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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 15, 2017 WIRED

Humans Made the Banana Perfect—But Soon, It’ll Be Gone

Rob Dunn is a professor in the department of applied ecology at North Carolina State University. 

Mar 14, 2017 Gizmodo

Gluten-Free Pretzel Sticks Are Better Than Regular Pretzel Sticks

North Carolina State University food scientist and food texture expert Allen Foegeding bought a bag this weekend to help us understand what could make the substitute so good. 

Mar 13, 2017 Vocativ

The Government Doesn’t Know When To Tell Us About Food Outbreaks

“I think that when you look at the state and local level, risk communication isn’t always in their focus or skill set,” lead author Ben Chapman, an associate professor of agricultural and human sciences at North Carolina State University told Vocativ over email. 

Mar 13, 2017 Medgadget

Tiny Paper Pumps to Power Microfluidic Devices

Now researchers at North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have come up with a small, paper based fluid pump that can be accurately controlled to move fluids through a microfluidic system. 

Mar 13, 2017 Mashable

This is what actually makes your Kickstarter successful (Hint: Not $)

Researchers at North Carolina State University found that the number of people who supported a project on Kickstarter — rather than how much money the project raked in — was the real indicator of whether a product would succeed. 

Mar 10, 2017 Asheville Citizen-Times

Buncombe sun for sale: Solar farm in the works

The costs of solar are going down, but public/private clean energy partnerships remain relatively unexplored, said Tommy Cleveland, renewable energy project coordinator at the NC Clean Energy Technology Center, a division of North Carolina State University. 

Mar 10, 2017 WUNC-FM's "State of Things"

‘Never Out Of Season’ Highlights Menace Of Monocultures

“Never Out Of Season” (Little, Brown, and Company/2017) by biologist Rob Dunn, a professor in the department of applied ecology at North Carolina State University, walks readers through the precarious corporate food system and explains how diversity is crucial to crop survival. 

Mar 10, 2017 U.S. News & World Report

Dystopian Fiction Is Selling Like There’s No Tomorrow

“Now maybe it’s a sense that, well, it’s still not that bad,” said John Morillo, who teaches a course on dystopias at North Carolina State University. “They can close this book and say, ‘Now there’s hope for the future.'” 

Mar 10, 2017 R&D Magazine

Engineers Use Paper to Power Microfluidic Machines

An unconventional power source has been created for future biomedical advancements. Biomedical engineers based at North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill developed paper pumps that harness capillary action to run microfluidic devices. 

Mar 10, 2017 Associated Press

Dystopian fiction is selling like there’s no tomorrow

John Morillo, who teaches a course on dystopias at North Carolina State University, said readers have long enjoyed dystopian fiction because it lets them experience the thrill of something horrific without the threat of real danger. But now he sees another benefit — it can offer readers a comforting reminder about the world today. 

Mar 10, 2017 NPR

Scientists Closer To Creating A Fully Synthetic Yeast Genome

“You can think of it of like introducing an invasive species into a different environment,” says Todd Kuiken, a senior research scholar at North Carolina State University’s Genetic Engineering and Society Center. “It will have some type of impact to the system.” 

Mar 10, 2017 Pacific Standard

The Syrian Migrant Crisis You’ve Never Heard of—and Why It Matters Today

“We’ve been here a long time, and in fact we are very much part of the fabric of what makes this country what it is today,” says Akram Khater, a history professor at North Carolina State University. 

Mar 9, 2017 Genetic Literacy Project

‘Product versus process’ focus of GE crop regulation debate stalls biotech progress

One issue that has dominated the debate [over genetic engineering] is whether the focus of regulation should be the process by which GE organisms are made or the GE products themselves (the living organisms or products derived from them). Guest post by Jennifer Kuzma, professor and co-director of the Genetic Engineering and Society Center at North… 

Mar 9, 2017 Arbor Day Foundation

Greenway Helps Fight Crime In Chicago

An in-depth study of Chicago neighborhoods in 2011 and 2015 suggests that parks and greenways could play a role in reducing crime. During that time, crime of all types decreased at a faster rate in neighborhoods along Chicago’s 2.7-mile Bloomingdale Trail – better known as The 606 – than in similar neighborhoods. 

Mar 9, 2017 Science Daily

Study finds knowledge gaps on protecting cultural sites from climate change

North Carolina’s Cape Lookout lighthouse has survived threats ranging from Civil War raids to multiple hurricanes, but the Outer Banks site can’t escape climate-related changes such as rising sea levels, coastal erosion and flooding from stronger storms.