Feb 15, 2018 Ars Technica

More nightmare fuel: Bedbugs create cesspool of poop and histamine in your bed

Homes with bedbug infestations can become histamine Dutch ovens, according to a new study led by entomologists and health experts at North Carolina State University. 

Feb 15, 2018 New Atlas

EagleRay amphibious fixed-wing drone is at home in sea or sky

We’re increasingly seeing drones that cross over between those two worlds, and now engineers from North Carolina State University have developed the EagleRay XAV, an amphibious fixed-wing drone that can fly or dive as needed. 

Feb 15, 2018 Technology Networks

Novel Green Chemistry Method Improves Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Efficiency

Researchers at North Carolina State University have now developed a green chemistry method that combines aspects of both processes to improve efficiency at a minimal cost of processing time. 

Feb 15, 2018 IAM

Diversity in the workforce leads to more innovation and patents, new study finds

Published in December, the paper – “Do Pro-Diversity Policies Improve Corporate Innovation” – was co-authored by Roger Mayer and Richard Warr of North Carolina State University, and Jing Zhao of Portland State University. 

Feb 14, 2018 LiveScience

Ant Species Stay Healthy with Self-Made Antibiotics

Insects such as ants don’t make antibodies — instead, they rely on other methods to repel microbial invaders, study co-author Adrian Smith, an assistant research professor of biological sciences at North Carolina State University, told Live Science in an email. 

Feb 14, 2018 Mental Floss

A Chemical in Bed Bug Poop Might Be Making You Feel Sick

For their study, recently published in the journal PLOS One, scientists at North Carolina State University tested the dust in a bed bug-infested apartment complex. 

Feb 14, 2018 Dread Central

Eight Misconceptions about Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

He helped found and served as the first director of the MFA program in creative writing at North Carolina State University, where he has taught since 1982. 

Feb 14, 2018 WNCN

Bed bug impacts linger in homes, NC State research suggests

The evidence of bed bugs lingers for months after the infestation is gone, leading to some health questions, according to new research out of North Carolina State University. 

Feb 14, 2018 Gizmodo

Bed Bugs Are Pooping Histamine Into Our Homes—and Possibly Making Us Sick

Researchers at North Carolina State University examined homes in an apartment complex long plagued by bed bugs in Raleigh. 

Feb 13, 2018 Southeast Farm Press

Proper fertilizer placement can increase corn yields without more cost

So advises North Carolina State University Extension Corn Specialist Ron Heiniger, who reminds growers that yield is a multiplier and they need to multiply their yields at a faster pace than they increase costs. 

Feb 13, 2018 Quartz

Even after you get rid of bed bugs, chemicals in their waste lingers for months

New research from North Carolina State University shows homes that have been treated for bed-bug infestations have levels of histamines, the chemicals responsible for allergies and other immune reactions, up to 20 times higher than homes that had never been infested. 

Feb 13, 2018 Philadelphia Inquirer

Think Extermination Ends Your Bedbug Woes? Think Again

But histamines that bedbugs shed can cause rashes and trigger respiratory problems in humans, researchers from North Carolina State University found. 

Feb 13, 2018 South China Morning Post

Couples that work out together tend to stay together, and Hong Kong pair are living proof

In 2013, a study by North Carolina State University and the University of Texas in Austin surveyed 21 couples and found those that were supportive and attuned to such healthy behavioural changes tended to report more positive communications, as well as physical and emotional intimacy. 

Feb 13, 2018 Science News

Even after bedbugs are eradicated, their waste lingers

Researchers from North Carolina State University in Raleigh collected dust from apartments in a building with a chronic bedbug infestation. 

Feb 13, 2018 News & Observer

What’s up with all these coyotes? What N.C. says you should do about them

Roland Kays is a research associate professor at N.C. State University who has studied the impacts of hunting and hiking on animal populations.