May 23, 2013

Your Pooch Could Raise Your Home’s Bacteria Count

Your Pooch Could Raise Your Home’s Bacteria Count, HealthDay, May 22, 2013. Man’s best friend may bring millions more microscopic pals into the average human home, a new study suggests. Rob Dunn, biology, featured.   

May 23, 2013

Key ingredients that led to massive tornado

Key ingredients that led to massive tornado, Seattle Times, May 22, 2013. Until an outbreak of tornadoes in the past week, this year had been a relatively quiet one for twisters in the Midwest and Plains states. Kenneth Kunkel, marine, earth and atmospheric sciences, featured.   

May 23, 2013

Study: Many More Microbes Found in Homes With Dogs Than Without

Many More Microbes Found in Homes With Dogs Than Without, Latinos Post, May 22, 2013.New research from North Carolina State University and the University of Colorado shows that households with dogs are home to more types of bacteria – including those rarely found in households without dogs. Rob Dunn, biology, featured. 

May 23, 2013

Universities use GPS trackers to bait bike thieves

Universities use GPS trackers to bait bike thieves, USA Today, May 22, 2013 The FBI estimates that bicycle thefts total $350 million in the USA each year, at an average cost of $250 per bike. To reduce this problem, university officials across the US are placing bicycles around campus to attract bike thieves. 

May 23, 2013

Recommended: Dirty dogs: Homes with pooches loaded with bacteria

Dirty dogs: Homes with pooches loaded with bacteria, NBC News, May 22, 2013. A dog may not only fill a home with joy, it fills a home with a whole lot of bacteria, new research suggests. But that doesn’t mean you have to kick your pooch out of the bed. Rob Dunn, biology, featured. 

May 23, 2013

Dogs Bring Swarm of Bacteria Into Your Home

Dogs Bring Swarm of Bacteria Into Your Home, Yahoo! News, May 22, 2013. Your loyal pooch may be bringing a whole world of bacteria into your home — but don’t panic. Research suggests that exposure to a wide variety of microbes may be good for us. Rob Dunn, biology, featured.     

May 23, 2013

Nanostructures take the color out of thin-film interference between inner interfaces

Nanostructures take the color out of thin-film interference between inner interfaces, Laser Focus World, May 22, 2013. Inspired (as are many photonics researchers) by the structure of moth eyes, researchers at North Carolina State University have developed nanostructures that limit reflection at the interfaces where two thin films meet, suppressing the thin-film interference. This can… 

May 23, 2013

Your Pooch Could Raise Your Home’s Bacteria Count

Your Pooch Could Raise Your Home’s Bacteria Count, iVillage, May 22, 2013. Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Colorado found that homes with dogs have more bacteria than other homes, including germs rarely found in households without dogs. Rob Dunn, biology, featured. 

May 23, 2013

Richmond agriculture a $284 million industry

Richmond agriculture a $284 million industry, Richmond County Daily Journal, May 22, 2013. Richmond County has a stronger agricultural industry than 75 percent of the rest of the counties in North Carolina, a state where agriculture is the most important industry at $70 billion. Mike Walden, Ag and Resource Economics, featured. 

May 23, 2013

Dogs Bring Swarm of Bacteria Into Your Home

Dogs Bring Swarm of Bacteria Into Your Home, Yahoo! Canada. Your loyal pooch may be bringing a whole world of bacteria into your home — but don’t panic. Research suggests that exposure to a wide variety of microbes may be good for us. Rob Dunn, biology, featured. 

May 22, 2013

Food news from around Charlotte

Food news from around Charlotte, Charlotte Observer, May 21, 2013. Cabarrus Cooperative Extension will present class on recipes and samples of various wrap-type sandwiches. Sessions will be offered at each of the nine ECA clubs through the month of June. Pam Outen, extension, featured. 

May 22, 2013

Open-plan offices make employees less productive, less happy, and more likely to get sick

Open-plan offices make employees less productive, less happy, and more likely to get sick, Yahoo! Finance, May 21, 2013. In a literature review of studies on open-plan offices, researchers from Virginia State University and North Carolina State University found evidence to suggest that they’re linked to lower productivity. 

May 22, 2013

Villain in the deadly weather — the jet stream

Villain in the deadly weather — the jet stream, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, May 22, 2013. Experts say an outbreak of tornadoes last week in the Midwest and Plain states had much to do with a weather phenomenon that also caused much of the East Coast to shiver through colder-than-normal temperatures this spring. Kenneth Kunkel, marine earth… 

May 22, 2013

Wilson County professor wins teaching honor

Wilson County professor wins teaching honor, Wilson Times, May 21, 2013. Dennis Sherrod, son of Thelma Sherrod of Sims, has been named one of the top 20 medical and nursing professors in North Carolina by Online Schools North Carolina. Sherrod earned his doctorate in higher education administration at NC State University. 

May 22, 2013

Popular Open-Plan Offices Make Employees Less Productive And Happy

Popular Open-Plan Offices Make Employees Less Productive And Happy, Business Insider, May 21, 2013. In a literature review of studies on open-plan offices, researchers from Virginia State University and North Carolina State University found evidence to suggest that they’re linked to lower productivity.