May 31, 2012

Music Piracy May Help an Album’s Sales

Music Piracy May Help an Album’s Sales, U.S. News & World Report, May 30, 2012. Could piracy actually help album sales? A new study by a researcher at North Carolina State University suggests that frequently, pirated albums sell slightly more copies than ones that aren’t. 

May 31, 2012

Kudzu bug egg masses in soybeans could spell trouble

Kudzu bug egg masses in soybeans could spell trouble, Southeast Farm Press – Online, May 29, 2012. Kudzu bug levels in soybeans in the Carolinas continue to be something of a puzzle to entomologists in both states, but the good news is early suggestions for delaying spraying in most cases seems to have been the correct… 

May 31, 2012

Poisonous Plants for Goats

Poisonous Plants for Goats, Living the Country Life – Online, May 30, 2012. Goats are known for their stomachs of steel, but some plants can make them sick. Radio interview source: Jean-Marie Luginbuhl, Extension Meat Goat Specialist at NC State, is mentioned. 

May 31, 2012

Southeast Drought 2012: Georgia, South Carolina Residents Try To Make Do With Dry Weather

Southeast Drought 2012: Georgia, South Carolina Residents Try To Make Do With Dry Weather, The Huffington Post, May 30, 2012. A scientist at North Carolina State University has developed a model that uses long-range forecasts and climate data from the past several decades and pairs it with stream flows and reservoir levels in hopes governments will… 

May 31, 2012

Wildlife Refuges Boost Property Values, Study Shows

Wildlife Refuges Boost Property Values, Study Shows, Green Blog, May 30, 2012. Beyond the scenic views or flora and fauna, metropolitan area homeowners who live near a national wildlife refuge now have a different reason to appreciate the proximity. Research shows that such homes have higher property values than those that are farther from a reserve…… 

May 31, 2012

How to Keep a Mars Tumbleweed Rover Moving

How to Keep a Mars Tumbleweed Rover Moving, Astrobiology Magazine, May 30, 2012. New research from North Carolina State University shows that a wind-driven “tumbleweed” Mars rover would be capable of moving across rocky Martian terrain – findings that could also help the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) design the best possible vehicle… Dr. Andre Mazzoleni,… 

May 31, 2012

When FMD Strikes

When FMD Strikes, AgWeb.com / AgDay.com, May 30, 2012. “The key question for emergency managers has changed from ‘If FMD breaks in the U.S.’ to ‘When it breaks, how can we minimize the damage?’” says consultant Richard Horwitz….”The answer lies in having a well-developed response plan in place before FMD hits,” says Geoff Benson, agricultural economist… 

May 31, 2012

Japanese invader spreading across the South

Japanese invader spreading across the South, AlaskaDispatch.com, Farm Chemicals International, May 30, 2012. Somewhere near here, an uninvited guest – a nubbin-size stinkbug, like a tiny drab ladybug – arrived on America’s shores in 2009 and found, like invasive species that had come before, a bounty… Dominic Reisig, an entomologist at NC State, is mentioned. 

May 31, 2012

Music park construction to start this summer

Music park construction to start this summer, The Free Press, ENC Today, Individual.com, May 30, 2012. Months from now, the “lonely little sculpture” on a vacant four-acre lot at Springhill and South Queen streets could have a good deal of company as construction moves ahead on Kinston’s African-American Music Trail Park…the park’s four-person design team, which… 

May 31, 2012

Stump The Geeks: Scrubbing old computer programs raises questions

Stump The Geeks: Scrubbing old computer programs raises questions, News & Observer Online, Republic Online, Telegraph Online, TMCnet.com, Individual.com, May 30, 2012. In the past few weeks, several readers wrote in to say they took our experts’ advice in doing a bit of spring cleaning on their desktops and laptops. But they also had a few… 

May 31, 2012

Romney launches sunny ad in swing states

Romney launches sunny ad in swing states, Anchorage Daily News Online, Tribune Online,  May 28, 2012. Mitt Romney on Friday launched his first general election ad with an appeal to four key swing states. The ad was part of a new initiative by the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to woo voters in North Carolina, Virginia, Iowa and… 

May 30, 2012

What’s in store? Forecasters predict active hurricane season for Gulf Coast

What’s in store? Forecasters predict active hurricane season for Gulf Coast, Houma Courier, May 25, 2012.  The 2012 hurricane season forecasts call for a below average season but a potentially active period for the Gulf Coast. Predictions at Colorado State University, North Carolina State University and AccuWeather indicate the season, which runs from June 1 to… 

May 30, 2012

Uninstalling programs during routine computer maintenance raises questions

Uninstalling programs during routine computer maintenance raises questions, News & Observer, May 28, 2012. Over the past few weeks, several readers wrote in to say they took our experts’ advice in doing a bit of spring cleaning on their desktops and laptops. But they also had a few questions. Q: I was intrigued about your comments… 

May 30, 2012

NSF grant allows NCSU, Duke, UNC and NCCU to partner with Texas State

NSF grant allows NCSU, Duke, UNC and NCCU to partner with Texas State, Triangle Business Journal – Online, May 25, 2012.   The National Science Foundation has awarded Texas State University $3.1 million for a materials science research partnership with NCSU, UNC, Duke and NCCU in the Triangle. 

May 30, 2012

Master Gardener – Go native in your garden

Master Gardener – Go native in your garden, Wilmington Star-News, May 25, 2012.  Interest in gardening with native plants is increasing in the Southeast for many reasons, but chief among these is a desire to provide food and shelter for native wildlife such as song birds, beneficial insects, pollinators and hummingbirds….  Column by Charlotte Glen, Pender…