May 2, 2013

Older Computer Programmers Not Out of Touch, Study Finds

Older Computer Programmers Not Out of Touch, Study Finds, LiveScience.com, May 2, 2013. NC State researchers surveyed an online community of software engineers, and found that despite frequent software platform changes, older programmers can more than keep up with their younger peers. Emerson Murphy-Hill, computer science, featured. 

May 2, 2013

Experts Chime In On Plant Debate

Experts Chime In On Plant Debate, Transylvania Times, May 1, 2013. NC State professor and expert in pyrolysis says if the proposed Penrose power plant were in his backyard he would not be concerned about potential emissions as a result of pyrolysis. Phillip Westmoreland, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

May 2, 2013

NCSU study reveals veteran programmers edge youth

NCSU study reveals veteran programmers edge youth, News & Observer, May 1, 2013. NC State researchers explored the notion that older programmers can’t keep up with technology. What they found is that older programmers know as much or more than their less experienced peers. Emerson Murphy-Hill, computer science, featured. 

May 2, 2013

Research explodes myth that older programmers are obsolete

Research explodes myth that older programmers are obsolete, The Register – UK, May 1, 2013. There’s a prevailing ethos among IT hirers that younger is better when it comes to programmers, but a study by NC State researchers suggests that employers might be missing a trick by not hiring the grizzled veterans of the coding world. Emerson Murphy-Hill, computer… 

May 2, 2013

Purdue Announces Honorary Degrees

Purdue Announces Honorary Degrees, The INside Edge, May 1, 2013. Purdue University is planning to award 10 honorary doctorates during commencement ceremonies this month. The 2013 honorees include: W. Dwight Armstrong of Indianapolis, who is CEO at the National FFA Organization. Armstrong served on the faculty at North Carolina State University in the Animal Sciences Department from 1975-82. 

May 2, 2013

Environment’s role in pathogen populations

Environment’s role in pathogen populations, CattleNetwork.com, May 1, 2013. NC state professor outlines his research into pathogen populations, and antimicrobial resistance, at different livestock-production stages. He finds considerable changes in the types of pathogens present as animals move from farms, through markets and into slaughter facilities. Sid Thakur, population health and pathobiology, featured. 

May 2, 2013

Potential of best practice to reduce impacts from oil and gas projects in the Amazon

Potential of best practice to reduce impacts from oil and gas projects in the Amazon, Phys.org, May 1, 2013.  Hydrocarbon exploration and production continues to press into the most remote corners of the western Amazon. A new best practice framework that combines technical engineering criteria with ecological and social concerns could reduce the negative environmental impacts… 

May 2, 2013

Google Play changes bring cautious optimism on Android security

Google Play changes bring cautious optimism on Android security, CSO, May 1, 2013. Google’s decision to have Android apps on Google Play updated only through the online store will likely improve security on the mobile platform, but by how much remains to be seen, experts say. Xuxian Jiang, computer science-engineering, featured. 

May 2, 2013

Nine veterinary hospitals designated as national trauma center network

Nine veterinary hospitals designated as national trauma center network, DVM 360 Magazine, The Newsmagazine of Veterinary Medicine, May 1, 2013. The American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ACVECC) has approved nine veterinary hospitals and clinics in the United States to be conditionally identified as Veterinary Trauma Centers. NC State’s College of Veterinary Medicine was in… 

May 2, 2013

Google Play changes bring cautious optimism on Android security

Google Play changes bring cautious optimism on Android security, MIS Asia, May 2, 2013. Google’s decision to have Android apps on Google Play updated only through the online store will likely improve security on the mobile platform, but by how much remains to be seen, experts say. Xuxian Jiang, computer science-engineering, featured. 

May 1, 2013

Google Play changes bring cautious optimism on Android security

Google Play changes bring cautious optimism on Android security, Network World, May 1, 2013. Making app updates available only via the store will improve security on Google’s mobile platform, but experts are not sure how much. Xuxian Jiang, computer science-engineering, featured. 

May 1, 2013

Google Play changes bring cautious optimism on Android security

Google Play changes bring cautious optimism on Android security, PC Advisor UK, May 1, 2013. Google’s decision to have Android apps on Google Play updated only through the online store will likely improve security on the mobile platform, but by how much remains to be seen, experts say. Xuxian Jiang, computer science-engineering, featured. 

May 1, 2013

Google Play changes bring cautious optimism on Android security

Google Play changes bring cautious optimism on Android security, CIO – Germany, May 1, 2013. Google’s decision to have Android apps on Google Play updated only through the online store will likely improve security on the mobile platform, but by how much remains to be seen, experts say. Xuxian Jiang, computer science-engineering, featured. 

May 1, 2013

Jill McCorkle celebrates life in new novel

Jill McCorkle celebrates life in new novel,  Bellingham Herald, May 1, 2013. Trust Jill McCorkle, author of six novels and four short-story collections, to get right to the big, generous heart of “Life After Life” (Algonquin, $24.95), a book set in the Pine Haven retirement center in Fulton, N.C., that accomplishes the most miraculous of feats.… 

May 1, 2013

New Kind of Ultraviolet Lasers and LEDs are Coming

New Kind of Ultraviolet Lasers and LEDs are Coming, Overclockers Club, April 30, 2013. A primary reason why CDs, DVDs, and Blu-Ray disks contain different amounts of data is that they use different frequencies of light to encode the information. Researchers have been trying for some time to use zinc oxide to create ultraviolet lasers, and now…