Oct 21, 2012

Carbon Nanotubes Knocked Down, Stretched Out To Make Super-Strong Ribbon

Carbon Nanotubes Knocked Down, Stretched Out To Make Super-Strong Ribbon, Knovel, Oct. 17, 2012. A new process for producing carbon nanotubes could help create stronger composite materials and make the materials more useful for manufacturing. 

Oct 21, 2012

Cameroon: U.S. Veterinarian Works to Save Cameroon’s Elephants

Cameroon: U.S. Veterinarian Works to Save Cameroon’s Elephants, AllAfrica.com, Oct. 17, 2012. An estimated 1,000 to 5,000 African elephants remain in Cameroon. Populations have been decimated by poachers. Mike Loomis, clinical sciences, featured. 

Oct 21, 2012

State’s jobless rate dips slightly

State’s jobless rate dips slightly, News & Observer, Oct. 20, 2012. The state’s unemployment rate fell for the first time in five months but failed to keep pace with a sharp drop in the nationwide jobless rate. Michael Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

Oct 18, 2012

Flagging support for Obama puts more of youth vote in play

Flagging support for Obama puts more of youth vote in play, News & Observer, Oct. 18, 2012. A wave of excited young voters helped lift President Barack Obama to a narrow victory in the state four years ago, but flagging support is now putting a repeat win in jeopardy. NC State student Hunter McMillian featured. 

Oct 18, 2012

New Technique For Sorting Live Cells

New Technique For Sorting Live Cells, Product Design & Development, 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 18, 2012

Both national party chairs at state Thursday for GOTV rallies

Both national party chairs at State Thursday for GOTV rallies, News & Observer, Oct. 17, 2012. Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Shultz will part of the GottaVote bus tour which will hold its first rally of the day at NC State University. The NCSU campus will also see the Republican National Committee chairman later in the… 

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.