Mar 8, 2018 American Veterinarian

Anesthetic Complications in Dogs with Heart Disease

Investigators at the North Carolina State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital performed a retrospective study to assess the influence of heart disease on anesthetic complications and mortality in geriatric canine patients. Anesthetic complications occurred at similar rates regardless of whether dogs had cardiac disease or not, and none of the 200 dogs experienced anesthetic mortality. The… 

Mar 7, 2018 Toronto Sun

For weight loss that lasts, eat mindfully

In the journal Current Obesity Reports, nutritionist Carolyn Dunn and colleagues from North Carolina State University performed the first review of research papers on mindful eating and weight loss. “All studies showed weight loss results” with mindful eating, they reported. In addition, four of five studies over a follow-up period found continued weight loss. The… 

Mar 7, 2018 Durham Herald Sun

Amazon still considering the Triangle for HQ2, but it’s already poaching its students

“For the last four to five years, Amazon has consistently been the top consumer of N.C. State computer science new grad talent, averaging well over 20 new grad hires per year … mainly students with masters degrees,” said Kenneth Tate, director of corporate and alumni relations at N.C. State’s computer science department. “This has been… 

Mar 7, 2018 Triangle Business Journal

A birdfish?! Drone developed at N.C. State that swims and flies

Meet the “EagleRay XAV.” It flies. It dives. And it – at least in prototype – does so with finesse. It’s the first unmanned, fixed-wing aircraft, capable of traveling both through the air and under the water, and it was developed in an N.C. State University laboratory. 

Mar 7, 2018 The Conversation

The Cold War’s toxic legacy: Costly, dangerous cleanups at atomic bomb production sites

As a researcher in environmental and energy communication, I’ve studied the legacies of nuclear weapons production. From 2000 to 2005, I served with a citizen advisory board that provides input to state and federal officials on a massive environmental cleanup program at Hanford, now one of the most contaminated sites in the world. Essay by… 

Mar 6, 2018 Smithsonian

Termites Are Moving in With Cockroaches, Taxonomically

As Coby Schal, entomologist at North Carolina State University, explains in a press release, extensive DNA sequencing suggests that termites split from cockroaches 150 million years ago, roughly 50 million years before highly social species like ants, bees and wasps. Unlike cockroaches, which are usually solitary creatures with an omnivorous diet, the termite evolved a… 

Mar 6, 2018 Southeast Farm Press

Hello Fresh, Blue Apron seen as markets for Carolina agriculture

The growing interest in culinary culture with such meal-preparation services as Blue Apron and Hello Fresh present a great market opportunity for North Carolina farmers, says North Carolina State University agricultural economist Dr. Blake Brown. 

Mar 6, 2018 News & Observer

Math reveals the perfect free throw

Some 20 years ago, my colleague Dr. Chau Tran and I developed a way to simulate the trajectories of millions of basketballs on the computer. We went to the coaches and assistant coaches at North Carolina State University, where we are based, and told them we had this uncommon ability to study basketball shots very… 

Mar 6, 2018 Science News for Students

Can DNA editing save endangered species?

Todd Kuiken is an environmental scientist at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. He and Esvelt talked about gene drives and CRISPR on October 6. They were taking part in the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa. Kuiken agrees that lots of people should think hard and talk about whether and how… 

Mar 6, 2018 Chronicle of Higher Education

National Academy of Sciences Awards

The National Academy of Sciences will honor 19 people at its annual meeting in April with awards recognizing their scientific achievements. The awards carry cash prizes and/or research support of $15,000 to $100,000. Rodolphe Barrangou, an associate professor of food science at North Carolina State University, will receive the NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture… 

Mar 6, 2018 Washington Post

More and more research points to mindfulness — not certain foods — for weight loss

In the journal Current Obesity Reports, nutritionist Carolyn Dunn and colleagues from North Carolina State University performed the first review of research papers on mindful eating and weight loss. “All studies showed weight loss results” with mindful eating, they reported. In addition, four of five studies over a follow-up period found continued weight loss. The… 

Mar 5, 2018 Seattle Post-Intelligencer

#MeToo on the 1930s silver screen

Time’s 2017 Person of the Year was “The Silence Breakers,” a growing contingent of women who have been speaking out about sexual harassment by men in positions of power. But the sexual exploitation of women is hardly something new. As Time observed, the #MeToo movement “has actually been simmering for years, decades, centuries.” Essay by… 

Mar 5, 2018 WRAL TechWire

Morrisville-based Apjet looks to raise $2M from investors (+ video)

Apjet develops a fabric coating technology that eliminates the need for water and reduces the need for high energy and large amounts of chemicals to treat fabrics. The company was founded in 2002 at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 2008, Apjet formed a development partnership with N.C. State University College of… 

Mar 5, 2018 Scientific American

The Math behind the Perfect Free Throw

The fate of a free throw is set the instant the ball leaves the player’s fingertips, so we looked closely at the “launch conditions” of the shot. The ball is located at some height above the floor. It has a rate at which it is spinning backwards (called backspin), and it has a launch speed… 

Mar 5, 2018 Infosurhoy

Study offers blueprint for community-based public history research

A new paper on fieldwork in rural Belize serves as a case study for how an established anthropology fieldwork model can be used to develop site-specific cultural and historical exhibits and train a new generation of public history scholars. The paper also highlights the importance of diversity to research teams – especially in community-based scholarship.…