Mar 15, 2013

NC Group Seeks to Boost Aerospace, Automotive Projects

NC Group Seeks to Boost Aerospace, Automotive Projects, RenewableEnergyWorld.com, HispanicBusiness.com, March 13, 2013. North Carolina’s Eastern Region Development Commission will assist in strengthening aerospace and automotive manufacturing in six counties. NCER is partnering with the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center, NCSU Industrial Extension Service and the N.C. Small Business & Technology Development Center to offer specialized support to… 

Mar 15, 2013

Domtar inaugurates commercial lignin production

Domtar inaugurates commercial lignin production, Yahoo! Finance, March 13, 2013. Domtar Corporation announced that it has successfully installed a commercial-scale lignin separation plant at its Plymouth, North Carolina mill.  The production of BioChoice™ lignin is destined for a wide range of industrial applications as a bio-based alternative to the use of petroleum and other fossil fuels. Hasan… 

Mar 15, 2013

KAIST prof. named future planning and science minister

KAIST prof. named future planning and science minister, Korea Times, March 14, 2013. President Park Geun-hye named Prof. Choi Mun-kee, 62, of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) to head the Ministry of Future Planning and Science, Thursday. Choi majored in applied mathematics at Seoul National University and received a Ph.D. in industrial… 

Mar 15, 2013

KLMK Hires New Principal Consultant

KLMK Hires New Principal Consultant, Medical Construction & Design, March 14, 2013. KLMK Group, Inc., recently announced the addition of Lora Schwartz as a principal consultant in the Mid Atlantic Strategic Solutions Group, based in Richmond, Va. Schwartz received her Master of Architecture from Clemson University and holds a Bachelor of Arts in environmental design in architecture from… 

Mar 15, 2013

Nano-spaced stacking faults create stronger, lightweight magnesium alloys; potential for structural applications in automotive and aerospace

Nano-spaced stacking faults create stronger, lightweight magnesium alloys; potential for structural applications in automotive and aerospace, Green Car Congress, March 14, 2013. Researchers from North Carolina State University havedeveloped a new technique for creating ultra-strong magnesium alloys that maintain good ductility. Suveen Mathaudhu, materials science and engineering, featured. 

Mar 15, 2013

Algae In The Gulf Of Mexico Purposefully Become Toxic When Food Is Scarce

Algae In The Gulf Of Mexico Purposefully Become Toxic When Food Is Scarce, Terra Daily, March 14, 2013. The very-common “red tide” algae Karenia brevis is regularly responsible for a very large number of fish deaths through large-scale fish kills. Rance Hardison, zoology, and  Damian Shea, biology, featured. 

Mar 15, 2013

U.S. Bedbugs Evolve Multiple Ways of Thwarting Insecticides

U.S. Bedbugs Evolve Multiple Ways of Thwarting Insecticides, National Geographic, March 14, 2013. Human involvement would also explain another puzzling pattern, recently discovered by scientists at North Carolina State University, in which bedbugs from different cities were sometimes more closely related to one another than to other populations from the same city. 

Mar 15, 2013

New Technique Creates Stronger, Lightweight Magnesium Alloys

New Technique Creates Stronger, Lightweight Magnesium Alloys, SpaceDaily, March 14, 2013. NC State researchers have developed a new technique for creating stronger, lightweight magnesium alloys that have potential structural applications in the automobile and aerospace industries. Suveen Mathaudhu and Yuntian Zhu, materials science and engineering, featured. 

Mar 15, 2013

Ultrastrong Magnesium Alloy through Nano-Spaced Stacking Faults

Ultrastrong Magnesium Alloy through Nano-Spaced Stacking Faults, AZoNano.com, March 15, 2013. NC State researchers have developed a new technique for creating stronger, lightweight magnesium alloys that have potential structural applications in the automobile and aerospace industries. Suveen Mathaudhu and Yuntian Zhu, materials science and engineering, featured. 

Mar 15, 2013

North Carolina State University Solid Waste specialist Rhonda Sherman

North Carolina State University Solid Waste specialist Rhonda Sherman, Stabroek News – Guyana, March 15, 2013. North Carolina State University Solid Waste specialist Rhonda Sherman conducting a hands on workshop on making compost for farmers and kitchen garden ‘buffa’ at the St Stanislaus College  farm earlier this week.  Sherman is in Guyana on a Partners of the Americas… 

Mar 14, 2013

Documentary on NC’s Down Easters debuts; free screenings in …

Documentary on NC’s Down Easters debuts; free screenings in …, News & Observer, March 13, 2013. A new documentary by a group of filmmakers from N.C. State University about the cultural and economic struggles of a community of Down East commercial fishermen in Carteret County, premieres this week with free public screenings in Raleigh. Neal Hutcheson and… 

Mar 14, 2013

When hungry, Gulf of Mexico algae go toxic

When hungry, Gulf of Mexico algae go toxic, Science Codex, March 12, 2013. When Gulf of Mexico algae don’t get enough nutrients, they focus their remaining energy on becoming more and more poisonous to ensure their survival, according to a new study by scientists from North Carolina State University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.… 

Mar 14, 2013

Chocolate is Cheaper Lactose Source for Swine Diets

Chocolate is Cheaper Lactose Source for Swine Diets, National Hog Farmer, March 12, 2013. Lactose is an important ingredient of swine diets – but the source of digestible sugar has become costly in recent years. J. Guo, animal science, featured. 

Mar 14, 2013

RTI, NCSU researchers unlock heat mystery

RTI, NCSUresearchers unlock heat mystery, Triangle Business Journal, March 13, 2013. Researchers at RTI International and North Carolina State University have solved an electricity mystery that could mean more advanced cooling systems for electronics. James LeBeau, f materials science and engineering, featured. 

Mar 14, 2013

Chocolate could partially replace whey in swine diets

Chocolate could partially replace whey in swine diets, Feedstuffs, March 12, 2013. A sugar called lactose is an important part of swine diets. Lactose is a very digestible sugar, and producers like it because it helps pigs grow. J. Guo, animal science, featured.