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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.

May 24, 2013

Cockroaches quickly lose their sweet tooth to survive study shows: Roaches evolve an aversion to glucose commonly found in traps

Cockroaches quickly lose their sweet tooth to survive study shows, Mail Online UK, May 23, 2013. For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong. 

May 24, 2013

Homes with dogs are loaded with bacteria

Homes with dogs are loaded with bacteria, eMaxHealth, Your beloved dog may bring your home a lot of joy, but it also fills it with a lot of bacteria, according to new research from North Carolina State University. The research, published Wednesday in the journal PLoS ONE, found that homes with dogs

May 24, 2013

Roaches evolve to avoid sweet-tasting poison bait, researchers say

Roaches evolve to avoid sweet-tasting poison bait, researchers say, Seattle Times, Associated Press, et al, May 23, 2013. For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went wrong. Coby Schal, entomology, featured. 

May 24, 2013

A Bitter/Sweet Shift in Cockroach Defenses

A Bitter/Sweet Shift in Cockroach Defenses, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Online, Everyone knows that cockroaches are the ultimate survivors, with enough evolutionary tricks up their carapaces to have thrived for 350 million years and to have completely adapted to the human species. But the nature of the adaptation that researc 

May 24, 2013

Dogs Bring Swarm of Bacteria Into Your Home

Dogs Bring Swarm of Bacteria Into Your Home, Yahoo! Canada, By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – In a scene right out of Star Trek, a Texas company is developing a 3-D food printer for astronauts to create Your loyal pooch may be bringing a whole world of bacteria into your home — but… 

May 24, 2013

Ctl-P for pizza

Ctl-P for pizza, The Register, A small company in Austin, Texas, has received a $US125,000 grant from NASA to develop 3D printed food for astronauts. 

May 24, 2013

Your Pooch Could Raise Your Home’s Bacteria Count

Your Pooch Could Raise Your Home’s Bacteria Count, Health.com, 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 24, 2013

Your Pooch Could Raise Your Home’s Bacteria Count

Your Pooch Could Raise Your Home’s Bacteria Count, Newsday – Online, May 23, 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 24, 2013

Homes with dogs have more types of bacteria

Homes with dogs have more types of bacteria, Newstrack India, 23 May 2013 Researchers have claimed that households that have dogs residing in them have more types of bacteria – including those that are rarely found in the homes where dogs don’t reside. Rob Dunn, biology, featured. 

May 24, 2013

Atom-thick semiconductors for scaled-down electronics

Atom-thick semiconductors for scaled-down electronics, The Engineer – Online, Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for creating high-quality semiconductor thin films at the atomic scale. The technique can be used to create thin films on a scale large enough to coat wafers that are tw 

May 24, 2013

Cockroaches outsmarting sugar traps

Cockroaches outsmarting sugar traps, BBC News, May 23, 2013. A strain of cockroaches in Europe has evolved to outsmart the sugar traps used to eradicate them. US scientists found that the mutant cockroaches had a “reorganised” sense of taste, making them perceive the glucose used to coat poisoned bait not as sweet but rather as… 

May 24, 2013

Scientists uncover a secret to cockroaches’ adaptability

Scientists uncover a secret to cockroaches’ adaptability, LA Times, May 23, 2013. In the war against pests, the lowly cockroach makes for a fearsome adversary. It can go weeks without water, survive decapitation for a time — and, like any proper super-villain, can send humans screaming from a room. Coby Schal, entomology, featured. 

May 24, 2013

New Technique for Creating High-Quality Atomic-Scale Semiconductor Thin Films

New Technique for Creating High-Quality Atomic-Scale Semiconductor Thin Films, Azonano, May 23, 2013. Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for creating high-quality semiconductor thin films at the atomic scale – meaning the films are only one atom thick. Linyou Cao, materials science and engineering, featured. 

May 24, 2013

Dogs bring swarm of bacteria into your home

Dogs bring swarm of bacteria into your home, MSN.com, May 23. Your loyal pooch may be bringing a whole world of bacteria into your home including certain bugs that are rarely seen in households without dogs, a new study has found. Rob Dunn, biology, featured. 

May 24, 2013

Dogs bring swarm of bacteria into your home

Dogs bring swarm of bacteria into your home, News 24, India, May 23, 2013. Your pet dog may be bringing a whole world of bacteria into your home including certain bugs that are rarely seen in households without dogs, a new study has found. Rob Dunn, biology, featured.