Feb 27, 2013

Researcher finds faster, more efficient technique for creating high ceramics

Researcher finds faster, more efficient technique for creating high-density ceramics, Eureka! Science News, Feb. 27, 2013. NC State University researcher has developed a technique for creating high-density ceramic materials that requires far lower temperatures than current techniques – and takes less than a second, as opposed to hours. Jay Narayan, materials science and engineering, featured. 

Feb 27, 2013

Researcher finds efficient technique for creating high-density ceramics

Researcher finds efficient technique for creating high-density ceramics, R&D Magazine, Feb. 27, 2013. NC State University researcher has developed a technique for creating high-density ceramic materials that requires far lower temperatures than current techniques—and takes less than a second, as opposed to hours. Jay Narayan, materials science and engineering, featured. 

Feb 27, 2013

Faster, More Efficient Technique for Creating High-Density Ceramics

Faster, More Efficient Technique for Creating High-Density Ceramics, Science Daily, Feb. 27, 2013. NC State researcher has developed a technique for creating high-density ceramic materials that requires far lower temperatures than current techniques – and takes less than a second, as opposed to hours. Jay Narayan, materials science and engineering, featured. 

Feb 27, 2013

Researchers create semiconductor ‘nano-shish-kebabs’ with potential for 3-D technologies

Researchers create semiconductor ‘nano-shish-kebabs’ with potential for 3-D technologies, SMT – Online, Feb. 26, 2013. NC State researchers have developed a new type of nanoscale structure that resembles a “nano-shish-kebab,” holding promise for use in the creation of new, three-dimensional (3-D) technologies. Linyou Cao, materials science and engineering, featured. 

Feb 27, 2013

War of the Ants Intensifies in U.S.

War of the Ants Intensifies in U.S., Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Feb. 26, 2013. An aggressive species of ant may be losing ground in North America to a more aggressive -and potentially dangerous – species, according to a new study. Eleanor Spicer Rice, entomology, featured. 

Feb 27, 2013

SAS’ Goodnight: Thank God I went to NCSU, not UNC

SAS’ Goodnight: Thank God I went to NCSU, not UNC, Triangle Business Journal (blog), Feb. 27, 2013. It’s pretty well known that SAS Inc. founder Jim Goodnight has high regard for his alma mater, North Carolina State University. Economic development summit featured. 

Feb 27, 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, Terra Daily, Feb. 25, 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 aerospace… 

Feb 26, 2013

NC State Hosts Summit on University Role in Driving Economy

NC State Hosts Summit on University Role in Driving Economy, NC State News, Feb. 25, 2013. How do universities leverage their research findings to spur job creation and transform economies? North Carolina State University will host academic, business and thought leaders to discuss university innovation and how it drives economic growth during a forum on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at… 

Feb 26, 2013

US study aims to quantify garbage truck emissions

US study aims to quantify garbage truck emissions, Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine, Feb. 25, 2013. A study by the University of Nebraska and North Carolina State University aims to quantify air emissions from vehicles used to collect and transport solid waste. 

Feb 26, 2013

Selectively Welding Nanofibers with Light

Selectively Welding Nanofibers with Light, Overclockers Club, Feb. 25, 2013. NC State researchers have recently developed a new means to weld together nanofibers using light and gold nanorods, which may lead to stronger materials. 

Feb 26, 2013

Tempo Industries Taps LED Industry Veteran Michael Bremser for VP R&D

Tempo Industries Taps LED Industry Veteran Michael Bremser for VP R&D, Yahoo! Finance,  Feb. 25, 2013. Tempo Industries announced that LED and solid state lighting industry veteran Michael Bremser has joined the company to serve as Vice President, R&D. Bremser earned his PhD. in Materials Science and Engineering from NC State University under the guidance of Prof. Robert Davis,… 

Feb 26, 2013

BYOD Risk: Fuzzy or Real?

BYOD Risk: Fuzzy or Real?, Business Finance, Feb. 25, 2013. Most of the reasons for trying to prevent employees from bringing their own device to work sound fuzzy Kansakar, a 2013 master of accounting student at North Carolina State University’s Poole School of Management, frames BYOD risks clearly in this article. 

Feb 26, 2013

Asian Needle Ant Pushing Out Argentine Ant, Researchers Find

Asian Needle Ant Pushing Out Argentine Ant, Researchers Find, Pest Control Technology, Feb. 26, 2013. NC State University researchers have found that one of the most aggressive invasive ant species in the United States – the Argentine ant – appears to have met its match in the Asian needle ant. Eleanor Spicer Rice, entomology, featured. 

Feb 26, 2013

Smart codes connect community to Raleigh public art

Smart codes connect community to Raleigh public art, WRAL-TV, Feb. 25, 2013. The City of Raleigh has launched a new coding tool, the Q-Art Code Project,  which will allow anyone with a smartphone or tablet that scans QR codes to access information about works of art in the city’s collection. NC State University students interviewed the… 

Feb 26, 2013

White House warns of possible education, military cuts as sequestration looms

White House warns of possible education, military cuts at sequestration looms, News 14 Carolina, Feb. 25, 2013. All eyes will be on Washington this week as Congress tries to get a deal in place to avoid automatic budget cuts before March 1. Mike Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured.