Dec 10, 2012

US professor slams ‘dangerous’ failures in Android malware vetting

US professor slams ‘dangerous’ failures in Android malware vetting, GoMo News, Yahoo! News et al, Dec. 11, 2012. Research by a US professor has revealed that an astonishing 85 per cent of malware fails to be discovered by Google’s new app verification service. Xuxian Jiang, computer science-engineering, featured. 

Dec 10, 2012

Fluctuating blood pressure more harmful

Fluctuating blood pressure more harmful, PRLog, Dec. 11, 2012. In the elderly persons with high blood pressure further fluctuations and spikes in blood pressure readings can affect their ability to think clearly. NC State University study found that people whose systolic blood pressure is 130 mm Hg or above, the cognitive functions gets impaired on days when… 

Dec 10, 2012

Are you doing enough to prevent your child from using alcohol and marijuana?

Are you doing enough to prevent your child from using alcohol and marijuana, Yahoo! Shine, Dec. 11, 2012. While I doubt anyone would argue the importance of drug and alcohol prevention programs in schools, a recent study shows such programming is not enough to keep kids from using alcohol and marijuana. 

Dec 10, 2012

13 Eyewitness News at 5:30AM

13 Eyewitness News at 5:30,  KTRK-TV, Dec. 11, 2012. North Carolina State University to develop a mini sized prosthetsis. 

Dec 10, 2012

Can we make sense of deficits, debts and all that?

Can we make sense of deficits, debts and all that?, Bladen Journal, Dec. 11, 2012. As 2012 comes to a close, the nation is focused on discussions and debates about the fiscal cliff and efforts to tame the federal government’s financial affairs. Mike Walden, agricultural and resource economics, featured. 

Dec 10, 2012

Scott Mooneyham: Money and lines drive political polarization

Scott Mooneyham: Money and lines drive political polarization, Salisbury Post, Dec. 11, 2012. Whenever folks begin preaching about political polarization in America, they have a tendency to focus on the symptoms. N.C. State University’s Emerging Issues Institute this week held a series of discussions about political polarization dubbed the “Redesigning Democracy Summit.” The organizers correctly identify political… 

Dec 10, 2012

Structure Of Carbon’s ‘Hoyle State’ Revealed By Researchers

Structure Of Carbon’s ‘Hoyle State’ Revealed By Researcher, RedOrbit, Dec. 12, 2012. An NC State researcher has taken a “snapshot” of the way particles combine to form carbon-12, the element that makes all life on Earth possible. Dean Lee, physics, featured. 

Dec 7, 2012

The Hoyle State: A Primordial Nucleus Behind the Elements of Life

The Hoyle State: A Primordial Nucleus Behind the Elements of Life, Scientific American, Dec. 6, 2012. Physicists are working to reveal how the Hoyle state atomic nucleus gives rise to the light elements that enable life, and how it drives the evolution of stars. Dean Lee, physics, featured. 

Dec 7, 2012

Browser hacks enable free cloud computing

Browser hacks enable free cloud computing, New Scientist, Dec. 6, 2012. Loopholes in a new type of browser taps the cloud to boost web page load speeds. William Enck, computer science-engineering, featured. 

Dec 7, 2012

Researchers craft tool to minimize threat of endocrine disruptors in new chemicals

Researchers craft tool to minimize threat of endocrine disruptors in new chemicals, PHYS.org, Dec. 6, 2012. Researchers have developed a safety testing system to help chemists design inherently safer chemicals and processes. Heather Patisaul, biology, featured. 

Dec 7, 2012

Big Data And Analytics Expertise: Beg, Borrow Or Steal?

Big Data And Analytics Expertise: Beg, Borrow Or Steal?, InformationWeek, Dec. 5, 2012. If the 10-year pattern holds for big data analytics, a new wave of graduates is just starting to emerge and will reach a steady stream by 2018. Top schools include North Carolina State University, which has a well-known one-year Master of Analytics… 

Dec 7, 2012

Mike Sigmon: Faded campus bargains

Mike Sigmon: Faded campus bargains, News & Observer, Dec. 5, 2012. As reported by the Triangle Business Journal, an average UNC system degree is achieved by spending $70,380, some $10,000 more than the national average. Chancellor Randy Woodson featured. 

Dec 6, 2012

Researchers Craft Tool to Minimize Threat of Endocrine Disruptors in New Chemicals

Researchers Craft Tool to Minimize Threat of Endocrine Disruptors in New Chemical, Individual.com, Toronto Telegraph et al, Dec. 7, 2012. Researchers have developed a safety testing system to help chemists design inherently safer chemicals and processes. Heather Patisaul, biology, featured. 

Dec 6, 2012

Prevention Of Alcohol, Marijuana Use By Children Could Be In The Hands Of Their Parents

Prevention Of Alcohol, Marijuana Use By Children Could Be In The Hands Of Their Parents, Medical News Today, mediLexicon et al, Dec. 7, 2012. Researchers find that parental involvement is more important than the school environment when it comes to preventing or limiting alcohol and marijuana use by children. Toby Parcel, sociologyand anthropology, featured. 

Dec 6, 2012

Designers envision greenhouse-market in shipping containers

Designers envision greenhouse-market in shipping containers, Aberdeen News, American News, Dec. 7, 2012. After three years of experimenting with new ways to grow food, two Raleigh men are ready to launch a food production system made out of shipping containers. Gary Bullen, agricultural and resource economics, featured.