Mar 13, 2013

Research: Chocolate as substitute for whey in pig diets

Research: Chocolate as substitute for whey in pig diets, All about feed, March 13, 2013. NC State researchers have carried out tests on weaned pigs to show what the effect is when whey is substituted for chocolate. 

Mar 13, 2013

CAM Raleigh celebrates anniversary, announces new leadership team

CAM Raleigh celebrates anniversary, announces new leadership team, Wake Living, March 12, 2013. The Contemporary Art Museum advisory board and the Contemporary Art Foundation (CAF) board of directors, in consultation with Marvin J. Malecha, dean of the College of Design at N.C. State University, decided to move into new areas of development requiring new leadership. CAM Raleigh… 

Mar 13, 2013

RTI, NCSU research finds new ways to cool and power electronics

RTI, NCSU research finds new ways to cool and power electronics, WRAL Tech Wire, March 13, 2013. New research from North Carolina State University and RTI International has yielded new understanding of thin films, opening the door to more efficient technologies to power or cool electronics. James LeBeau, materials science and engineering, featured. 

Mar 13, 2013

New technique creates stronger, lightweight magnesium alloys

New technique creates stronger, lightweight magnesium alloys, Science Codex, March 13, 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 13, 2013

Technique creates stronger, lightweight magnesium alloys

Technique creates stronger, lightweight magnesium alloys, R & D Magazine, March 13, 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, materials science and engineering, featured. 

Mar 13, 2013

Fending off salmonella

Fending off salmonella, Agweek, March 11, 2013.  A team of scientists in Raleigh and Chapel Hill is working to achieve a salmonella-free line of poultry by manipulating bacteria that live in the intestines of chickens. Matthew Koci, poultry science, featured. 

Mar 12, 2013

Demystifying feline pain management – DVM

Demystifying feline pain management – DVM, DVM, The Newsmagazine of Veterinary Medicine, March 11, 2013. An NC State University research study hypothesized that the quality of life in cats was predominantly linked to mobility. B. Duncan X. Lascelles, clinical science, featured. 

Mar 12, 2013

Cape Fear River algae is focus of UNCW professor’s research

Cape Fear River algae is focus of UNCW professor’s research, Wilmington Star-News, March 11, 2013. A Water pollution and toxic blue/green algae in the Cape Fear River is the subject of research and meeting with residents.  The meeting included presentations on the degrading trend of Neuse estuary water quality by JoAnn Burkholder, director of the Center… 

Mar 12, 2013

USA – If you can clean poultry sh-t why not humans

USA – If you can clean poultry sh-t why not humans, Meat Trade News Daily, March 12, 2013. NC State researchers are working to identify microscopic elements in the bird’s intestines that might fend off salmonella and then encourage those “good” bacteria to flourish. Matthew Koci, poultry science, featured. 

Mar 12, 2013

Researchers solve riddle of what has been holding two unlikely materials together

Researchers solve riddle of what has been holding two unlikely materials together, Phys.org, March 11, 2013. Researchers from North Carolina State University and RTI International have determined what binds the atomic structures of seemingly incompatible materials such as thin films of bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3) – which converts heat into electricity or electricity to cooling – to gallium arsenide… 

Mar 12, 2013

N.C. Research Campus scientists aim for safer organic produce

N.C. Research Campus scientists aim for safer organic produce, Hickory Daily Record, Independent Tribune et al, March 11, 2013. A group of scientists at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture and North Carolina State University are working together to improve the safety of organic produce – naturally. Penelope Perkins-Veazie, horticultural science, featured. 

Mar 12, 2013

More and more, UNC uses N.C. State for research

More and more, UNC uses N.C. State for research, NewsOK.com (Oklahoman), March 11, 2013. Researchers at UNC-CH seem to have become more aware of the capabilities of their peers at North Carolina State University of late. 

Mar 12, 2013

Weed resistance becoming a problem in Southeast wheat crop

Weed resistance becoming a problem in Southeast wheat crop, Southeast Farm Press, March 11, 2013. ALS-inhibiting herbicides have been used for the past several years to manage weed problems, but those days of spray and go are rapidly going away. Randy Weisz, crop science, featured. 

Mar 11, 2013

Researchers Solve Riddle of What Has Been Holding Two Unlikely …

Researchers Solve Riddle of What Has Been Holding Two Unlikely …, Science Daily, March 11, 2013. Researchers from North Carolina State University and RTI International have determined what binds the atomic structures of seemingly incompatible materials such as thin films of bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3) – which converts heat into electricity or electricity to cooling – to gallium arsenide (GaAs)… 

Mar 11, 2013

Riddle solved: How two unlikely materials are held together

Riddle solved: How two unlikely materials are held together, R & D Magazine, March 11, 2013. Researchers from North Carolina State University and RTI International have determined what binds the atomic structures of seemingly incompatible materials such as thin films of bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3) – which converts heat into electricity or electricity to cooling – to gallium arsenide…