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… 

May 30, 2012

Defensive Struggle: Android Under Attack

Defensive Struggle: Android Under Attack, Industrial Safety and Security Source, May 25, 2012.  It is no secret the Android platform is under attack with malware attacks hitting the system almost on a daily basis. That is why mobile security researchers are teaming to share samples and data on malware targeting the Android platform….   Xuxian Jiang,  computer… 

May 30, 2012

Giant turtle fossil discovered in Colombia

Giant turtle fossil discovered in Colombia, Wildlife Extra, May 28, 2012.  Picture a turtle the size of a Smart car, with a shell large enough to double as a kiddie pool. Paleontologists from North Carolina State University have found just such a specimen _ the fossilized remains of a 60-million-year-old South American giant that lived… 

May 30, 2012

Durham-Chapel Hill metro area April job growth rate ‘modest’

Durham-Chapel Hill metro area April job growth rate ‘modest’, Herald-Sun, May 26, 2012e.  Unemployment in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area fell to 7.1 percent in April, according to estimates released Friday by the N.C. Division of Employment Security….  Mike Walden, an economics professor at N.C. State University, said the 1.4 percent growth rate was modest,… 

May 30, 2012

Southeast tries to work with persistent drought

Southeast tries to work with persistent drought, Miami Herald – Online, Charlotte Observer, May 28, 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 use the information… 

May 30, 2012

Attention North Carolina is getting isn’t quite what it wants

Attention North Carolina is getting isn’t quite what it wants, Miami Herald, Sacramento Bee, Kansas City Star, et al, May 25, 2012.  When civic leaders boasted that having the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte was a chance to showcase the great things about living and working in North Carolina, they probably didn’t have recent events… 

May 29, 2012

Scientists Discover Giant Prehistoric Turtle | Sci-Tech Today

Scientists Discover Giant Prehistoric Turtle, Sci-Tech Today, May 28, 2012.  Paleontologists have discovered the fossilized remains of an ancient turtle that is being described as the size of a dining room table. Carbonemys cofrinii, or “coal turtle,” was more than six-feet long from nose to tail. It represents a rapid increase in size from the… 

May 29, 2012

Mars News, Science, Technology at MarsDaily.com

Mars News, Science, Technology at MarsDaily.com, SpaceDaily, May 25, 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, associate… 

May 29, 2012

Attention North Carolina is getting isn’t quite what it wants

Attention North Carolina is getting isn’t quite what it wants, News & Observer, Charlotte Observer et al,  May 27, 2012.  When civic leaders boasted that having the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte was a chance to showcase the great things about living and working in North Carolina, they probably didn’t have recent events in mind….… 

May 24, 2012

Android Malware Genome Project will catalog, share Android malware

Android Malware Genome Project will catalog, share Android malware, Ars Technica, May 24, 2012. Amid rising concerns about mobile malware, a group of security researchers is launching an initiative to improve collaboration around mobile threat analysis. The effort, which is led by researchers at NC State, is called the Android Malware Genome Project. Dr. Xuxian Jiang,… 

May 24, 2012

How to keep a Mars tumbleweed rover moving on rocky terrain

How to keep a Mars tumbleweed rover moving on rocky terrain, MarsToday.com, March 23, 2012.  NC State research 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. Andre Mazzoleni, NC State associate professor of…