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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.

Mar 7, 2024 Farm Progress

Secret to stellar corn yields? Right hybrid, planted on right day

“We have seen this gain in genetics that allows us to at least have some hope of making respectable and profitable yields. The challenge for you is to use those genetics correctly, to put them in the right place at the right time,” Heiniger, North Carolina State University Extension corn specialist said at an Extension… 

Mar 7, 2024 Newsweek

Young People Actually Look Older From Stress, Study Finds

“There’s substantial research that tells us stress makes older adults feel their age, or even feel older than they actually are,” Shevaun Neupert, a professor of psychology at North Carolina State University, said in a statement. “And the literature tells us that when seniors feel older than they actually are, that is associated with a… 

Mar 6, 2024 WorldHealth.net

Stress Can Make You Look And Feel Older

“There’s substantial research that tells us stress makes older adults feel their age, or even feel older than they actually are,” says Shevaun Neupert, corresponding author of the study and a professor of psychology at North Carolina State University.” And the literature tells us that when seniors feel older than they actually are, that is… 

Mar 6, 2024 NeuroScience News

Stress Ages You, But Control Can Keep You Young

“There’s substantial research that tells us stress makes older adults feel their age, or even feel older than they actually are,” says Shevaun Neupert, corresponding author of the study and a professor of psychology at North Carolina State University. 

Mar 6, 2024 One Green Planet

The April Solar Eclipse Brings Confusion for Animals

Dr. Adam Hartstone-Rose, a professor of comparative anatomy at North Carolina State University, was initially skeptical about the eclipse’s impact on animals. However, his observations during the 2017 event prompted him to delve deeper into this captivating phenomenon. Setting up studies across multiple zoos for the upcoming eclipse, Hartstone-Rose aims to unravel the mysteries behind… 

Mar 6, 2024 Study Finds

High stress really does make younger people feel and look older

“There’s substantial research that tells us stress makes older adults feel their age, or even feel older than they actually are,” says Shevaun Neupert, corresponding author of the study and a professor of psychology at NC State, in a media release. “And the literature tells us that when seniors feel older than they actually are, that… 

Mar 5, 2024 Yahoo! News

PFAS is piling up in our trash. Can we keep it contained?

Researchers are still trying to understand whether the chemicals are also escaping into the air, whether through gasses from landfills, aeration in wastewater treatment and the emissions from incinerators, said Detlef Knappe, a professor of environmental engineering at North Carolina State University. 

Mar 5, 2024 Financial Management Magazine

Why risk management failures are not limited to banking

Each year North Carolina State University in the US partners with AICPA & CIMA to survey executives across the globe on the state of enterprise risk management practices. According to the 2023 Global State of Enterprise Risk Oversight: Managing the Rapidly Evolving Risk Landscape report, 68% of the 983 global respondents representing a variety of… 

Mar 5, 2024 WBUR

Oyster restoration project focuses on increasing diversity in marine sciences

A new grant will aid North Carolina’s efforts to establish oyster sanctuaries. A North Carolina State program is monitoring the health of the oyster restoration projects and has a goal of recruiting students of color to join the marine sciences field. 

Mar 5, 2024 USA Today

April’s total solar eclipse will bring a surreal silence and confuse all sorts of animals

“I thought it was going to be nonsense, I didn’t think animals were going to be affected. at all,” said Adam Hartstone-Rose, a professor of comparative anatomy at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC. “Clouds pass over and they don’t react. It was so ephemeral.” 

Mar 4, 2024 Smithsonian Magazine

Watch This Year’s ‘Dance Your PhD’ Contest Winner, a Musical Celebration of Kangaroo Behavior

Weli took home the overall winner’s purse of $2,000, in addition to his $750 social science category prize. The three other winning videos this year focused on how adversity in early life can affect how genes work (Siena Dumas Ang, Princeton University), treating the loss of neurons by targeting a protein involved with the circadian… 

Mar 4, 2024 Forbes

Can A Supplement Make Your Dog Live Longer? New Clinical Study Suggests That You May

The double-blind clinical study was conducted at North Carolina State University Veterinary College, a leading vet school. Professor Natasha Olby, an award-winning neurologist and the corresponding author on the paper, confirmed the effects of the supplement to significantly improve cognitive function and emphasized the clinical trial’s rigorous methodology and its implications for improving canine quality… 

Mar 4, 2024 Farm Progress

Managing farming uncertainty

Fortunately, farmers have tools in this digital age that help them survive uncertainty. North Carolina State University has developed online tools to help farmers manage thrips in cotton and determine the best corn planting date. On April 1, N.C. State is expected to release an online grower decision support tool on the Extension soybean portal… 

Mar 4, 2024 Science.org

Poised to be first widely consumed gene-edited animals, virus-resistant pigs trot toward market

Rodolphe Barrangou, a food scientist at North Carolina State University who is also editor-in-chief of The CRISPR Journal but not involved with the work, says the study is the “end of the beginning” of bringing gene-edited livestock to the wide market because so many farmers will likely want PRRS-resistant pigs. “It’s not just a nice… 

Feb 29, 2024 WRAL Tech Wire

Mike Walden: For NC’s economic future, we must address these challenges

A strong economy obviously relies on a workforce trained for the skills needed in that economy.  But the needed skills constantly change over time, and many experts think these changes will accelerate in upcoming decades. One big game-changer will be artificial intelligence.  One study predicts 30% of all hours worked today could be eliminated by…