Top Performer in Independent Tests

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NC State news is shared far and wide. Below are just some of our recent appearances in local, regional, national and international media publications.

Apr 26, 2012

Top Performer in Independent Tests

Top Performer in Independent Tests – International Fire Protection Magazine – April 25, 2012. It takes real confidence in your products to hand them over to an independent test facility to be compared to other fabrics in the market and then invite customers to see how they perform. NC State’s Center for Research in Textile Protection and Comfort…

Apr 26, 2012

SpaceX Docking at Space Station Set to Free Data Stuck in Orbit

SpaceX Docking at Space Station Set to Free Data Stuck in Orbit – Scientific American, Nature – April 25, 2012. When it comes to doing science on the International Space Station (ISS), the laws of gravity have been flipped: what goes up mostly stays up. Imara Perera, NC State plant biologist featured.

Apr 26, 2012

Daily Local News

Daily Local News – Daily Local News – Online; also Associated Press – April 26, 2012. On a January night, under cover of darkness, Matt Tomasulo and friends dared to commit a subversive act: They placed 27 signs at three intersections in Raleigh, N.C.,advising people how long it takes to walk from one destination to…

Apr 25, 2012

Space-station rendezvous set to spur research push

Space-station rendezvous set to spur research push – Nature – April 25, 2012. Upcoming docking of commercial supply craft heralds easier access to orbiting laboratory. Samples from experiments performed on the International Space Station may soon have a return route to Earth aboard the Dragon capsule developed by SpaceX…. Imara Perera, a plant biologist at NC State,…