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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.

Feb 20, 2013

Semiconductor ‘Nano-Shish-Kebabs’ have Potential for 3D Technologies

Semiconductor ‘Nano-Shish-Kebabs’ have Potential for 3D Technologies, Product Design & Development, Feb. 19, 2013. NC State researchers have developed a new type of nanoscale structure that resembles a “nano-shish-kebab.” The structure holds promise for use in the creation of new, three-dimensional (3-D) technologies. Linyou Cao, materials science and engineering, featured. 

Feb 20, 2013

Bioactive film used to coat polymer implants

Bioactive film used to coat polymer implants, Engineer Online, Feb. 19, 2013. NC State researchers have successfully coated polymer implants with a bioactive film for the first time, which should improve the success rate of such implants. Afsaneh Rabiei, mechanical and aerospace engineering, featured. 

Feb 20, 2013

Researchers Coat Polymer Implants with Bioactive Coating to Improve Bonding with Bone

Researchers Coat Polymer Implants with Bioactive Coating to Improve Bonding with Bone, Special Chem 4 Coatings, Feb. 19, 2013. NC State researchers have for the first time successfully coated polymer implants with a bioactive film. The discovery should improve the success rate of such implants – which are often used in spinal surgeries. Afsaneh Rabiei, mechanical and… 

Feb 19, 2013

Researchers coat spinal polymer implants with bioactive film to …

Researchers coat spinal polymer implants with bioactive film to …, Nanowerk, Feb. 19, 2013. Researchers from NC State University have for the first time successfully coated polymer implants with a bioactive film that should improve the success rate of such implants. Afsaneh Rabiei, mechanical and aerospace engineering, featured. 

Feb 19, 2013

Ken Vickery: Pain in the ‘butts’

Ken Vickery: Pain in the ‘butts’, News & Observer, Feb. 18, 2013. The supreme irony of two accomplished men, Gov. Pat McCrory and Bill Bennett – both with liberal arts degrees, both quite gainfully employed – trashing the utility of liberal arts education was apparently lost on them. Ken Vickery, history, featured. 

Feb 19, 2013

City starts 2013-14 budget work with $5.2M gap

City starts 2013-14 budget work with $5.2M gap, Individual.com, Feb. 18, 2013. City officials start work on the fiscal 2013-14 budget needing to close a $5.2 million gap between projected revenues and expenses. Michael Walden, resource and agricultural economics, featured. 

Feb 19, 2013

Studies of K-9 cancers may lead to medical breakthroughs for health care of humans

Studies of K-9 cancers may lead to medical breakthroughs for health care of humans, Louisville Courier-Journal, Feb. 18, 2013. As scientists develop new therapies for canine cancers, they’’re also finding more effective methods to treat similar problems in humans. Matthew Breen, molecular biomedical sciences, featured. 

Feb 19, 2013

Firefighters Share Wildfire Know-How

Firefighters Share Wildfire Know-How, WUNC-FM, Feb. 18, 2013. Firefighters from around the world meet in Raleigh to discuss how to improve the way they battle wildfires.  The week-long conference includes visits to Camp Lejeune and N.C. State University’s College of Textiles, where researchers are developing new flame-resistant clothes for firefighters. 

Feb 19, 2013

Band your trees this year? If not look for those worms

Band your trees this year? If not look for those worms, DavidsonNews.net, Feb. 18, 2013. Residents on South Street in Davidson have banded trees to prevent canker worms.  Steve Frank, entomology, featured. 

Feb 19, 2013

Researchers Coat Spinal Polymer Implants with Bioactive Film to Improve Bonding with Bone

Researchers Coat Spinal Polymer Implants with Bioactive Film to Improve Bonding with Bone, HealthCanal.com, Feb. 18, 2013. Researchers from NC State University have for the first time successfully coated polymer implants with a bioactive film that should improve the success rate of such implants. Afsaneh Rabiei, mechanical and aerospace engineering, featured. 

Feb 19, 2013

Christensen: Gov. Pat McCrory still undefined after State of State speech

Christensen: Gov. Pat McCrory still undefined after State of State speech, News & Observer, Feb. 19, 2013. North Carolina Gov. The public hasn’’t formed a really hard impression of Gov. McCrory yet. Andrew Taylor, political science, featured. 

Feb 19, 2013

Help clients avoid drug residues

Help clients avoid drug residues, Bovine Veterinarian, Feb. 18, 2013. Veterinarians need to work with livestock producers to ensure they are using drugs legally and properly on cattle farms. Geoffrey Smith, population health and pathobiology, featured. 

Feb 19, 2013

Researchers coat spinal polymer implants with bioactive film to improve bonding with bone

Researchers coat spinal polymer implants with bioactive film to improve bonding with bone, Medical Xpress, Feb. 19, 2013. Researchers from NC State University have for the first time successfully coated polymer implants with a bioactive film. Afsaneh Rabiei, mechanical and aerospace engineering, featured. 

Feb 19, 2013

NCSU nanotech center provides big boost to entrepreneurs

NCSU nanotech center provides big boost to entrepreneurs, WRAL Tech Wire, Feb. 19, 2013. NC State University researchers are leading colleagues across the country and around the world to use nanotechnology to improve health by enabling correlations between personal health and personal environment. Veena Misra, electrical & computer engineering, featured. 

Feb 19, 2013

Sorry, Neil deGrasse Tyson, but you’re wrong about Thor’s hammer

Sorry, Neil deGrasse Tyson, but you’re wrong about Thor’s hammer, I09, Feb. 19, 2013. If Thor’s hammer is made of neutron-star matter, implied by legend, then it weighs as much as a herd of 300-billion elephants. Suveen Mathaudhu,materials engineering, featured.