May 10, 2013

Study Finds Ubiquitous Engineered Nanomaterials Cause Lung Inflammation Read more: Study Finds Ubiquitous Engineered Nanomaterials Cause Lung Inflammation | Medindia http://www.medindia.net/news/study-finds-ubiquitous-engineered-nanomaterials-cause-lung-inflammation-118673-1.htm#ixzz2Stz1Gb8i

Study Finds Ubiquitous Engineered Nanomaterials Cause Lung Inflammation, MedIndia, May 10, 2013. A consortium of scientists from across the country has found that breathing ultrafine particles from a large family of materials that increasingly are found in a host of household and commercial products can cause lung inflammation and damage. 

May 10, 2013

Midlands People & Achievements: Tara Jerdan

Midlands People & Achievements: Tara Jerdan, The State, May 10, 2013. Tara Jerdan has joined 1×1 Design in Columbia. Jerdan earned her bachelor of environmental design in architecture from North Carolina State University in 2007 and her master of architecture from Clemson University in 2009. 

May 10, 2013

Transworld Business Advisors Launches New Location in Durham

Transworld Business Advisors Launches New Location in Durham, PR.com, May 9, 2013. Transworld Business Advisors announces a new location in Durham, under the ownership of local resident Ray Canoy. Canoy has a bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Economics from North Carolina State University. 

May 10, 2013

‘Smart’ nanoparticles may replace injections for diabetes treatment

‘Smart’ nanoparticles may replace injections for diabetes treatment, GMA News, May 9, 2013. Due to promising new treatment for diabetes, diabetics may be able to reduce insulin injections to just once per week, and instead if insulin being fired into the bloodstream, nanoparticles may take its place. Zhen Gu, biomedical engineering, featured. 

May 10, 2013

Blackwelder column: Get rid of standing water to cut down on mosquitoes

Blackwelder column: Get rid of standing water to cut down on mosquitoes, Salisbury Post, May 10, 2013. According to NC State entomologist, warmer temperatures and heavy rains will lead to increased mosquito activity over the next week. Mike Waldvogal, entomology. 

May 10, 2013

Lung Inflammation Caused By Ubiquitous Engineered Nanomaterials

Lung Inflammation Caused By Ubiquitous Engineered Nanomaterials, mediLexicon, May 9, 2013. A consortium of scientists from across the country has found that breathing ultrafine particles from a large family of materials that increasingly are found in a host of household and commercial products can cause lung inflammation and damage. James C. Bonner and Alexia J. Taylor,… 

May 10, 2013

Lung Inflammation Caused By Ubiquitous Engineered Nanomaterials

Lung Inflammation Caused By Ubiquitous Engineered Nanomaterials, Medical News Today, May 9, 2013. A consortium of scientists from across the country has found that breathing ultrafine particles from a large family of materials can cause lung inflammation and damage. James C. Bonner and Alexia J. Taylor, toxicology, featured. 

May 10, 2013

Murdock donates $50 million to research in Kannapolis

Murdock donates $50 million to research in Kannapolis, Durham News, May 9, 2013. Surrounded by scientists and university leaders,  Billionaire David Murdock took the podium at the Washington Duke Inn to talk about the Kannapolis campus that fosters collaboration by industry scientists and eight public and private universities, including Duke University, NC State University and UNC-Chapel Hill. 

May 10, 2013

BPA linked with lower testosterone

BPA linked with lower testosterone, Mother Nature Network, May 9, 2013. Study findings provide even more evidence that BPA may change men’s sex hormone levels. Heather Patisaul, biology, featured. 

May 10, 2013

Injectable nano-network controls blood sugar in diabetics for days at a time

Injectable nano-network controls blood sugar in diabetics for days at a time, Nanotechweb, May 9, 2013. In a promising development for diabetes treatment, researchers have developed a network of nanoscale particles that can be injected into the body to maintain normal blood sugar levels for more than a week. Zhen Gu, biomedical engineering, featured. 

May 10, 2013

Nanoparticles Might Be The Future, But They Might Also Be Really Bad For You

Nanoparticles Might Be The Future, But They Might Also Be Really Bad For You, Fast Company, May 9, 2013. Tiny particles like carbon nanotubes are being used frequently in a wide variety of applications – from energy to food – but studies show they might not be so great for us to breathe. JC Bonner,… 

May 10, 2013

NC State bags $200K grant to study high-speed data

NC State bags $200K grant to study high-speed data, Triangle Business Journal, May 9, 2013. NC State University has been awarded a $200,000 federal grant to study synchrophasor data, streams of high-speed time-synchronized data from high-tech devices that monitor electrical networks. 

May 9, 2013

Carnivorous, cannibalistic tadpoles teach researchers about organ development

Carnivorous, cannibalistic tadpoles teach researchers about organ development, The Courier-Journal (blog), May 9, 2013. It’s a tadpole-eat-tadtpole world out there, and NC State reesearchers are croaking all about it. Nanette Nascone-Yoder, Stephanie Bloom and Cris Ledon-Rettig, molecular biomedical sciences, featured. 

May 9, 2013

NC Research Campus gets grant for researcher’s blueberry project

NC Research Campus gets grant for researcher’s blueberry project, Salisbury Post, May 9, 2013. NC State researcher was recently awarded a grant for $82,247 from the NC Biotechnology Center and is leading a national team that is sequencing the blueberry genome. Allan Brown, horticultural science, featured. 

May 9, 2013

Murdock donates $50 million to research in Kannapolis

Murdock donates $50 million to research in Kannapolis, News & Observer, May 8, 2013. Billionaire David Murdock, surrounded by scientists and university leaders, took the podium at the Washington Duke Inn to talk about the Kannapolis campus that fosters collaboration by industry scientists and eight public and private universities, including Duke University, NC State University and…