Jun 3, 2012

Curious Cows Win Photo Contest

Curious Cows Win Photo Contest, Hay & Forage Grower – Online, May 31, 2012. A photo of Jersey cows gazing from a pasture fenceline during a beautiful, blue-sky day was the winner of the First-Ever Hay & Forage Grower Photo Contest…It and the second-place finisher…were both taken by Marti Day, North Carolina State University Extension… 

Jun 3, 2012

Researchers ‘Map’ Android Malware Genome

Researchers ‘Map’ Android Malware Genome, Dark Reading, May 31, 2012. New initiative promotes sharing of Android malware research worldwide, beefing up mobile anti-malware tools.  Xuxian Jiang, NC State computer science-engineering asst professor, is featured. 

Jun 3, 2012

Tracking Fugitive Emissions

Tracking Fugitive Emissions, MSW Management – Online, May 31, 2012. Quantification of landfill-gas emissions depends on accurate measurements and increased knowledge of gas production and collection. Estimates of landfill gas (LFG) emissions made by the EPA and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have suggested that landfills are a significant source of man-made methane emissions… Dr.… 

Jun 3, 2012

What are nematodes?

What are nematodes?, The Sampson Independent – Online, May 31, 2012.  Question: What are nematodes and what signs should I look for? Answer: Nematodes are microscopic, worm like organisms that feed on the roots of plants and turf grasses… Column by Sampson County Cooperative Extension. 

Jun 3, 2012

Adventures of a Citizen Scientist

Adventures of a Citizen Scientist, Daily News-Record – Online, May 30, 2012. Summer is a great time to participate in a citizen scientist project…Your Wild Life at www.yourwildlife.org/ has a number of reputable and professional citizen scientist projects. Many come with a gross-out factor that kids will love. This NC State University-hosted site is famous for… 

Jun 3, 2012

Creating a positive food safety culture at farmers’ markets; training materials available for download

Creating a positive food safety culture at farmers’ markets; training materials available for download, BarfBlog, May 30, 2012. Small or large businesses are not inherently good or bad when it comes to microbial food safety. Nor are those who sell into a distribution chain any more or less safe than those who direct market their… 

Jun 3, 2012

Android Malware Genome Project launched

Android Malware Genome Project launched, Heise Security, May 30, 2012. At this year’s IEEE Symposium on Security & Privacy, security researchers from North Carolina State University (NCSU) announced the launch of the Android Malware Genome Project… Xuxian Jiang, NC State computer science assistant professor, is mentioned. 

Jun 1, 2012

Science of Training and Development in Organizations: What Really Matters, What Really Works

Science of Training and Development in Organizations: What Really Matters, What Really Works, ScienceDaily, June 13, 2012. Each year in the United States about $135 billion is spent in training employees — but those billions do not always improve the workplace. Dr. Paul W. Thayer, psychology, featured. 

Jun 1, 2012

C’sar the Elephant undergoes eye surgery once again | MyFOX8.com – Greensboro, High-Point, Winston-Salem News & weather from WGHP Television FOX8

C’sar the Elephant undergoes eye surgery once again , Piedmont Parent – Online, MyFOX8.com, May 30, 2012. The North Carolina Zoo’s oldest male elephant successfully underwent cataract surgery for the second time in six months on Tuesday. Both eye procedures were performed by a team of specialists from the N.C. State University College of Veterinary Medicine led… 

May 31, 2012

Southeast tries to work with persistent drought

Southeast tries to work with persistent drought, CBSNews.com, Huffington Post, Gainesville Sun Online, Palm Beach Post et al, May 29, 2012. The persistent drought across the Southeast forced Ashley Ergle to put his dock on wheels…A drought has again parked over South Carolina, marking the ninth year in the last 11 that some part of the state… 

May 31, 2012

Academia joins in battling Android malware

Academia joins in battling Android malware, Network World Online, PC Advisors, MIS Asia, CSO, May 30, 2012. Academia is bypassing the slowness with which mobile security vendors share information in a highly competitive market by launching a collaborative effort to battle an upsurge of Android malware… Xuxian Jiang, NC State computer science assistant professor, is featured. 

May 31, 2012

Wildlife Refuges Raise Property Values, Study Shows

Wildlife Refuges Raise Property Values, Study Shows, The New York Times, May 30, 2012. A study conducted by North Carolina State University researchers and issued on Wednesday by the federal Fish and Wildlife Service surveyed homes in urban areas that are close to refuges in three regions: the Northeast, the Southeast and California-Nevada. 

May 31, 2012

Kudzu bugs are N.C.’s latest imported scourge

Kudzu bugs are N.C.’s latest imported scourge, News & Observer, May 28, 2012. So many weird creatures from somewhere else have been causing problems in North Carolina lately that perhaps the latest twist was inevitable. That famed Asian interloper, kudzu, is being assaulted by, yes, a “kudzu bug.”  Dominic Reisig, entomology, featured. 

May 31, 2012

Voracious kudzu bugs spread across South. Are they boon or bane?

Voracious kudzu bugs spread across South. Are they boon or bane?, Christian Science Monitor, May 30, 2012. The so-called kudzu bug found another Asian invader that has become the drapery of the South and has withstood all previous attempts, be they goat or chemical, to control “the vine that ate the South.” Dominic Reisig, entomology, featured. 

May 31, 2012

Monster Turtle Fossil Discovered In Colombian Mine

Monster Turtle Fossil Discovered In Colombian Mine, NPR – New York Bureau, May 25, 2012. Reporting in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, researchers write of discovering a car-sized turtle they named Carbonemys cofrinii. Edwin Cadena, who found the fossil, describes the giant reptile’s lifestyle 60 million years ago. Edwin Cadena, graduate student at NC State, is featured.