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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.

Apr 17, 2013

NCSU: Kudzu bug may be spreading and killing crops

NCSU: Kudzu bug may be spreading and killing crops, Triangle Business Journal, April 16, 2013. NC State researchers say the kudzu bug could be a “major agricultural pest” because entire generations can feed exclusively off commercial soybean crops, something that wasn’t known until recently. 

Apr 17, 2013

Groovystuff by Design Challenge draws 100 students from six …

Groovystuff by Design Challenge draws 100 students from sixuniversities, Home Accents Today, April 16, 2013. More than 100 students from Southern Illinois University – Carbondale, Columbia College – Chicago, University of Idaho, University of Minnesota, North Carolina State University and Appalachian State University participating in the Groovystuff by Design Challenge will debut their designs at the… 

Apr 17, 2013

X-ray Approach To Track Surgical Devices And Minimize Radiation Exposure….

X-ray Approach To Track Surgical Devices And Minimize Radiation Exposure…, Red Orbit, April 16, 2013. Researchers from NC State University and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill have developed an algorithm to help surgeons use X-rays to track devices used in minimally invasive surgical procedures while limiting the patient’s exposure to radiation from X-rays. Edgar Lobaton,… 

Apr 17, 2013

Researchers devise X-ray approach to track surgical devices …

Researchers devise X-ray approach to track surgical devices…, Science Daily, April 17, 2013. Researchers from NC State University and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill have developed an algorithm to help surgeons use X-rays to track devices used in minimally invasive surgical procedures while limiting the patient’s exposure to radiation from X-rays. Edgar Lobaton, electrical and… 

Apr 17, 2013

New tool could improve minimally invasive surgical procedures

New tool could improve minimally invasive surgical procedures, DOTmed.com, April 17, 2013. Researchers from NC State University and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill have developed an algorithm to help surgeons use X-rays to track devices used in minimally invasive surgical procedures while limiting the patient’s exposure to radiation from X-rays. Edgar Lobaton, electrical and computer engineering, featured. 

Apr 17, 2013

Researchers develop new tool to help surgeons use X-rays to track …

Researchers develop new tool to help surgeons use X-rays to track …, News-Medical.net, April 17, 2013. Researchers from NC State University and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill have developed an algorithm to help surgeons use X-rays to track devices used in minimally invasive surgical procedures while limiting the patient’s exposure to radiation from X-rays. Edgar Lobaton, electrical… 

Apr 17, 2013

New software keeps X-ray exposure down

New software keeps X-ray exposure down, Vision Systems Design, April 17, 2013. Researchers from NC State University and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill have developed an algorithm to help surgeons use X-rays to track devices used in minimally invasive surgical procedures while limiting the patient’s exposure to radiation from X-rays. Edgar Lobaton, electrical and computer engineering,… 

Apr 16, 2013

Writing professors question plagiarism detection software

Writing professors question plagiarism detection software, Inside Higher Ed, April 15, 2013. Software to detect student plagiarism is faced with renewed criticism from the faculty members who may confront more plagiarism than do most of their colleagues – college writing professors. Chris Anson, English, featured. 

Apr 16, 2013

N.C. State researchers predict active hurricane season

N.C. State researchers predict active hurricane season, Winston-Salem Journal, April 15, 2013. The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season should be above average, according to researchers at NC State University. Lian Xie, marine earth and atmospheric sciences, featured. 

Apr 16, 2013

Plant protein shape puzzle solved by molecular 3-D model

Plant protein shape puzzle solved by molecular 3-D model, Phys.Org, April 15, 2013. NC State researchers provide the first three-dimensional model of an enzyme that links a simple sugar, glucose, into long-chain cellulose, the basic building block within plant cell walls that gives plants structure. Yaroslava Yingling and Latsavongsakda Sethaphong, materials engineering; Candace Haigler, crop science, featured. 

Apr 16, 2013

Blustery hurricane season looms, N.C. State researchers say

Blustery hurricane season looms, N.C. State researchers say, Triangle Business Journal (blog), April 15, 2013. NC State University researchers forecast an above-average hurricane season for 2013. Lian Xie, marine earth and atmospheric sciences, featured. 

Apr 16, 2013

Lectra to sponsor North Carolina State University’s Fashion Week 2013

Lectra to sponsor North Carolina State University’s Fashion Week 2013, Wall Street Journal, April 16, 2013. NC State Fashion Week 2013, with a theme of “A Celebration of Creativity, ” will take place on April 22-26 at the school’s Raleigh, NC campus. The event will showcase the importance of ideation, collaboration and innovation; and will feature industry… 

Apr 16, 2013

LinkedIn’s Mobile Strategy Gets a Pulse

LinkedIn’s Mobile Strategy Gets a Pulse, E-Commerce Times, April 12, 2013. With all its changes, LinkedIn needs to make sure it can stay focused on the social media niche it has so successfully carved out for itself. Michael Rappa, advanced analytics, featured. 

Apr 16, 2013

AFIA, KANSAS STATE TO OFFER FEED SAFETY DISTANCE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

AFIA, KANSAS STATE TO OFFER FEED SAFETY DISTANCE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, Agri Marketing, April 12, 2013. The AFIA and Kansas State University are offering AFIA 520 – “Advanced Feed Safety and Quality Assurance Protocols” completely online. The course was developed by K-State’s Department of Grain Science and Industry and North Carolina State University’s Department of Poultry Science along with… 

Apr 16, 2013

Futuristic self-building programmable materials

Futuristic self-building programmable materials, Herald Journal, April 15, 2013. Get ready folks, here comes nanoscale-sized, self-programmable materials created using 4D printing. In a Live Science piece dated Jan. 23, researchers from North Carolina State University created a self-healing electrical wire.