Nov 29, 2012

Penguin theory published

Penguin theory published, Otago Daily Times, Nov. 24, 2012. New Zealanders can lay claim to yet another flightless bird, with recent research on the origin of the penguin suggesting the species originated from prehistoric New Zealand. Daniel Ksepka, marine, earth and atmospheric sciences, featured. 

Nov 28, 2012

Don’t throw science over ‘fiscal cliff,’ experts warn

Don’t throw science over ‘fiscal cliff‘, News & Observer, Nov. 26, 2012. If negotiators fail to steer the nation away from the fiscal cliff, automatic spending cuts will chop back federal support for scientific research. Joe DeSimone, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

Nov 28, 2012

Stimulate N.C. jobs, cultural exchanges: End the Cuba embargo

Stimulate N.C. jobs, cultural exchanges: End the Cuba embargo, The Herald-Sun, Nov. 29, 2012. Fifty years of embargo have failed to bring about regime change in Cuba. Richard Slatta, history, featured. 

Nov 28, 2012

State, Raleigh close to deal on Dix campus

State, Raleigh close to deal on Dix campus, WRAL.com, Nov. 27, 2012. The Dorothea Dix campus will become a 325-acre “destination park” under negotiations between the City of Raleigh and Gov. Bev Perdue’s office that could be final as soon as next week. Fred Hartman, news services, featured. 

Nov 28, 2012

N.C. State trustees to hold emergency meeting Wednesday

N.C. State trustees to hold emergency meeting Wednesday, News & Observer, Nov. 28, 2012. N.C. State University has scheduled an emergency meeting of the board of trustees for Wednesday afternoon, but it’s not expected to be to approve a new football coach. 

Nov 28, 2012

Environment trumps theory in feathered dinosaur size study

Environment trumps theory in feathered dinosaur size study, Examiner.com, Nov.  28, 2012. Researchers report on analysis of body size of vegetarian feathered dinosaurs in the November 27, 2012, issue of the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Lindsay Zanno, biology, featured. 

Nov 26, 2012

Groundwork Labs Announces Underground Summer 2013

Groundwork Labs Announces Underground Summer 2012, ExitEvent, Nov. 20, 2012. Duke University, NC Central University, NC State University, University of North Carolina, and Wake Forest University will each select a student team from their respective university’s business plan competitions to join Groundwork Labs. The selected teams will receive free office space and mentorship during their 2013 summer… 

Nov 26, 2012

Fruit, vegetable growers set for big Carolina expo

Fruit, vegetable growers set for big Carolina expo, Southeast Farm Press, Nov. 20, 2012. Food safety is a highlight of this year’s expo. Keynote speaker for the Expo is Richard Linton, recently appointed Dean of the College of Agriculture at NC State University. In addition to his administrative roles, Linton is a highly respected expert in the area… 

Nov 21, 2012

Thanksgiving tips: Keeping your kitchen clean

Thanksgiving tips: Keeping your kitchen clean, CBSNews.com, Nov. 20, 2012. The velocity of water can spray pathogens up to yard away from your sink. Ben Chapman, food and consumer sciences, featured. 

Nov 21, 2012

N.C. team explores ‘lost city’ of Petra

N.C. team explores ‘lost city’ of Petra, News & Observer, Nov. 19, 2012. In the summer of 2012, an archaeological team from NC State and East Carolina University excavated several shaft tombs on Petra’s North Ridge to recover human bones remains and artifacts in order to learn about the non-elite residents of the city. S. Thomas Parker, history,… 

Nov 21, 2012

Advice for the Annual Observance of Food-Poisoning, Umm, Thanksgiving Day

Advice for the Annual Observance of Food-Poisoning, Umm, Thanksgiving Day, Wired, Nov. 20, 2012. For people who grew up before the antibiotic era — and who learned to cook when refrigerators were literal ice chests that kept things cool at best — “food poisoning” was a reasonable fear, and a risk they refused to take. Ben Chapman,… 

Nov 20, 2012

Thanksgiving advice on the Web (some actually useful!)

Thanksgiving advice on the Web (some actually useful!), Los Angeles Time, Science Now, Nov. 20, 2012. In keeping with the spirit of the season, experts have loaded up the Web with heaping helpings of holiday advice.  Some of it is useful. Ben Chapman, family and consumer sciences, featured. 

Nov 20, 2012

Gulf spill harmed small fish, studies indicate

Gulf spill harmed small fish, studies indicate, ScienceNews, Nov. 19, 2012. Two years after BP’s Deepwater Horizon well blowout, laboratory studies are finally offering clues to the spilled oil’s impact on sea life. Damian Shea, biology, featured. 

Nov 20, 2012

NC State students use software to boost WiFi performance by as much as 700%

NC State students use software to boost WiFi performance by as much as 700%, Android Authority, Nov. 19, 2012. Students at NC State University have come up with a clever way to increase the performance of WiFi networks by as much as 700%. 

Nov 20, 2012

Gazing into the navel, scientists find a diverse ecosystem of bacteria

Gazing into the navel, scientists find a diverse ecosystem of bacteria, Washington Post, Nov. 19, 2012. The Belly Button Biodiversity project has set out to catalog just what’s living inside the navel. The project, overseen by scientists from NC State University and the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, has taken a sampling of belly button swabs from themselves as…