With microbes in your shower, fungi on the floor, you’re ‘Never Home Alone’

Published on Mar 6, 2019 WTOP

With microbes in your shower, fungi on the floor, you’re ‘Never Home Alone’

“Regardless of how you live and how you clean and how you seal yourself in, your house will be full of life,” said Rob Dunn, a biologist and professor in the department of applied ecology at North Carolina State University.…

Published on Mar 6, 2019 Inverse

91 Percent of US Coal Plants Leak Toxins, but Scientists Have a Plan

First, the bad news: An analysis by Earth Justice and the Environmental Integrity Project found that hundreds of coal plants across the country are leeching dangerous toxins into surrounding groundwater. But scientists at North Carolina State University may have already found a solution to…

Published on Mar 5, 2019 ScienceBlog

Dying Trees In Cities? Blame It On The Concrete

A North Carolina State University study examining urbanization, scale-insect abundance and latitudinal warming on tree health in the Southeast captured a few surprising results. The study showed more scale insects on red maple trees in the midrange of eight cities…

Published on Mar 5, 2019 Forbes

Tech Workers Are Still Willing To Work For Scandal-Ridden Companies

For example, a study from North Carolina State University found that a code of ethics did not appear to make any difference in the decisions made by computer scientists once they entered the field.

Published on Mar 5, 2019 The News and Observer

Black boys should see success beyond athletics

Joy Gaston Gayles, a professor of higher education at North Carolina State University, has focused much of her career on the interaction of colleges and student-athletes, particularly students of color. “You learn so much from a playing a sport, but…

Published on Mar 5, 2019 Environmental Factor

PFAS — a problem in North Carolina drinking water

Researchers, community members, and others gathered Feb. 14 at the NIEHS-funded Center for Human Health and the Environment (CHHE) at North Carolina State University (NCSU), to discuss the environmental and health impacts in North Carolina of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as…

Published on Mar 4, 2019 WCTI

Citizen Science Program needs your help observing the weather

“Monitoring weather and climate conditions in North Carolina is no easy feat,” said Heather Dinon Aldridge, Assistant State Climatologist and Interim Assistant Director of the State Climate Office, based at North Carolina State University.

Published on Mar 4, 2019 ScienceBlog

How Bacteria Can Help Prevent Coal Ash Spills

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a technique that uses bacteria to produce “biocement” in coal ash ponds, making the coal ash easier to store and limiting the risk of coal ash spills into surface waters.

Published on Mar 4, 2019 Winston-Salem Journal

Candid Critters project captures photos of animals in the wild

North Carolina’s Candid Critters program uses volunteer citizen scientists to deploy motion-activated “camera traps” to photograph wildlife in their natural habitat. The program is a collaboration between N.C. State University, N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, the…

Published on Mar 4, 2019 WFAE

Elevated Pollutants In Rivers Suspected In Many Parts Of NC

The PFAST program, organized and funded through the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory at UNC Chapel Hill, is made up of researchers from six UNC system universities along with Duke University and Wake Forest University. The team includes Detlef Knappe, an N.C.…

Published on Mar 1, 2019 The Coastland Times

NCDOT, NC State working to improve bridge lifespan

The North Carolina Department of Transportation and North Carolina State University are teaming up to improve the longevity of bridges across the state. “This is very cutting-edge technology,” NCDOT Research and Development Manager Neil Mastin said. “Around the country, this…

Published on Mar 1, 2019 WUNC

Post Florence, NC Farmers Turned To Compost To Clean Up

“From a safety perspective, it’s the preferred method to deal with these amounts on site,” said Mamoud Sharara, an N.C. State University professor and extension agent who specializes in animal waste management.

Published on Mar 1, 2019 Carolina Public Press

Elevated pollutants in rivers suspected in many parts of NC

The testing network, known as PFAST, starts initial testing in the Piedmont this spring and eventually spreads statewide, taking multiple samples at 191 public drinking water intakes and 149 municipal drinking water systems using groundwater. The team includes Detlef Knappe, an…

Published on Mar 1, 2019 Ed Scoop

How NC State is planning for the future of quantum computing

To accelerate the development of quantum computing, North Carolina State University and IBM are putting the technology in the hands of the the future workforce of the field — college students. New curriculum and research on quantum computing, enabled by IBM’s first…

Published on Feb 28, 2019 North Carolina Health News

As mental health needs rise among farmers, experts are reaching out

The NC Farm Bureau has held several meetings in the eastern part of the state and brought people to talk about farm finances and stress. And Marcom-Tutor has worked to create a collective effort between the Bureau, the Agromedicine Institute…

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