Feb 4, 2026 ECO Magazine

A Hearing Test for the World’s Rarest Sea Turtle

In JASA, published on behalf of the Acoustical Society of America by AIP Publishing, researchers from Duke University Marine Laboratory, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and North Carolina State University evaluated the hearing sensitivity of a group of Kemp’s ridley turtles to understand their vulnerability to human-caused noise. 

Feb 4, 2026 Morning Ag Clips

More Help for Southeastern Dairies

The University of Tennessee is partnering with North Carolina State University and the University of Kentucky as well as the Kentucky Center for Agriculture and Rural Development and Kentucky Dairy Development Council to engage communities in dairy opportunities. The focus is leadership and educational opportunities for dairy owners and operators, development of checklists and marketing… 

Feb 4, 2026 SCIENCE Mag

Scientists Conduct Hearing Assessment on the World’s Rarest Sea Turtle

Kemp’s ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) are recognized as one of the most imperiled sea turtle species on the planet, largely confined to the eastern and Gulf coasts of North America, regions that coexist with some of the busiest maritime routes globally. While the perils posed by traditional anthropogenic factors such as fishing bycatch, habitat… 

Feb 4, 2026 MSN

Nearly half of chronic fatigue patients test positive for Bartonella or Babesia infection

Babesia and Bartonella are often suspected as co-infections with Lyme disease, and a previous NC State study detected co-infections with both genera in patients with unspecified chronic illnesses. 

Feb 3, 2026 The Tribune Chronicle

Your conifer isn’t dead; it’s deciduous

The foliage is feathery and pretty. The cones are small, egg-shaped and hang on long stems. Over time, the branches droop and fissures develop in the bark. North Carolina State University recommends giving this fast growing tree plenty of room, perhaps using it as a specimen tree on a large property. 

Feb 3, 2026 Gonzaga Bulletin

Do helicopter parents hold their kids back?

Study co-author Professor Anna Manzoni, of North Carolina State University, said: “It is well-established that parental investment during their children’s childhood and adolescence has positive outcomes. “However, our study points to a shift in parental role as young people mature into early adulthood, ages 18 to 28. “Specifically, our findings suggest that parents who are… 

Feb 3, 2026 Phys.org

A hearing test for the world’s rarest sea turtle: Understanding its vulnerability to human-caused noise

In The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, researchers from Duke University Marine Laboratory, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and North Carolina State University evaluated the hearing sensitivity of a group of Kemp’s ridley turtles to understand their vulnerability to human-caused noise. 

Feb 3, 2026 Reuters

USDA to release flies near US-Mexico border to fight screwworm pest

“They’re pretty effective as long as you can outnumber the population,” said Max Scott, an entomology professor at North Carolina State University. 

Feb 2, 2026 The Triangle Tribune

Free training aims to help restaurants comply with new food safety rule

“This rule – the FDA’s Food Traceability Rule – will be a valuable tool for food safety and public health, but there are two complications,” said Ellen Shumaker, a food safety expert at N.C. State University who led development of the training course. “First, many of the people responsible for complying with the rule may… 

Feb 2, 2026 Information Week

IT Leaders Fast-5: Marc Hoit, North Carolina State University

In this installment of the IT Leaders Fast-5 — InformationWeek’s column for IT professionals to gain peer insights — Dr. Marc Hoit, CIO and vice chancellor for IT at North Carolina State University, talks about what it takes to scale technology across a large public university.Hoit, who is also a professor in NC State’s Department of… 

Feb 2, 2026 The Assembly

North Carolina’s Snow Day Problem

Finding a solution that works for everyone is “a little bit of a rabbit hole,” said Mathew Palmer, project director of N.C. State University’s School & Community-Aligned Master Planning (SchoolCAMP), which advises school districts on complex problems. “I’ll forewarn you because I’ve been down it a couple hundred times. There’s reasonable positions to take across… 

Feb 2, 2026 TIME Magazine

Snow Storms in North America. A Record Heat Wave in Australia. Is This Climate Change?

“You can’t really attribute any specific single weather event to climate change,” says Gary Lackmann, professor in the department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at NC State University. That said, scientists are getting better at determining the degree to which climate change can make such events more likely or severe. As greenhouse gasses are released… 

Jan 30, 2026 TIME Magazine

Astronauts Are Going Back to the Moon For The First Time in Half a Century

Koch, 46, made her way to NASA via the South Pole. When she was a child, her dual fascinations were Antarctica and space, and the walls of her bedroom were covered with posters and maps of both. “If anyone within a country mile said the word Antarctica, I was all over it, asking, “How can… 

Jan 30, 2026 Nature

This AI has chemical expertise — and helps synthesize 35 new compounds

Martin Seifrid, a materials scientist at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, says that MOSAIC is notable in that it avoids “throwing the largest possible model at a problem, instead choosing to focus on a carefully designed system of much smaller ‘expert’ models”. “Each specialized model is more accurate within its domain,” Seifrid says. 

Jan 30, 2026 Fortune

Gen Z believes using AI is making their colleagues dumb and lazy, but may paradoxically see it as key to their own promotion, Wharton says

But resolving AI anxiety doesn’t address the question of AI use impacting critical thought. Some future-of-work experts, including Mark Beasley, professor and director at North Carolina State University’s Poole College of Management, believe a critical thinking gap, not an AI skills gap, will pose a serious threat to organizational pipelines and business operations. Beasley told…