Jan 11, 2013

Improving the validity of high throughput screening assays

Improving the validity of high throughput screening assays, Northern Colorado 5, Jan. 10, 2013. NC State University research has shown that the volumes dispensed during drug screening programs can have a significant effect on the results obtained by assay screens. Nathaniel Hentz, biomanufacturing, featured. 

Jan 10, 2013

Durham County average weekly wage down in last year’s second quarter

Durham County average weekly wage down in last year’s second quarter, The Herald Sun, Jun. 9, 2013. Durham County had the fourth-largest year-over-year decrease in average weekly wage among large U.S. counties in the second quarter of 2012. Mike Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

Jan 10, 2013

NCSU grad’s Southern roots inspire her jewelry collection

NCSU grad’s Southern roots inspire her jewelry collection, News & Observer, Jan. 10, 2013. As she traverses the streets of New York City each day, Charlotte native and NC State University grad Mimi Kennedy Harris, designer behind Chester NYC (chesternyc.com), a fledgling jewelry company, always has her eyes open for sources of inspiration. 

Jan 10, 2013

The Library Where Robots Pick the Books

The Library Where Robots Pick the Books, Rapid City Journal, Jan. 7, 2013. The high-tech James B. Hunt Library has books, but they’re not visible when you walk into the building on the campus of North Carolina State University. Instead, the 1.5 million books are retrievable by robots. 

Jan 10, 2013

Artel Simplifies the Verification of Low-Volume DMSO Dispenses

Artel Simplifies the Verification of Low-Volume DMSO Dispenses, Selectscience.net, Jan. 8, 2013. Research by North Carolina State University research shows that the volumes dispensed during drug screening programs can have a significant effect on the results obtained by assay screens. Nathaniel Hentz, biomanufacturing, featured. 

Jan 10, 2013

New Path to More Efficient Organic Solar Cells Uncovered at Lab’s Advanced Light Source

New Path to More Efficient Organic Solar Cells Uncovered at Lab’s Advanced Light Source, Lab Manager Magazine , Jan. 8, 2013. An international team of scientists found that for highly efficient polymer/organic photovoltaic cells, size matters. Harald Ade, physics, featured.   

Jan 10, 2013

Partial Victory Claimed Even As Farm Bill Reform Fails Again

Partial Victory Claimed Even As Farm Bill Reform Fails Again, NPR, Jan. 8, 2013. The economic case against subsidies is pretty straightforward: Taking money from taxpayers to make life more secure for farmers is wasteful and inefficient. Barry Goodwin, economics, featured. 

Jan 10, 2013

Schools take preventative measures to fight flu

Schools take preventative measures to fight flu, News 14 Carolina, Jan. 8, 2013. As students return from winter break, many schools across the state are taking steps to prevent students from getting the flu.  Elizabeth Neel, student health, featured. 

Jan 10, 2013

Epigenetics posited as important for evolutionary success

Epigenetics posited as important for evolutionary success, Nature, Jan. 9, 2013.  Mapping the level of epigenetic modification may reveal  whether a population is going to tank or survive. Cristina Ledón-Rettig, molecular biology, featured. 

Jan 10, 2013

Feds say wind farms could work off Cape Fear coast

Feds say wind farms could work off Cape Fear coast, Wilmington Star-News, Jan. 10, 2013.  Parcels of water off the North Carolina coast could be leased for offshore wind farming as early as 2014. Jen Banks, engineering, featured. 

Jan 10, 2013

Farm Bill Critics Claim Partial Victory Despite Stalemate

Farm Bill Critics Claim Partial Victory Despite Stalemate, Minnesota Public Radio, Jan. 9, 2013. The economic case against subsidies is pretty straightforward: Taking money from taxpayers to make life more secure for farmers is wasteful and inefficient. Barry Goodwin, economics, featured. 

Jan 9, 2013

Winston-Salem MSA shows no job growth for year

Winston-Salem MSA shows no job growth for year, Chicago Tribune, Jan. 4, 2013. The Winston-Salem metropolitan statistical area is all alone in a statewide economic category that carries significant symbolic and emotional weight. Michael Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

Jan 9, 2013

Winston-Salem MSA shows no job growth for year

Winston-Salem MSA shows no job growth for year, Baltimore Sun, Jan. 4, 2013. The Winston-Salem metropolitan statistical area is all alone in a statewide economic category that carries significant symbolic and emotional weight. Michael Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

Jan 9, 2013

Gen. Hugh Shelton the subject of four-part ‘Biographical Conversations’ series

Gen. Hugh Shelton the subject of four-part ‘Biographical Conversation’ series, News & Observer, Jan. 4, 2013. Shannon Vickery interviews General Hugh Shelton. Vickery talks to Shelton about his life growing up on a family farm, his time at NC State University, his distinguished military career and his marriage to Carolyn Johnson Shelton. 

Jan 9, 2013

Farm Bill Critics Claim Partial Victory Despite Stalemate

Farm Bill Critics Claim Partial Victory Despite Stalemate, Capital Public Radio, NPR, Jan. 9, 2013. The economic case against subsidies is pretty straightforward: Taking money from taxpayers to make life more secure for farmers is wasteful and inefficient. Barry Goodwin, economics, featured.