Aug 31, 2015 Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Threading the CRISPR Needle with DNA Nanoclews

NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill researchers have created and utilized a nanoscale vehicle composed of DNA to deliver theCRISPR-Cas9 gene editing complex into cells both in vitro and in vivo. Chase Beisel, Zhen Gu and Wujin Sun, engineering, featured. 

Aug 31, 2015 Science World Report

Ankylosaur’s Tail Evolution: What Came First, Knob or Handle?

Scientists have traced the evolution of the Ankylosaur’s clubbed tail to discover the age old question about the dinosaur: what came first, the club or the handle? Victoria Arbour, biological sciences, featured. 

Aug 28, 2015 University Herald

House dust reveals gender, location and presence of pets

A recent study by researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder and NC State has suggested that the dust microbes in the house predict the geographical location of the house, the gender of the occupants and the presence of a pet in the house. 

Aug 28, 2015 Tech Times

Dust In Your House Can Give Away Your Secrets: Study

NC State and University of Colorado, Boulder, launched a study to collect indoor and outdoor dust as part of a citizen science effort known as Wild Life of Our Homes. The study found that ordinary dust in your home can tell a lot about you — including the region where you live, what pets you have and… 

Aug 28, 2015 Nature World Report

Dust reveals your home’s secrets

With the launch of Wild Life of Our Homes, a citizen science project that asked people to collect indoor and outdoor dust samples from their homes, researchers found that we live in a microbial zoo, and this study was an attempt to catalog that diversity. Rob Dunn, biological sciences, featured. 

Aug 28, 2015 Nanowerk

Researchers use DNA ‘nanoclews’ to shuttle CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool into cells

Researchers from NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill have for the first time created and used a nanoscale vehicle made of DNA to deliver a CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool into cells in both cell culture and an animal model. Chase Beisel, Zhen Gu and Wujin Sun, engineering, featured. 

Aug 28, 2015 Phys.Org

Researchers use DNA ‘clews’ to shuttle CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool into cells

Researchers from NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill have for the first time created and used a nanoscale vehicle made of DNA to deliver a CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool into cells in both cell culture and an animal model. Chase Beisel, Zhen Gu and Wujin Sun, engineering, featured. 

Aug 28, 2015 ScienceBlog.com (blog

Fracking may lead to decline in visitation in public parks

Tourism, recreation, and sport management researchers from NC State, University of Florida, and Florida State University aimed to explore the extent—if any—to which hydraulic fracturing in or around public parks may influence continued visitation and participation. The results of the study will be presented next month in Dublin, Ireland, during the annual meeting of the European Association… 

Aug 28, 2015 AccuWeather.com

Jellyfishlike Creature Invasion Leaves Outer Banks Beachgoers Mystified

An expert from NC State’s Center for Marine Sciences and Technology (CMAST) says the appearance of porpita porpita, or blue buttons, washing up on Outer Banks beaches is due to winds from offshore storms. Craig Harms, CMAST, featured. 

Aug 27, 2015 Christian Science Monitor

Turns out dust in your home reveals more about you than just cleaning habits

Scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder and NC State analysed the dust found in 1,200 households across the US and discovered that household dust contains 9,000 different species of microbes, including bacteria and fungi. 

Aug 27, 2015 Allure Magazine (blog)

In Case You Forgot, There Are Mites Living on Your Face

According to NC State researchers, nearly every American adult plays host to the mites. They live in our hair follicles and sebaceous glands and occasionally like to stroll across our face. Megan Thoemmes and Rob Dunn, biological sciences, featured. 

Aug 27, 2015 Mother Nature Network

You don’t even want to know what’s in your dust

Researchers analyzed household dust from all over the country and found that the type and amount of fungi and bacteria in our homes depends on where exactly we live and who we share our space with. Rob Dunn, biological sciences, featured. 

Aug 27, 2015 CBS News

Household dust can tell gender makeup of your home

Researchers have discovered that household dust may predict not only the geographic region of a given home, but the gender ratio of the occupants and the presence of a pet as well. Rob Dunn, biology; Holly Menninger et al., sciences, featured. 

Aug 27, 2015 WCQS

French-American Climate Change Symposium Comes to Raleigh

The talk, “Climate-Smart Agriculture: Innovation and Resiliency,” is part of a series of conferences in the United States and Canada to build public discourse ahead of December’s United Nations climate change conference in Paris. Host Frank Stasio talks to NC State professor and climatologist Ryan Boyles. Ryan Boyles, sciences, featured. 

Aug 27, 2015 WUNC

French-American Climate Change Symposium Comes to Raleigh

The talk, “Climate-Smart Agriculture: Innovation and Resiliency,” is part of a series of conferences in the United States and Canada to build public discourse ahead of December’s United Nations climate change conference in Paris. Host Frank Stasio talks to NC State professor and climatologist Ryan Boyles. Ryan Boyles, sciences, featured.