Sep 26, 2012

EPA Awards Almost $11 Million to Advance Chemical Safety Research

EPA Awards Almost $11 Million to Advance Chemical Safety Research, Managing Automation – Online, Sept. 21, 2012. Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced nearly $11 million in grants to eight universities through EPA’s Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program. These grants will help the universities develop fast and effective methods to test chemicals’ toxicity… 

Sep 26, 2012

Similar organisms deal with life in the extreme differently, research finds

Similar organisms deal with life in the extreme differently, research finds, PHYS.org, Science Daily et al, Sept. 24, 2012. NC State researchers show that extreme organisms, very tiny life forms called Archaea that have no nucleus, can teach us how living things use different mechanisms to adapt to their surroundings. Robert Kelly, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

Sep 26, 2012

Universal Packaging Comes of Age

Universal Packaging Comes of Age, Packaging Digest, Sept. 26, 2012. Whether you call it Universal, Frustration-Free or Inclusive Packaging, one thing’s for certain: It’s an approach to packaging that casts a wide net to all consumer groups. The concept can be traced back to NC State University, where it was applied to architecture during the 1980s.… 

Sep 26, 2012

Video: Cyborg cockroach wired for search and rescue

Video: Cyborg cockroach wired for search and rescue, Reuters TV, Sept. 26, 2012. NC State researchers are turning cockroaches into joystick-controlled cyborgs for use in search and rescue operations. Alper Bozkurt, electrical and computer engineering, featured. 

Sep 25, 2012

OFFSTAGE: Scotty McCreery’s Motivational College Posters

OFFSTAGE: Scotty McCreery’s Motivational College Posters, CMT.com, Sept. 21, 2012. Yes, Scotty McCreery is a country star on the weekends. But during the week, he’s really just another college freshman at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. 

Sep 25, 2012

Local student wins Best in Show in Annual Juried Print Competition

Local student wins Best in Show in Annual Juried Print Competition, Fuquay-Varina Independent, Sept. 22, 2012. Winning photographs and prints, from the Second Annual Juried Print Competition at the JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University, will be displayed at the Ruby C. McSwain Education Center at the Arboretum through October 5 for the public. 

Sep 25, 2012

N.C. State outreach program teaches true nature of engineering

N.C. State outreach program teaches true nature of engineering, News 14 Carolina, Mental Health Weekly Digest, Sept. 24, 2012. There’s an outreach program at NC State University that aims to teach everyone in North Carolina the true nature of engineering and how it impacts everyday life.  Laura Bottomley, elementary education, featured. 

Sep 25, 2012

Findings from North Carolina State University Provide New Insights into Addiction Medicine

Findings from North Carolina State University Provide New Insights into Addiction Medicine, Mental Health Weekly Digest, Sept. 24, 2012. There’s an outreach program at NC State University that aims to teach everyone in North Carolina the true nature of engineering and how it impacts everyday life.  Laura Bottomley, elementary education, featured. 

Sep 25, 2012

Energy wonder crop Arundo raises invasive fears

Energy wonder crop Arundo raises invasive fears, News & Observer, Kansas City Star, Sept. 25, 2012. Arundo is billed as a champion energy crop that yields three times as much ethanol per acre as corn and is ideal for making clean auto fuel. David Crouse, soil science, featured. 

Sep 24, 2012

Students race rafts from refuse at NCSU’s Reusable Regatta

Students race rafts from refuse at NCSU’s Reusable Regatta, News & Observer, Sept. 21, 2012. Discarded bottles and construction debris floated on the clear waters of Raleigh Lake at N.C. State University’s Centennial Campus Friday – all in the name of environmental consciousness. 

Sep 24, 2012

Robotic machinery powers book retrieval at Hunt Library

Robotic machinery powers book retrieval at Hunt Library, Triangle Business Journal, Sept. 21, 2012. Greeting visitors at the James B. Hunt Jr. Library on NC State University’s Centennial Campus when it opens in January will be Robert the Robot and three of his automated friends. 

Sep 24, 2012

President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts

President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts, The White House, Sept. 21, 2012. President Obama announced his intent to nominate individuals to key Administration posts. Paul J. Turinsky, nuclear engineering, featured. 

Sep 24, 2012

America’s children: providing early exposure to stem (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) initiatives.

America’s children: providing early exposure to stem (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) initiatives., Review Of Educational Research, Sept. 22, 2012. Universities around the country as well as public and private organizations are beginning to offer STEM initiative programs for K-12 students and their teachers. NC State offers a day camp for students grades 3-5 focusing on introductory engineering… 

Sep 24, 2012

Studies from North Carolina State University Add New Findings in the Area of Life Science

Studies from North Carolina State University Add New Findings in the Area of Life Science, Science Letter, Sept. 21, 2012.  NC State researchers publish new report with fresh data on life science. L.L. Zhou, plant biology, featured. 

Sep 24, 2012

Video: Scientists create robo-roaches for rescue operations

Video: Scientists create robo-roaches for rescue operations, EMS1.com, Sept. 21, 201.  NC State researchers have been working on making tiny robots that can easily be maneuvered to creep, leap and crawl in rough, out of the way, inconspicuous spaces. Alper Bozkurt, electrical and computer engineering, featured.