Dec 14, 2012

C.M. Williams: Determining economic feasibility a challenge

C.M. Williams: Determining economic feasibility a challenge, News & Observer, Dec. 13, 2012. Simplified but fair overview of issues and challenges related to implementing new swine waste-management systems in North Carolina. C.M. (Mike) Williams,  poultry science, featured. 

Dec 14, 2012

Android Bad App Detector Detects Very Little

Android Bad App Detector Detects Very Little, MSNBC, Dec. 12, 2012. Google’s application verification service for Android phones, new for Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, needs to go back to school.  Xuxian Jiang, computer science, featured. 

Dec 14, 2012

Mooneyham: Political polarization maps

Mooneyham: Political polarization maps, Greenville Daily Reflector, Dec. 14, 2012. Whenever folks begin preaching about political polarization in America, they have a tendency to focus on the symptoms. Against this backdrop, NC State University’s Emerging Issues Institute this week held a series of discussions about political polarization dubbed the “Redesigning Democracy Summit.” 

Dec 14, 2012

HexaTech wins $2.2m ARPA-E contract to develop smart-grid power semiconductor technology

HexaTech wins $2.2m ARPA-E contract to develop smart-grid power semiconductor technology, Semiconductor Today, Dec. 13, 2012. HexaTech Inc of Morrisville has received a $2.2m award from the US Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency. HexaTech was spun off from the Department of Materials Science at NC State University in 2001. Zlatko Sitar, material science engineering, featured. 

Dec 14, 2012

DOE Announces $29M to Bring Down Costs for Solar Installation

DOE Announces $29M to Bring Down Costs for Solar Installation, POWER magazine, Dec. 13, 2012. North Carolina State University will lead a project to create standard PV components and system designs that can adapt simply to any residential roof and be installed and connected to the grid quickly and efficiently. 

Dec 14, 2012

Cybersecurity Outlook for 2013: Crimes will be Higher in Volume and in Complexity

Cybersecurity Outlook for 2012: Crimes will be Higher in Volume and in Complexity, Proformative, Dec. 14, 2012. If C-level executives were brought together and asked to discuss bring-your-own-device policies, cloud computing and mobile access to company data and content, the first words uttered would most likely relate to security. Xuxian Jiang, computer science, featured. 

Dec 14, 2012

Incredible Bionic Chihuahua Could Help Injured Veterans

Incredible Bionic Chihuahua Could Help Injured Veterans, Care2.com (blog), Dec. 13, 2012. An Alberquerque chihuahua named Peggy has been accepted into a research program at North Carolina State University, which is the “only university in the world that can manufacture custom prosthetics for veterinary patients in house.” Veterinary medicine featured. 

Dec 14, 2012

Study offers insight into converting wood to bio-oil

Study offers insight into converting wood to bio-oil, R&D Magazine, Dec. 14, 2012. New research from North Carolina State University provides molecular-level insights into how cellulose breaks down in wood to create “bio-oils” which can be refined into any number of useful products. Phillip Westmoreland and doctoral student Vikram Seshadri, chemical and biomolecular engineer, featured. 

Dec 14, 2012

Study offers insight into converting wood to bio-oil

Study offers insight into converting wood to bio-oil, PHYS.org, Dec. 14, 2012. NC State University research provides molecular-level insights into how cellulose breaks down in wood to create “bio-oils” which can be refined into any number of useful products. Vikram Seshadri and Phillip Westmoreland, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

Dec 14, 2012

Noon Report

Noon Report, KFYR-TV, Dec. 13, 2012. Peggy has officially been accepted into a prestigious research program at North Carolina State University, to develop a mini-size prosthesis, similar to the size of a human finger. 

Dec 14, 2012

NC State Study Offers Insight Into Converting Wood to Bio-Oil

NC State Study Offers Insight Into Converting Wood to Bio-Oil, Individual.com, M2 PRESSWIRE et al, Dec. 14, 2012. New research from North Carolina State University provides molecular-level insights into how cellulose breaks down in wood to create “bio-oils” which can be refined into any number of useful products, including liquid transportation fuels to power a car or… 

Dec 14, 2012

Manage Carbon in the Soil Bank

Manage Carbon in the Soil Bank, AgWeb.com, Dec. 14, 2012. Researchers at North Carolina State University and USDA–Agricultural Research Service are studying the way carbon moves in and out of the soil and its role in how much carbon dioxide (CO2) is released into the atmosphere. 

Dec 14, 2012

You may be surprised by what’s living in your navel

You may be surprised by what’s living in your navel, NBC News, Dec. 14, 2012. According to a new research the skin in study participants’ belly buttons contained an average of 67 different species of bacteria. Rob Dunn, biology, featured. 

Dec 13, 2012

G.O.P.’s Full Control in Long-Moderate North Carolina May Leave Lasting Stamp

G.O.P.’s Full Control in Long-Moderate North Carolina May Leave Lasting Stamp, New York Times, Dec. 12, 2012. With a Republican newly elected as governor and a Republican-controlled legislature, North Carolina, long a politically moderate player in the South, will soon have its most conservative government in a century. Steven Greene, political science, featured. 

Dec 13, 2012

Belly button bacteria a good thing, researchers say

Belly button bacteria a good thing, researchers say, Lansing State Journal, Dec. 11, 2012. Not to gross you out, but your belly button is crawling with bacteria — billions of them, in all shapes, sizes and appetites. Those are among findings of the Belly Button Biodiversity Project, an effort by researchers at NC State University.