May 19, 2021 Slash Gear

Spray-on stealth ceramic could make faster, tougher spy jets

It’s a reality that effectively caps the maximum speed stealth aircraft can run at, and the length of time they can be airborne, researchers at NC State University point out. On the one hand, supersonic aircraft build up huge quantities of heat from the friction of air striking areas like the wings. Meanwhile, jet exhaust temperatures… 

May 19, 2021 Futurity

Tougher Skin Could Boost Stealth Jet Performance

“It comes down to this: if we get the support we need to scale this up, aircraft manufacturers will be able to fundamentally redesign stealth aircraft,” says Chengying “Cheryl” Xu, whose research team at North Carolina State University developed the tougher radar-absorbent material. 

May 19, 2021 WFAE

First It Was Toilet Paper, Then It Was Gas. What Causes Us To Panic Buy?

All it takes for the Charlotte area to make a run on the grocery store during winter is a forecast of snow, no matter the amount. Perhaps that’s why North Carolina was squeezed the hardest by the panic buying of gasoline following the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack. More than 70% of gas stations in the… 

May 18, 2021 NBC Sports

Russell Wilson addresses the NC State Class of 2021

From 2008 through 2010, Russell Wilson called NC State home. He burst on the scene as a freshman, passing for 1,955 yards and 17 touchdowns and the legend was born. Wilson graduated from NC State in 2010 ending his career with the Wolfpack with 8,545 yards and 76 touchdowns, the fourth-most yards and second-most touchdowns in NC State… 

May 18, 2021 Outdoor Life

Hunters Could Become More Female, Less White, and More Urban, Says New Study

“The biggest gap we’re trying to fill is that a lot of R3 studies in the past have looked at the current population of hunters,” says Victoria Vayer, the study’s lead author, and a former graduate student researcher at North Carolina State University. “That’s not necessarily helping us recruit new hunters.” 

May 18, 2021 WRAL Tech Wire

Cloud, Microsoft are driving growth, say SAS executives in laying out 2021 agenda

Regional winners already named include NPK4Ever [US]. This team from North Carolina State University and startup Phinite used SAS Analytics to create a model for manure-based fertilizer recycling that can improve the environment and food production. The model identified potential manure sources from large-scale animal farms across the US, depots where this fertilizer could be consolidated and… 

May 18, 2021 Treehugger

Ghost Forest Tree ‘Farts’ Contribute to Climate Change, Study Finds

Researchers from North Carolina State University found greenhouse gas emissions from standing dead trees in ghost forests—which the researchers charmingly describe as “tree farts”—do need to be accounted for when assessing the net environmental impact of these environmental changes.1 The study, “Drivers of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Standing Dead Trees in Ghost Forests,” was published… 

May 18, 2021 Scientific American

‘Tree Farts’ Increase Carbon Emissions in Ghost Forests

Melinda Martinez, lead author and graduate student at North Carolina State University, said the emissions they measured from dead pine and bald cypress trees, also called snags, in five ghost forests on the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula in North Carolina need to be accounted for. “Even though these standing dead trees are not emitting as much as… 

May 17, 2021 Fast Company

‘The volume of the problem is astonishing’: Amazon’s battle against fakes may be too little, too late

So who is taking the time to create fake versions of relatively inexpensive household goods? Robert Handfield, a North Carolina State University professor who has studied Amazon’s counterfeiting problem, says there is an entire underground economy devoted to creating every possible consumer product imaginable. This includes everything from laundry detergent to running shoes, which eventually… 

May 17, 2021 WRAL

NFL star Russell Wilson encourages graduates not to give up on challenges at NC State commencement

 While the Class of 2021 at both North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will hear from some very high profile commencement speakers, only the Wolfpack will get the full in-person experience. NFL quarterback and N.C. State grad Russell Wilson delivered his commencement speech in person on Friday night… 

May 17, 2021 WRAL

Real bells ring for the first time in NC State’s Bell Tower

For decades, North Carolina State University has had a bell tower with no bells. That changed on Friday. The sound of actual bells rang on Hillsborough Street for the first time before the university’s graduation. The sound previously heard every half hour is simply a recording spilling from speakers controlled by a panel in another… 

May 17, 2021 Smithsonian

Why Ecologists Are Haunted by the Rapid Growth of Ghost Forests

Scientists are still investigating how the loss of coastal forests will affect the climate. Lindsey Smart, a research associate at the North Carolina State University Center for Geospatial Analytics, turned to satellite images and LIDAR (light detection and ranging), which uses laser pulses to map the land, to examine the rise of North Carolina’s ghost… 

May 17, 2021 Edutopia

How Hidden Classroom Dynamics Can Stymie Girls in STEM

“Girls are performing just as well as boys on standardized tests and on international tests of science achievement,” said Kathryn Stevenson, a Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management professor at North Carolina State University. “That’s not really the issue. What seems to be the issue is a leaky pipeline afterwards.” A recent large-scale study—encompassing over 1.6… 

May 14, 2021 WNYC Studios

A Look at Covid-19 Vaccine Incentives: Will They Work?

Throughout history, we’ve seen messaging — including propaganda and public service announcements — to encourage the improvement of public health. Small encouragements like the Mary Poppins song, or even more in-your-face public health messaging. And many of us can think of PSA’s from the past, and even some recent ones. From 1950’s films made to… 

May 14, 2021 CNET

Ghost forest ‘tree farts’ are releasing greenhouse gases, scientists say

Large swaths of coastal wetland forest areas in North Carolina have taken on an apocalyptic appearance, with dead trees standing out like bare sticks. A research team at North Carolina State University is studying the environmental impact of greenhouse gas emissions from these “ghost forests.” “Even the smallest fart counts,” said North Carolina State University…