For 20 years, the Proposal Development Unit has helped NC State colleges and faculty secure more than $1 billion in research funding.
https://news.ncsu.edu/2024/04/prolific-partners-in-research/
Faculty receive distinguished honor from the world's largest scientific society.
https://news.ncsu.edu/2024/04/6-faculty-members-elected-as-aaas-fellows/
A new study from NC State University combines three-dimensional embroidery techniques with machine learning to create a fabric-based sensor that can control electronic devices through touch. A...
A new study finds simple changes in life cycle diagrams can improve student understanding of key biology concepts.
2024's hurricane season should be more active than usual.
https://news.ncsu.edu/2024/04/nc-state-researchers-predict-active-hurricane-season/
The N.C. Plant Sciences incubator provides lab and office space for emerging companies taking discoveries from plant sciences research and turning them into marketable solutions for agriculture a...
If you want to know where elements come from, look to the stars.
Within the glass-walled labs of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, you’ll find NC State faculty — and students — making scientific discoveries before your eyes.
https://news.ncsu.edu/2024/04/museum-partnership-invites-the-public-into-research/
Researchers have developed synthetic platelets that can be used to stop bleeding and enhance healing at the site of an injury.
The findings are relevant to any company where on-the-job training is important for developing a skilled workforce.
https://news.ncsu.edu/2024/04/constructive-feedback-at-work/
Heike Sederoff and her team are trying to understanding the symbiotic relationship between certain plants and the fungi and bacteria in the soil so they might some day return that lost relationsh...
https://news.ncsu.edu/2024/04/giving-symbiosis-back-to-the-brassicas/
The extent to which people understand existing racial inequities in access to health care can have an effect on how white and Black people view their own health.
Universities scoring strongly on measures of sustainability are associated with innovation and economic growth – but not environmental sustainability – in their home communities.
https://news.ncsu.edu/2024/04/universities-and-local-sustainability/
The bottom line? When a company took an aggressive stance, its stock price dropped.
https://news.ncsu.edu/2024/04/crisis-comms-and-stock-prices/
Nathan Crook, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, is discovering how Earth’s simplest life forms might unlock solutions to complex problems like antibiotic-resistant i...
https://news.ncsu.edu/2024/03/tiny-organisms-transformative-outcomes/
A new study finds the willingness of managers to use smart utility meters is a key driver in reducing energy consumption and related costs.
https://news.ncsu.edu/2024/03/smart-utility-meters-cut-manufacturing-costs/
Adrian Smith and artist Xavi Bou collaborate on an insect-based art project.
A new tool improves the accuracy of electronic devices that measure the color of a plant’s leaves to assess health.
https://news.ncsu.edu/2024/03/new-software-boosts-accuracy-of-tech-to-measure-crop-health/
A new collaborative study using thousands of cameras around the world reveals how animal behavior changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the study sheds light on how animal behavior ...
A gene associated with courtship behavior in fruit flies does not operate the same way in two different fruit fly species.
https://news.ncsu.edu/2024/03/courtship-gene-shows-different-effects-in-two-fruit-fly-species/
What does it take to domesticate a plant? Ryan Sartor is creating unique systems for testing duckweed, an aquatic plant that grows on wastewater.
The technique was developed for use in contexts when humans have an economic incentive to lie, such as applying for a mortgage.
A new polymer allows researchers to measure how much charge comes from spin within spintronic materials.
A simple trick improves the accuracy of techniques that help us understand how external variables – such as temperature – affect gene activity in plants.
https://news.ncsu.edu/2024/03/simple-trick-for-plant-genetics/
Adding a fourth light to traffic signals would shorten wait times at street corners for pedestrians, as well as improve traffic flow for both autonomous vehicles and human drivers.
https://news.ncsu.edu/2024/03/traffic-signal-pedestrians-vehicles/
A new study finds an anti-racist intervention did not cause stress or feelings of alienation among high school students.
https://news.ncsu.edu/2024/03/anti-racist-school-program-study/
As American society continues to divide along political lines, higher education and educators have unique potential to help foster interpartisan friendships, according to a new study from North C...
Harnessing the ability of wood products to store carbon even after harvest could have a significant effect on greenhouse gas emissions and change commonly accepted forestry practices, a new study...
Getting the winds right is key to accurately model Pacific Ocean warming.
A desire to reduce overdose deaths is spurring DIH prosecutions -- but the evidence suggests it may be harming public health.