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NC State news is shared far and wide. Below are just some of our recent appearances in local, regional, national and international media publications.

May 8, 2013

Superefficient gas combustion simplifies carbon capture

Superefficient gas combustion simplifies carbon capture, The Engineer, May 7, 2013. Chemical engineering researchers have identified a new mechanism to convert natural gas into energy up to 70 times faster, while effectively capturing carbon dioxide. Fanxing Li, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

May 8, 2013

Mechanism converts natural gas to energy faster, capture CO2

Mechanism converts natural gas to energy faster, capture CO2, R & D Magazine, May 7, 2013. Chemical engineering researchers have identified a new mechanism to convert natural gas into energy up to 70 times faster, while effectively capturing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2). Fanxing Li, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

May 8, 2013

New mechanism converts natural gas to energy faster

New mechanism converts natural gas to energy faster, EarthSky (blog), May 7, 2013. Chemical engineering researchers have identified a new mechanism to convert natural gas into energy up to 70 times faster, while effectively capturing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2). Fanxing Li, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

May 8, 2013

New Mechanism Converts Natural Gas to Energy Faster, Captures CO2

New Mechanism Converts Natural Gas to Energy Faster, Captures CO2, Nanotechnology News, May 7, 2013. Chemical engineering researchers have identified a new mechanism to convert natural gas into energy up to 70 times faster, while effectively capturing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2). Fanxing Li, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

May 8, 2013

New mechanism converts natural gas to energy faster, captures CO2

New mechanism converts natural gas to energy faster, captures CO2, Eureka! Science News, May 7, 2013.  Chemical engineering researchers have identified a new mechanism to convert natural gas into energy up to 70 times faster, while effectively capturing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2). Fanxing Li, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

May 8, 2013

New mechanism converts natural gas to energy faster, captures CO2

New mechanism converts natural gas to energy faster, captures CO2, PHYS.org, May 7, 2013. North Carolina State University researchers have identified a new mechanism to convert natural gas into energy up to 70 times faster, while effectively capturing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2). Fanxing Li, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

May 8, 2013

Dear Glenn Beck: NRA gun, confederate lore have nothing in common with King

Dear Glenn Beck: NRA gun, confederate lore have nothing in common with King, TheGrio.com, May 7, 2013. NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre has courted controversy since Newtown. Rather than seeking compromise in the wake of the tragedy, LaPierre has described the moderate legislation put forward in the Congress as the beginnings of “a once-in-a-generation fight.” Blair… 

May 8, 2013

WBTV News Prime Time

WBTV News Prime Time, WBTV – TV, May 7, 2013. On Tuesday, a group of manufacturers met at Siemens for a NC State University Manufacturing Makes It Real Network event, where they talked about the industry and learned how Pringle and his crew managed to grow a thriving workforce in under a year. Terry Helmlinger Ratcliff, industrial extension, featured. 

May 8, 2013

East about to be overrun by billions of cicadas

East about to be overrun by billions of cicadas, Asheville Citizen-Times, May 7, 2013. Any day now, billions of cicadas with bulging red eyes will crawl out of the earth after 17 years underground and overrun the East Coast. Jim Walgenbach, entomology, featured. 

May 8, 2013

Converting Natural Gas to Energy Faster

Converting Natural Gas to Energy Faster, Product Design & Development, May 7, 2013. Chemical engineering researchers have identified a new mechanism to convert natural gas into energy up to 70 times faster, while effectively capturing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2). Fanxing Li, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

May 8, 2013

Nanomaterial Toxicity The Focus Of National Study To Address Health Risks

Nanomaterial Toxicity The Focus Of National Study To Address Health Risks, Medical News Today, May 8, 2013. For the first time, researchers from institutions around the country have conducted an identical series of toxicology tests evaluating lung-related health impacts associated with widely used engineered nanomaterials (ENMs). James Bonner, toxicology, featured. 

May 8, 2013

Mysterious Anthony Foxx: Who Is Obama’s New Transportation Secretary and What Will He Do?

Mysterious Anthony Foxx: Who Is Obama’s New Transportation Secretary and What Will He Do?, Good Magazine, May 8, 2013. President Obama announced Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx as his nominee for Secretary of Transportation last week, but commentary on the nominee so far tells us anything about what Mr. Foxx would do, if confirmed. Anne Tazewell, Solar Center,… 

May 8, 2013

Could Siemens start a job revolution?

Could Siemens start a job revolution?, WBTV-TV, May 7, 2013. On Tuesday, a group of manufacturers met at Siemens for a NC State University Manufacturing Makes It Real Network event, where they talked about the industry and learned how Pringle and his crew managed to grow a thriving workforce in under a year. Terry Helmlinger Ratcliff, industrial extension, featured. 

May 8, 2013

WK Dickson Welcomes New Project Manager for Water Resources Group

WK Dickson Welcomes New Project Manager for Water Resources Group, Cincinnati Enquirer, May 8, 2013. W.K. Dickson & Co., Inc. announce the addition of Jeremy L. Brashears, PE to the firm. He is located in the Charlotte regional office and serves as a project manager in the water and wastewater group. Jeremy has a Bachelor’s degree in Civil… 

May 7, 2013

A guide to Triangle farmers markets

A guide to Triangle farmers markets, News & Observer, May 6, 2013. NC State University Farmers Market is open Wednesdays during spring and fall semesters from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on NC State’s Campus Brickyard.