Aug 8, 2012

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 Facebook says it has 14 million ‘undesirable’ user accounts

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 Facebook says it has 14 million ‘undesirable’ user accounts, Macworld, August 3, 2012. Facebook’s valid user verification efforts appear to fall short. Xuxian Jiang, computer science-engineering, featured. 

Aug 8, 2012

Oldest Recorded Supernova

Oldest Recorded Supernova, Scientific Computing & Instrumentation – Online, August 3, 2012. Data from four different space telescopes create a multi-wavelength view of all that remains of the oldest documented example of a supernova, called RCW 86. B. Williams, physics, featured. 

Aug 7, 2012

Water and Land Issues Associated with Animal Agriculture: A U.S. Perspective

Water and Land Issues Associated with Animal Agriculture: A U.S. Perspective, Paramus Post, August 3, 2012. Agriculture and society have entered a critical phase as the global population grows in number and income while the availability of land and freshwater for agriculture diminishes. A major challenge identified in 2006 was how to double the global… 

Aug 7, 2012

Whistleblowing in the Corporate World Series: Part 3 – Accountants as Whistleblowers: Newly Empowered to Make Ethical Reporting Choices (live audio webcast)

Whistleblowing in the Corporate World Series: Part 3 – Accountants as Whistleblowers: Newly Empowered to Make Ethical Reporting Choices (live audio webcast), Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, August 3, 2012. Presentation provides practical guidance for accountants and other interested parties about accountants’ responsibilities, rights, and risks when they detect possible securities violations in light of the new… 

Aug 7, 2012

• Kudzu nymphs could create problems for soybeans

• Kudzu nymphs could create problems for soybeans, American Farm Publications Inc., August 3, 2012. Adult kudzu bugs have been sited in soybean fields in 14 counties in Virginia. Dr. Ames Herbert Jr., entomology, featured. 

Aug 7, 2012

How Does Soap Soothe Cramps?

How Does Soap Soothe Cramps?, People’s Pharmacy – Online, August 5, 2012. Sometimes we come across a home remedy that seems so preposterous it hardly deserves a second thought. That happened to us nearly a decade ago when readers of this column started telling us that they were putting soap under the bed sheet to prevent… 

Aug 7, 2012

Sunday, August 12 2012

Sunday, August 12 2012, Carolina Journal, August 5, 2012. The drought that’s choking the Midwest is also throttling North Carolina livestock growers, who are seeing record-high feed prices and worrying about farms and processing plants shutting down. “Dr. Kelly Zering, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

Aug 7, 2012

Weekend: Remember Universal Design when planning, buying a home

Weekend: Remember Universal Design when planning, buying a home, Courier – Online, August 5, 2012. Universal Design is a movement based on the idea that all living areas and products should be usable by all people, regardless of their ages, sizes or abilities. The Center for Universal Design at North Carolina State University has developed seven principles… 

Aug 7, 2012

WRAL News Sunday Morning

WRAL News Sunday Morning, WRAL-TV, August 5, 2012. North Carolinians take advantage of  popular sales tax holiday. At the NC State University bookstore, buying high dollar books equal double digit savings. 

Aug 7, 2012

College yearbook archive offers many blasts from the past

College yearbook archive offers many blasts from the past, News & Observer, August 5, 2012. Thanks to an impressive digitization project at the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center at UNC-Chapel Hill , hundreds of old yearbooks from 51 North Carolina colleges are all now available to peruse online. N.C. State previously digitized its yearbooks independently and that… 

Aug 7, 2012

Doctors perform reconstructive surgery on puppy

Doctors perform reconstructive surgery on puppy, WTVD-TV (WTVD), August 3, 2012. Reconstructive surgery gives a dog named Henry a new look and a better life. Dr. Kyle Mathews, clinical sciences, featured. 

Aug 2, 2012

Rodent thieves help forests to grow

Rodent thieves help forests to grow, News & Observer, August 2, 2012. Anyone who’s ever had a picnic knows that rodents such as squirrels are itching to steal your food. Dr. Roland Kays, forestry and environmental resources, featured. 

Aug 2, 2012

Arthropods in our Homes

Arthropods in our Homes, WUNC-FM, August 1, 2012. Creepy crawling creatures co-exist among us in our homes, but before you whip out the bug spray, researchers would like to inspect, collect samples from and analyze the insect species found in and around your home. Dr. Michelle Trautwein, entomology, featured. 

Aug 2, 2012

Petition urges NC State to kick Chick-fil-A off campus

Petition urges NC State to kick Chick-fil-A off campus, News 14 Carolina, July 31, 2012. NC State University is the latest to get wrapped up in the national controversy involving Chick-fil-A’s stance on gay marriage. A student group has started an online petition urging NC State to remove the fast food chain from campus. 

Aug 2, 2012

New technology for monitoring 150,000 aging US highway bridges

New technology for monitoring 150,000 aging US highway bridges, PHYS.org, July 31, 2012. On August 1, 2007, without warning, the roadway suddenly disappeared beneath drivers on Minneapolis’ I-35W Bridge. The collapse sent more than 100 cars into the Mississippi River, killing 13 and injuring 145. NC State engineering featured.