies verification of low-volume DMSO dispenses, Pro Health Service Zone, Jan. 14, 2013. NC State University researcher has shown that the volumes dispensed during drug screening programmes can have a significant effect on the results obtained by assay screens. Nathaniel Hentz, biomanufacturing, featured. 

Jan 14, 2013

Top Solar Research Trends 2012

Top Solar Research Trends of 2012, Solar Novus Today, Jan. 14, 2013. Material research – NC State researchers may have found a way to significantly enhance solar absorption using sandwiched nanostructures. Linyou Cao, materials science and engineering, featured. 

Jan 14, 2013

Bayer CropScience mobile lab touts crop protection

Bayer CropScience mobile lab touts crop protection, Bloomberg Businessweek, Jan. 14, 2013. A mobile laboratory shows off the science behind products that company officials say can be used in organic crop production. Kelly Ivors, plant pathology, featured. 

Jan 14, 2013

Find biodiversity in your backyard

Find biodiversity in your backyard, News & Observer, Charlotte Observer et al, Jan. 14, 2013.  NC State researcher writes about biodiversity where people live, from their bodies to the insides of their homes. Holly Menninger, biology, featured. 

Jan 11, 2013

Epigenetics Posited as Important for Success of Invasive Species

Epigenetics Posited as Important for Success of Invasive Species, Scientific American, Jan. 10, 2013. Environmentally modified genes could factor in the success of invasive species. Cristina Ledón-Rettig, molecular biology, featured. 

Jan 11, 2013

Get Schooled in Ants

Get Schooled in Ants, AgWired, WTVD-TV, Jan. 10, 2013. The nationwide School of Ants has found a home at the University of Florida. Rob Dunn, biology, featured. 

Jan 11, 2013

Feds say wind farms could work off Cape Fear coast

Feds say wind farms could work off Cape Fear coast, Wilmington Star-News, Jan. 10, 2013. Parcels of water off the North Carolina coast could be leased for offshore wind farming as early as 2014. Jen Banks, engineering, featured. 

Jan 11, 2013

Feds say wind farms could work off Cape Fear coast

Feds say wind farms could work off Cape Fear coast, energybiz Insider, Jan. 10, 2013. Parcels of water off the North Carolina coast could be leased for offshore wind farming as early as 2014. Jen Banks, engineering, featured. 

Jan 11, 2013

Improving the validity of high throughput screening assays

Improving the validity of high throughput screening assays, BioPortfolio, Jan. 10, 2013. NC Carolina State University research has shown that the volumes dispensed during drug screening programs can have a significant effect on the results obtained by assay screens. Nathaniel Hentz, biomanufacturing, featured. 

Jan 11, 2013

Improving the validity of high throughput screening assays

Improving the validity of high throughput screening assays, Northern Colorado 5, Jan. 10, 2013. NC State University research has shown that the volumes dispensed during drug screening programs can have a significant effect on the results obtained by assay screens. Nathaniel Hentz, biomanufacturing, featured. 

Jan 10, 2013

Durham County average weekly wage down in last year’s second quarter

Durham County average weekly wage down in last year’s second quarter, The Herald Sun, Jun. 9, 2013. Durham County had the fourth-largest year-over-year decrease in average weekly wage among large U.S. counties in the second quarter of 2012. Mike Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

Jan 10, 2013

NCSU grad’s Southern roots inspire her jewelry collection

NCSU grad’s Southern roots inspire her jewelry collection, News & Observer, Jan. 10, 2013. As she traverses the streets of New York City each day, Charlotte native and NC State University grad Mimi Kennedy Harris, designer behind Chester NYC (chesternyc.com), a fledgling jewelry company, always has her eyes open for sources of inspiration. 

Jan 10, 2013

The Library Where Robots Pick the Books

The Library Where Robots Pick the Books, Rapid City Journal, Jan. 7, 2013. The high-tech James B. Hunt Library has books, but they’re not visible when you walk into the building on the campus of North Carolina State University. Instead, the 1.5 million books are retrievable by robots. 

Jan 10, 2013

Artel Simplifies the Verification of Low-Volume DMSO Dispenses

Artel Simplifies the Verification of Low-Volume DMSO Dispenses, Selectscience.net, Jan. 8, 2013. Research by North Carolina State University research shows that the volumes dispensed during drug screening programs can have a significant effect on the results obtained by assay screens. Nathaniel Hentz, biomanufacturing, featured. 

Jan 10, 2013

New Path to More Efficient Organic Solar Cells Uncovered at Lab’s Advanced Light Source

New Path to More Efficient Organic Solar Cells Uncovered at Lab’s Advanced Light Source, Lab Manager Magazine , Jan. 8, 2013. An international team of scientists found that for highly efficient polymer/organic photovoltaic cells, size matters. Harald Ade, physics, featured.