Oct 18, 2012

Pressure’s on Obama in debate rematch with Romney

Pressure’s on Obama in debate rematch with Romney, The Jerusalem Post, National Post et al, Oct. 16, 2012. US President Barack Obama is under heavy pressure in his debate rematch with Mitt Romney. Andrew Taylor, political science, featured. 

Oct 18, 2012

NC State nanoflowers can boost battery and solar cell capacity, make great prom accessories

NC State nanoflowers can boost battery and solar cell capacity, make great prom accessories, Engadget, Oct. 11, 2012. We see a lot of sleek-looking technology pass through our doors, but it’s rare that the inventions could be called beautiful by those who aren’t immersed in the gadget world. We’d venture that North Carolina State University might have crossed the… 

Oct 18, 2012

Tiny crystal flower blooms in a furnace

Tiny crystal flower blooms in a furnace, New Scientist (blog), Engadget et al, Oct. 12, 2012. A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but it’s unlikely to be this small. This beautifully intricate flower-like structure has petals only 20 to 30 nanometres thick – making the world’s smallest orchid look like a triffid. Linyou… 

Oct 18, 2012

CET Life Sciences Center Tenants Receive Federal Small Business Grant Awards

CET Life Sciences Center Tenants Receive Federal Small Business Grant Awards, Sacramento Bee, Oct. 11, 2012. Jericho Sciences LLC was awarded grant funding from The National Institutes of Mental Health. The company and its co-investigators at the University of North Carolina and NC State University will use the two-year, Small Business Innovation Research grant to explore a small molecule that is… 

Oct 18, 2012

Cats in pain get a second shot

Cats in pain get a second shot, Cary News, Oct. 16, 2012. Cats are really, really good at hiding their pain. Margaret Gruen and B. Duncan X. Lascelles, clinical sciences, featured. 

Oct 18, 2012

Quality Fabric Of The Month

Quality Fabric Of The Month, Textile World Magazine, Sept./Oct. 2012. Researchers are growing stem cells on a Winged Fiber substrate to create bone tissue, and report promising results. Nonwovens Cooperative Research Center featured. 

Oct 18, 2012

WebAssign Named Finalist for Top Tech Company Honor

WebAssign Named Finalist for Top Tech Company Honor, Sacramento Bee, Oct. 17, 2012. WebAssign is one of the largest technology “startups” in RTP. Incubated on the NC State University campus in 1997, WebAssign has a strong history of innovation, technology leadership and profitable growth. 

Oct 18, 2012

New technique for sorting live cells may expedite biomedical research

New technique for sorting live cells may expedite biomedical research, PHYS.org, 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 17, 2012

School bus safety crackdown is set

School bus safety crackdown is set, The Virginian-Pilot, Oct. 12, 2012. The School Transportation Group, sponsored by North Carolina State University, each September conducts a one-day count of vehicles that illegally pass school buses. Jeff Tsai, transportation research and education, featured. 

Oct 17, 2012

Scotty McCreery Is Taking Math Tests and Picking Songs for Second Album

Scotty McCreery Is Taking Math Tests and Picking Songs for Second Album, Taste of Country, Oct. 13, 2012. Can Scotty McCreery do it all? He somehow manages to balance two lives–one filled with concerts, interviews and television performances as a blossoming country star and the other filled with textbooks, tests, friends and studying as a normal college student… 

Oct 17, 2012

Remains in woods are missing Burlington woman

Remains in woods are missing Burlington woman, Sacramento Bee, Oct. 13, 2012. Burlington woman missing since April had been found dead in woods in Alamance County. The remains have been sent to North Carolina State University so an anthropologist can determine how Sellars may have died. 

Oct 17, 2012

Bill Friday: A giant in North Carolina

Bill Friday: A giant in North Carolina, Durham Herald Sun (blog), Oct. 14, 2012. Bill Friday, 92, was not just an educator. To many in our state, he was the University of North Carolina system. William Clyde Friday was born in Raphine, Va., in 1920. He graduated with a degree in textile manufacturing and was senior… 

Oct 17, 2012

Former UNC President Bill Friday dies at 92

Former UNC President Bill Friday dies at 92, Charlotte Observer, News & Observer, Associated Press et al, Oct. 12, 2012. William “Bill” Friday, the man who personified higher education in the state,  died at his home in Chapel Hill early Friday. Though widely associated with Chapel Hill, Friday was actually an alumnus of rival NC State University,… 

Oct 17, 2012

One more company perk: on-site mammograms

One more company perk: on-site mammograms, Equities.com, News & Observer, Oct. 14, 2012. A photo of N.C. State University Women’s Basketball Coach Kay Yow, who died in 2009 after battling cancer, smiles down from the side of a petal-pink van adorned with her quote, “Never let the urgent get in the way of the important.” This… 

Oct 17, 2012

Custom designs for Habitat homes in Hickory

Custom designs for Habitat homes in Hickory, Hickory Daily Record, Oct. 14, 2012. Future Habitat for Humanity homebuyers in Hickory will have custom-designed houses thanks to a partnership between Habitat and N.C. State University. Georgia Bizios, architecture, featured.