Aug 9, 2012

Bed Bugs Put to Sleep: Town Hall Reopens Friday

Bed Bugs Put to Sleep: Town Hall Reopens Friday, Brick Patch, August 3, 2012. Brick’s municipal complex reopens after a bout with bed bugs left the building shut down. While known as “bed bugs,” the tiny, parasitic insects don’t necessarily live in beds or even residential homes. According to the NC State University Department of Entomology, bed bugs… 

Aug 9, 2012

Drescher: Program teaches teens to make a difference

Drescher: Program teaches teens to make a difference, News & Observer, August 3, 2012. Whitney Jones led seven teens and two adults from Raleigh to rural West Virginia to repair and improve homes. Whitney Jones, genetics, featured. 

Aug 9, 2012

Facebook says it has 14 million ‘undesirable’ user accounts

Facebook says it has 14 million ‘undesirable’ user accounts, PC Advisor, August 3, 2012. Facebook’s disclosure that it found 14 million user accounts it considers “undesirable” — meaning they are likely spewing spam or other malicious links and content — highlights the need for better user verification on the popular social network, security experts said.… 

Aug 9, 2012

Food safety rules to get a bit tougher

Food safety rules to get a bit tougher, Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel et al, August 3, 2012. A slate of new rules for food handling and safety take effect Sept. 1, the result of the state’s adoption of federal standards. Dr. Ben Chapman, family and consumer sciences, featured. 

Aug 9, 2012

Studies from North Carolina State University Reveal New Findings on Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Studies from North Carolina State University Reveal New Findings on Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Science Letter, August 3, 2012. Researchers publish study results on Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J.S. Jenkins, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured. 

Aug 9, 2012

Study Findings on Cysteine Endopeptidases Are Outlined in Reports from North Carolina State University

Study Findings on Cysteine Endopeptidases Are Outlined in Reports from North Carolina State University, NewsRx.com, August 3, 2012. Researchers present results from X-ray crystallography, enzymatic activity and molecular dynamics simulations for seven proteins, consisting of single, double and triple mutants.  J. Walters, molecular and structural biochemistry, featured. 

Aug 9, 2012

NC State students save big with tax-free online textbook orders

NC State students save big with tax-free online textbook orders, WRAL-TV, August 4, 2012. It’s day two of North Carolina’s sales tax holiday and many people are getting their 7 percent savings on school supplies without stepping foot in a store. At the North Carolina State University bookstore, where one textbook can run $200 or more, buying books… 

Aug 9, 2012

Vendors Roll Out Mobile Security, Vulnerability and Forensics Tools

Vendors Roll Out Mobile Security, Vulnerability and Forensics Tools, NetworkComputing.com, August 6, 2012. White Papers: Today’s mobile app stores are now rife with both malicious applications and outwardly good apps that have troubling features that could compromise both user and corporate data. In fact, one figure from the Android Malware Genome Project at North Carolina State University… 

Aug 9, 2012

West Nile Virus on the Rise: Simple Tips for Effective Protection

West Nile Virus on the Rise: Simple Tips for Effective Protection, EHS Today — Environment, Health and Safety – Online, August 8, 2012. This year has brought with it record Lyme disease risk and added concern about an uptick in West Nile Virus cases. Dr. Charles Apperson, entomology, featured. 

Aug 9, 2012

What Impact Will Health Care Have on 2012 State Elections?

What Impact Will Health Care Have on 2012 State Elections?, Governing, August 7, 2012. In many respects, despite being a federal law, the onus of implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) falls on the states. Dr.  Andrew Taylor, political science, featured. 

Aug 9, 2012

Early voting calendar divides public, Wake elections board

Early voting calendar divides public, Wake elections board, WRAL-TV, ABC Local, August 8, 2012. Dozens of Wake County residents urged the county Board of Elections to provide as much time for early voting as possible before the November election. The super sites include Cary Senior Center, Chavis Community Center, Optimist Community Center,  and Talley Student… 

Aug 9, 2012

First-Ever National Survey on Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Shows Mixed Support

First-Ever National Survey on Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Shows Mixed Support, HealthCanal.com, August 8, 2012. NC State researchers conducted the first nationally representative survey in the United States to gauge public opinion on the use of genetic manipulations to drive down mosquito populations and related diseases. Dr. Michael Cobb, political science, featured. 

Aug 9, 2012

N.C. State opens greenhouse complex near Research Campus in Kannapolis

N.C. State opens greenhouse complex near Research Campus in Kannapolis, Independent Tribune, Triangle Business Journal, August 7, 2012.  NC State started operations at a $340,000 greenhouse complex at the 350-acre biotech hub in Kannapolis. Drs. Allan Brown, Jeremy Pattison and Mary Ann Lila, horticultural science, featured. 

Aug 9, 2012

N.C. State opens greenhouses in Kannapolis

N.C. State opens greenhouses in Kannapolis, Triangle Business Journal – Online, August 8, 2012. NC State started operations at a $340,000 greenhouse complex at the 350-acre biotech hub in Kannapolis. 

Aug 8, 2012

Patients benefit from garden at NC health clinic

Patients benefit from garden at NC health clinic, WRAL-TV, August 5, 2012. Above the contaminated soil on a small patch of land between a parking lot and major thoroughfares, a downtown clinic has created a garden for its patients. The idea didn’t take off until a friend who was a landscape design student at NC State mentioned a…