Feb 3, 2017 Dairy Herd Management

Beating Bloat in Calves

Geof W. Smith, Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, says modern dairy practices may contribute to the problem—especially as they relate to abomasal emptying and its contributions to bloat. 

Feb 3, 2017 The Wire - India

How Two Songbirds in the Western Ghats Evolved Into Multiple New Species

“Discovering new diversity at the level of a genus in previously known species is rather like finding out that your parents were mistaken about their lineage and therefore you suddenly must take on a new last name!” says Madhusudan Katti, of the North Carolina State University. 

Feb 3, 2017 New York Times

Run. Eat a Doughnut. Run.

The Krispy Kreme Challenge started in 2004, as a dare among 10 college students: Run from the Memorial Bell Tower at North Carolina State University in Raleigh to the Krispy Kreme across town, eat a dozen doughnuts, then run back to campus. 

Feb 2, 2017 USA Today

Decades after civil rights gains, black teachers a rarity in public schools

U.S. schools have made “very little progress” in recruiting and retaining minority teachers over the past three decades, said Anna Egalite, a researcher at North Carolina State University’s College of Education. When she began looking at the statistics, she said, “one of the most stunning things” was just how little had changed since 1987, when… 

Feb 2, 2017 TerraDaily

Paper spotlights key flaw in widely used radioisotope dating technique

An oversight in a radioisotope dating technique used to date everything from meteorites to geologic samples means that scientists have likely overestimated the age of many samples, according to new research from North Carolina State University. 

Feb 2, 2017 WTVD

NC State offering job fair for engineers

“Right now, the economy is doing really well. All the companies are hiring and the possibility of large infrastructure spending is certainly peaking the interest of a lot of the engineering companies,” explained Marc Hoit, Vice Chancellor for Info Tech, NC State. 

Feb 2, 2017 Triangle Business Journal

NCSU survey: Entrepreneurs will be spending more, hiring more in first half of 2017

Lewis Sheats, executive director of the NCSU Entrepreneurship Clinic, says the increase likely boils down to the administration changeover in Washington, D.C. 

Feb 2, 2017 N&O

Krispy Kreme Challenge: From a dare to a BFD (big fundraising deal

Hassinger, then a sophomore at N.C. State University, said that about a dozen people completed the challenge the first year. A photographer from the school newspaper came and took pictures, and Hassinger said there was more interest the next year, when the challenge attracted about 100 participants. 

Feb 2, 2017 C&EN

Collagen found in 195 million-year-old dinosaur bone, perhaps

“Collagen is one of the best-studied biomolecules on the planet,” says Mary H. Schweitzer, a paleontologist at North Carolina State University. She previously reported finding traces of collagen in 80 million-year-old dinosaur bones (Science 2009, DOI: 10.1126/science.1165069) and recently reported additional evidence for that finding (J. Proteome Res. 2017, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00873). “Collagens, particularly collagen type… 

Feb 2, 2017 Washington Post

Oldest proteins ever have been found in a 195-million-year-old dinosaur, scientists say

At least, they couldn’t until 2005, when North Carolina State University researcher Mary Schweitzer discovered preserved blood and collagen in the bones of a 68-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex.  

Feb 1, 2017 Science News

Physicists seek neutron lifetime’s secret

Physicist Craig Huffer of North Carolina State University in Raleigh and colleagues are working on a bottle experiment that uses a magnetic field to trap neutrons. Rather than counting neutrons at the end, the researchers detect flashes of light produced as neutrons inside the bottle decay away. 

Feb 1, 2017 Mashable

Researchers develop a wearable to keep track of your hydration

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed an ideal wearable to pair with a fitness tracker for those extra sweaty workouts: a tiny Bluetooth-sensor that tracks skin hydration. 

Feb 1, 2017 Canada Globe and Mail

195-million-year-old dinosaur bone yields traces of soft tissue

Until now, the oldest-known dinosaur collagen is from an 80-million-year-old fossil investigated by researchers at North Carolina State University. 

Feb 1, 2017 Engineering and Technology UK

Wearable hydration skin sensor advises athletes about optimum refreshment

The technology has been developed by a team from North Carolina State University, USA. It uses two electrodes monitoring the electrical properties of the skin, which change with the level of hydration. 

Feb 1, 2017 Christian Science Monitor

Could this 195-million-year-old dinosaur bone still have some soft tissue in it?

Mary Schweitzer, a paleontologist at North Carolina State University, is not convinced the team has identified collagen. Although “the method is extremely sensitive and is capable of detecting molecular bonds in extremely low concentrations,” and is very specific and precise, Dr. Schweitzer writes in an email to the Monitor, “this method also has limitations.”