Oct 22, 2012

Key counties may swing North Carolina’s presidential vote

Key counties may swing North Carolina’s presidential vote, WRAL.com, Oct. 20, 2012. When Barack Obama won North Carolina in 2008, five of the state’s 100 counties may have handed him the keys to his slim, 14,177-vote victory. Michael Cobb, political science, featured. 

Oct 21, 2012

The Horse | Diagnosing and Treating Equine Glaucoma

The Horse | Diagnosing and Treating Equine Glaucoma, The Horse – Online, Oct. 19, 2012. Although it shares the same name, equine glaucoma is a different animal than human glaucoma, and the variations between the two could be one reason the disease is not commonly recognized and treated in horses, one veterinarian suggested. Brian Gilger, clinical sciences, featured. 

Oct 21, 2012

Forensics on Trial

Forensics on Trial, WNET-TV, Oct. 19, 2012. A simulated crime scene designed to test a secret high-tech weapon called IC-Crime is being developed by faculty from NC State University. David Hinks, textile engineering chemistry and science,  and Michael Young, computer science-engineering, featured. 

Oct 21, 2012

New ultrasound technique can rapidly separate selected live cells for use in biomedical research

New ultrasound technique can rapidly separate selected live cells for use in biomedical research, Medical News, Oct. 19, 2012. NC State University researchers and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a new technique that uses sound waves to rapidly separate selected collections of cells for use in biomedical research. Xiaoning Jiang, biomedical engineering, featured. 

Oct 21, 2012

Researchers used rotating spool to create ribbon-like composite material

Researchers used rotating spool to create ribbon-like composite material, Technical Textiles, Oct. 19, 2012. NC State researchers have developed new techniques for stretching carbon nanotubes and using them. Yuntian Zhu, materials science and engineering, featured. 

Oct 21, 2012

An Old-School Notion: Writing Required

An Old-School Notion: Writing Required, Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 18, 2012. Too many students aren’t learning enough. What if colleges insisted on an old-fashioned requirement: writing? Chris M. Anson, english, featured. 

Oct 21, 2012

Campus Sustainability Day at NC State

Campus Sustainability Day at NC State, Inside the Green Garage, Oct. 18, 2012.  The Office of Sustainability at NC State University recently put the campus community in the driver’s seat at “Campus Sustainability Day.” Tracy Dixon, sustainability, featured. 

Oct 21, 2012

Search for alien life about to step up a gear

Search for alien life about to step up a gear, Reuters India, Oct. 18, 2012. NEW THEORY: The search for alien life has long been framed by the dogma of a ‘goldilocks zone’ around faraway suns that is just the right temperature. NC State researchers recently published research on a single-celled organism that lives in a hot spring near Mount… 

Oct 21, 2012

The pressure’s on Obama in debate rematch with Romney

The pressure’s on Obama in debate rematch with Romney, Chicago Tribune Collections, Oct. 18, 2012. President Barack Obama is under heavy pressure in his debate rematch with Mitt Romney. Andrew Taylor, political science, featured. 

Oct 21, 2012

Carbon Nanotubes Knocked Down, Stretched Out To Make Super-Strong Ribbon

Carbon Nanotubes Knocked Down, Stretched Out To Make Super-Strong Ribbon, Knovel, Oct. 17, 2012. A new process for producing carbon nanotubes could help create stronger composite materials and make the materials more useful for manufacturing. 

Oct 21, 2012

Cameroon: U.S. Veterinarian Works to Save Cameroon’s Elephants

Cameroon: U.S. Veterinarian Works to Save Cameroon’s Elephants, AllAfrica.com, Oct. 17, 2012. An estimated 1,000 to 5,000 African elephants remain in Cameroon. Populations have been decimated by poachers. Mike Loomis, clinical sciences, featured. 

Oct 21, 2012

State’s jobless rate dips slightly

State’s jobless rate dips slightly, News & Observer, Oct. 20, 2012. The state’s unemployment rate fell for the first time in five months but failed to keep pace with a sharp drop in the nationwide jobless rate. Michael Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

Oct 18, 2012

Flagging support for Obama puts more of youth vote in play

Flagging support for Obama puts more of youth vote in play, News & Observer, Oct. 18, 2012. A wave of excited young voters helped lift President Barack Obama to a narrow victory in the state four years ago, but flagging support is now putting a repeat win in jeopardy. NC State student Hunter McMillian featured. 

Oct 18, 2012

New Technique For Sorting Live Cells

New Technique For Sorting Live Cells, Product Design & Development, Oct. 17, 2012. Researchers from NC State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a new technique that uses sound waves to rapidly separate selected collections of cells for use in biomedical research. Xiaoning Jiang, biomedical engineering, featured. 

Oct 18, 2012

Both national party chairs at state Thursday for GOTV rallies

Both national party chairs at State Thursday for GOTV rallies, News & Observer, Oct. 17, 2012. Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Shultz will part of the GottaVote bus tour which will hold its first rally of the day at NC State University. The NCSU campus will also see the Republican National Committee chairman later in the…