Sep 24, 2012

In Suffolk, a harvest of new farming knowledge

In Suffolk, a harvest of new farming knowledge, Virginian-Pilot, Sept. 21, 2012.   About 130 people, including local growers and researchers, learned about field crop research at an annual pre-harvest field day. The event centered on tips for growers to maximize their yields on field crops such as peanuts, soybeans and cotton. Attendees also gained insight… 

Sep 23, 2012

State unemployment rate rises to 9.7 percent

State unemployment rate rises to 9.7 percent, Chicago Tribune, Winston-Salem Journal, Sept. 22, 2012. A cooling off in private-sector hiring contributed to a rise in the state’s jobless rate for the second consecutive month. Michael Walden, agricultural and resource econonics, featured. 

Sep 23, 2012

People’s pharmacy is right do

People’s pharmacy is right do, WUNC-FM, Sept. 22, 2012. The bacteria on your can help increase your resistance of those bacteria. Rob Dunn, biology, featured. 

Sep 23, 2012

Andy Hall’s Southern Special

Andy Hall’s Southern Special, NY Arts Magazine, Sept. 23, 2012. CAM Raleigh’s latest Independent Weekly Gallery Emerging Artist Series exhibition, FORM SPECIAL, an exhibition of solar projects and site collages, is a new body of artworks commissioned by CAM Raleigh and created by Andy Hall. Steve Kalland,  Solar Center, featured. 

Sep 21, 2012

Group files complaint against Wake school board

Group files complaint against Wake school board, News & Observer, Sept. 20, 2012.  Democratic board member Jim Martin asking staff to create provisions so that the children of people such as his fellow NC State University professors can return to their old schools after their parents return from sabbaticals. 

Sep 21, 2012

Evaluating the Hospital Gown Dilemma

Evaluating the Hospital Gown Dilemma, MD News – Online, Sept. 21, 2012. NC State University College of Textiles is working to change the unsettling feelings patients have about hospital gowns. Traci Lamar and Anne Porterfield, textile and apparel technology and management, featured. 

Sep 21, 2012

CBS 12 News—6:00

CBS 12 News—6:00, CBS 12 News at 6 PM – WPEC-TV, Sept. 20, 2012. NC State scientists training cockroaches to search and rescue. Using a joystick, NC State electrical engineering students can steer the roach along a chosen pathway by applying a tiny electrical current to the antennas and other sensors on the bug. 

Sep 20, 2012

Durham County home sales up 14.4% in August

Durham County home sales up 14.4% in August, Herald-Sun, Sept. 20, 2012. For the 16-county greater Triangle region, closed sales were up 21.6 percent to a total of 2,406 homes sold. Michael Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

Sep 20, 2012

Brick Options Rise with Housing Upswing

Brick Options Rise with Housing Upswing, Building – Online, Canadian Interiors et al, Sept. 19, 2012. Genuine clay brick manufacturers continue to invest in progressive technology for sustainable exteriors. The latest exterior and interior brick design (single-family residential) from the 2012 Brick in Architecture Awards: — The Point – NC State University Chancellor’s Residence – Raleigh, N.C. 

Sep 20, 2012

Sen. Hunt endorses Judge Newby – in taxpayer-funded email

Sen. Hunt endorses Judge Newby – in taxpayer-funded email, News & Observer, Sept. 19, 2012. The Legislative Ethics Committee issued guidance in 2007 advising legislators they cannot use state resources for campaign activities. Then Walter Dalton’s campaigned announced retired Gen. Hugh Shelton, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President Bill Clinton, had endorsed the… 

Sep 20, 2012

Huntersville cable plant plugs into renewable energy

Huntersville cable plant plugs into renewable energy, Charlotte Observer – Online, Sept. 19, 2012. The Swiss company ABB officially opened its $90 million plant Wednesday. The cable it will make is designed to be buried underground, suitable for transmitting power from wind and solar farms or upgrading aging transmission lines. ABB’s power products/power systems division is… 

Sep 20, 2012

Maryland Gov. O’Malley says McCrory was partisan mayor

Maryland Gov. O’Malley says McCrory was partisan mayor, News & Observer, San Francisco Chronicle et al, Sept. 20, 2012. O’Malley, the chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, attended fundraisers in Winston-Salem and Raleigh, and visited STEM high school on the campus of N.C. State University. 

Sep 20, 2012

Cyborg cockroaches under development as spy weapons; media pushes them as ‘safety’ cyborgs

Cyborg cockroaches under development as spy weapons; media pushes them as ‘safety’ cyborgs, World News Daily, Sept. 20, 2012. NC State researchers and the media are now telling us that roaches might be our best friends. Alper Bozkurt, electrical and computer engineering, featured. 

Sep 20, 2012

Big Data brings big academic opportunities

Big Data brings big academic opportunities, Computerworld, Sept. 21, 2012. Colleges and universities are moving swiftly to create advanced degree programs in analytics to manage Big Data. What may be the pioneering program was started in 2007 at NC State University. 

Sep 19, 2012

CBS47 This Morning

CBS47 This Morning, CBS 47 This Morning – KGPE-TV, Sept. 18, 2012. See a roach and panic… Try imagining it’s coming to rescue you. Wearing its computer chip backpack.