May 17, 2013

Hoe, Hoe, Hoe! Christmas Trees Are Back, In New Farm Bill

Hoe, Hoe, Hoe! Christmas Trees Are Back, In New Farm Bill, Lexington Herald-Leader, May 17, 2013. A Christmas tree-promotion program that pumped up conservative mockery and panicked the Obama administration is back for a second go-around, under a new farm bill. The bill includes $275 million for a continued Specialty Crop Research Initiative, which last year… 

May 17, 2013

Research Review: Cattle Breed Differences In Copper Use

Research Review: Cattle Breed Differences In Copper Use, American News, May 17, 2013. A paper in the February 2013 issue of the Journal of Animal Science reports on  NC State research that attempts to answer some questions about why breeds differ in susceptibility to copper deficiency. 

May 17, 2013

Hoe, hoe, hoe! Christmas trees are back, in new farm bill

Hoe, hoe, hoe! Christmas trees are back, in new farm bill, Charlotte Observer, May 17, 2013. A Christmas tree-promotion program that pumped up conservative mockery and panicked the Obama administration is back for a second go-around, under a new farm bill. The bill includes $275 million over five years for a continued Specialty Crop Research Initiative,… 

May 17, 2013

News flash: There are plenty of high-tech manufacturing jobs

News flash: There are plenty of high-tech manufacturing jobs, Hickory Daily Record, May 17, 2013. Catawba County and state leaders are hammering home the fact manufacturing isn’t a dead industry. But how to get young folks interested in it and match up the jobs available with the education needed was the topic of a meeting… 

May 17, 2013

Injectable nanogel may free diabetics from painful pinpricks

Injectable nanogel may free diabetics from painful pinpricks, Sify.com, May 17, 2013. Researchers have developed an injectable nanoparticles that may someday eliminate the need for patients with Type 1 diabetes to constantly monitor their blood-sugar levels and inject themselves with insulin. Zhen Gu, biomedical engineering,  featured. 

May 17, 2013

Nanostructures Take The Color Out Of Thin-Film Interference Between …

Nanostructures Take The Color Out Of Thin-Film Interference Between, Laser Focus world, May 16, 2013. NC State researchers have developed nanostructures that limit reflection at the interfaces where two thin films meet, suppressing the thin-film interference, potentially improving the efficiency of thin-film solar cells and other optoelectronic devices. Chih-Hao Chang, mechanical and aerospace engineering, featured. 

May 17, 2013

Moth-Inspired Nanostructures Block Reflected Light to Stop Thin-Film Interference

Moth-Inspired Nanostructures Block Reflected Light to Stop Thin-Film Interference, AZoNano.com, May 17, 2013. NC State researchers have developed nanostructures that can potentially improve the efficiency of thin-film solar cells and other optoelectronic devices. Chih-Hao Chang, mechanical and aerospace engineering, featured. 

May 17, 2013

Solar Cell Interference Reduced By Moth Eye Reflection

Solar Cell Interference Reduced By Moth Eye Reflection, Compound Semiconductor, May 17, 2013. Mimicking nature can improve thin-film III-V solar cells and other optoelectronic devices. Chih-Hao Chang, mechanical and aerospace engineering, featured. 

May 16, 2013

Is The Southern Accent Fading From Raleigh?

Is The Southern Accent Fading From Raleigh?, WUNC-FM, State of Things, May 15, 2013. It’s no secret that Raleigh and other parts of the Triangle have changed drastically in the past decades. But new linguistic research shows that along with social and industrial change, the Triangle is seeing its Southern accent fade. Robin Dodsworth, linguistics, featured. 

May 16, 2013

Civil Protections Curtailed For State Workers Under McCrory Bill

Civil protections Curtailed For State Workers Under McCrory Bill, Charlotte Observer, May 14, 2013. The legislature is poised to curtail civil service protections for state employees, giving preliminary approval Tuesday to a bill pushed by Gov. Pat McCrory. Rick Kearney, public & international affairs, featured. 

May 16, 2013

Nanotechnology could help fight diabetes

Nanotechnology could help fight diabetes, Nanowerk, May 16, 2013. Injectable nanoparticles may someday eliminate the need for patients with Type 1 diabetes to constantly monitor their blood-sugar levels and inject themselves with insulin. Zhen Gu, electrical and computer engineering, featured. 

May 16, 2013

New Software Spots, Isolates Cyber-Attacks to Protect Networked Control Systems

New Software Spots, Isolates Cyber-Attacks to Protect Networked Control Systems, Space War, May 16, 2013. NC State researchers have developed a software algorithm that detects and isolates cyber-attacks on networked control systems. Mo-Yuen Chow and Wente Zeng, electrical and computer engineering, featured. 

May 16, 2013

Researchers develop industrial systems that watch for security breaches

Researchers develop industrial systems that watch for security breaches, PC Advisor, May 15, 2013. NC State researchers have developed a methodology for enabling networked devices in an industrial control system (ICS) to police each other for abnormal behavior that would indicate a compromise. Mo-Yuen Chow and Wente Zeng, electrical and computer engineering, featured. 

May 16, 2013

University Researchers Develop Algorithm To Detect, Isolate Cyber-attacks In Networked Control Systems

University Researchers Develop Algorithm To Detect, Isolate Cyber-attacks In Networked Control Systems, Yahoo India, May 15, 2013. NC State University researchers have developed a software algorithm to detect and isolate cyber-attacks on networked control systems that play an important role in coordinating infrastructure across the United States. Mo-Yuen Chow and Wente Zeng, electrical and computer engineering, featured. 

May 16, 2013

Some nonprofits concerned that IRS scandal will stain their good work

Some nonprofits concerned that IRS scandal will stain their good work, Philanthropy Journal, May 15, 2013. State and national 501(c)(3)charities are expressing concern at being unfairly implicated by the growing scandal over the way the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Exempt Organizations Division has handled applications submitted by certain 501(c)(4) social welfare entities. Richard M. Clerkin, public and international affairs, featured.