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Jun 18, 2025

Climate Change May Make Prescribed Fires Rarer – but Increase Their Air Quality Impacts

Prescribed burns are important for preventing wildfires, but a new study finds managed fires are major contributors to air pollution – a problem that may become more pronounced with climate change. 

Jun 11, 2025

Researchers Create New Way to Remove Phosphorus from Contaminated Water

Researchers have created an inexpensive material that can filter phosphorus from contaminated surface waters, drinking water supplies or wastewater streams and reuse the phosphorus for agricultural applications. 

Jun 6, 2025

Set It and Forget It

Dynamic structures leap into the air on a predetermined schedule without intervention from computers or external stimuli. 

Jun 2, 2025

Study Finds Coastal Flooding More Frequent Than Previously Thought

Flooding in coastal communities is happening far more often than previously thought, according to a new study from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The study also found major flaws with the widely used approach of using marine water level data to capture instances of flooding. “Government agencies… 

May 29, 2025

Exploring Deep Learning AI for Cancer Treatment

Winners of the TraCS Clinical and Translational Science Pilot award program, NC State researchers are harnessing AI to create deep neural networks of genetic and medication data. Emphasizing a cost-effective precision medicine approach, the research holds the potential for tailoring anti-cancer drugs to patients’ DNA. 

May 29, 2025

Laser Technique Revolutionizes Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic Manufacturing for Space, Defense Applications

The new technique uses lasers to create ceramics that can withstand ultra-high temperatures, with applications ranging from nuclear power technologies to spacecraft and jet exhaust systems. 

May 28, 2025

Solitonic Superfluorescence Paves Way for High-Temperature Quantum Materials

A new study describes both the mechanism and the material conditions necessary for superfluorescence at room temperature. 

May 21, 2025

Physics Advance Details New Way to Control Solid Objects in Liquid

The discovery will allow researchers to engineer technologies that make use of the technique to develop applications in fields such as biomedical testing and drug development. 

May 20, 2025

Even Without Feds, States Can Take Meaningful Action on Climate Change

In the absence of an ambitious federal climate strategy, a new study shows state-led action can make a significant difference in reducing carbon emissions and addressing climate change. 

May 19, 2025

Advances Bring Us Closer to New ‘Light-Squeezing’ Technologies

Researchers have improved upon techniques that use thin films to compress infrared light, demonstrating three advantages that make the films more useful for practical applications. 

May 12, 2025

What Are the Tradeoffs When People Have to Choose Between Clean Air and Clean Water?

A new study suggests that, while health risks from the resulting air pollution are real, the benefits associated with boiling water generally outweigh those risks. 

Apr 28, 2025

Sending Off Our 2025 Graduates

Meet five graduates from NC State's class of 2025 and learn about the journeys they took to get here. 

Apr 28, 2025

High-Wire Act: Soft Robot Can Carry Cargo Up and Down Steep Aerial Wires

Researchers have created a light-powered soft robot that can carry loads through the air along established tracks, similar to cable cars or aerial trams. 

Apr 24, 2025

Could Self-Driving Labs Lead to a New Era of Scientific Research?

How a new approach to research could expedite work on sustainable energy, emerging diseases and other global challenges. 

Apr 16, 2025

For All the Marbles

Kids were the judges and NC State researchers were the contestants at the Marbles Kids Museum’s first-ever Backwards Science Fair.