Common Bacterium Stops Mosquitoes from Transmitting Dengue Virus
Strains of a bacterium commonly found in fruit flies can prevent the Aedes aegypti mosquito from transmitting the virus that causes dengue fever, researchers have found. Their discovery could lead to a...
View ArticleStatistician Receives $5 Million To Train Atmospheric Researchers
A North Carolina State University statistician has been tapped to create a national network of statisticians with interdisciplinary expertise in atmospheric and oceanic science, in order to better...
View ArticleNew Statistical Models to Link Climate Change, Effect of Pollution on Health
A new collaboration led by a North Carolina State University statistician aims to predict how a changing climate may impact the effect of airborne pollutants on human health. Dr. Montserrat Fuentes,...
View ArticleSupernova Solved
In 185 A.D., Chinese astronomers recorded a bright “guest star” in the night sky. By the 1960s, astronomers figured out that the guest star was in fact a supernova, and identified the remains of the...
View ArticleNC State University Aims to Increase Diversity in Geosciences
A new initiative from North Carolina State University will address the need for increased awareness of, and participation in, geosciences fields from traditionally underrepresented groups. NC State has...
View ArticleFrom Superbugs To Supernovas: Research Highlights From 2011
From research in antibiotic use and superbugs, which could help us address a global medical challenge, to a supernova finding that solved a millennia-old stellar mystery, 2011 was an exciting year for...
View ArticleCompound May Help in Fight Against Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs
North Carolina State University chemists have created a compound that makes existing antibiotics 16 times more effective against recently discovered antibiotic-resistant “superbugs.” These so-called...
View ArticleResearchers Develop Better Control for DNA-Based Computations
A North Carolina State University chemist has found a way to give DNA-based computing better control over logic operations. His work could lead to interfacing DNA-based computing with traditional...
View ArticleMechanism Behind Capacitor’s High-Speed Energy Storage Discovered
Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered the means by which a polymer known as PVDF enables capacitors to store and release large amounts of energy quickly. Their findings could...
View ArticleNC State’s Reynolds Receives Award for Excellence in Teaching
Dr. Stephen P. Reynolds, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor of Physics at North Carolina State University, has been honored with an Award for Excellence in Teaching from the University of...
View ArticleNew X-ray Technique Reveals Structure of Printable Electronics
An innovative X-ray technique has given North Carolina State University researchers and their collaborators new insight into how organic polymers can be used in printable electronics such as...
View ArticleNC State Hosts Science Olympiad April 28
North Carolina State University will host more than 2,500 of the state’s best and brightest middle- and high-school students at the North Carolina Science Olympiad on Saturday, April 28. In competitive...
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Graduation Year Drives Facebook Connections for College Grads
Are you connected to college friends on Facebook? Research from North Carolina State University shows that these social networks tend to form around graduation year or university housing – rather than...
View ArticleResearchers Use Light to Switch On Gene Expression
Imagine being able to control genetic expression by flipping a light switch. Researchers at North Carolina State University are using light-activated molecules to turn gene expression on and off. Their...
View ArticleControlling Gene Expression With Hydrogen Peroxide “Switches”
Hydrogen peroxide doesn’t just come in bottles from the drugstore – the human body makes it as well. Now researchers from North Carolina State University have found a way to use naturally occurring...
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Researchers Devise More Accurate Method for Predicting Hurricane Activity
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new method for forecasting seasonal hurricane activity that is 15 percent more accurate than previous techniques. “This approach should...
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Researchers Reveal How Solvent Mixtures Affect Organic Solar Cell Structure
Molecular view at an interface between two regions in a solar cell. Image by Brian Collins, copyright Wiley. Controlling “mixing” between acceptor and donor layers, or solar cell domains, in...
View ArticleAdditive Restores Antibiotic Effectiveness Against MRSA
Researchers from North Carolina State University have increased the potency of a compound that reactivates antibiotics against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), an...
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Analysis of Dinosaur Bone Cells Confirms Ancient Protein Preservation
T.rex (B), B. canadensis (E) and ostrich osteocytes (H) showing positive response to propidium iodide, a DNA intercalating dye. A team of researchers from North Carolina State University and the Palo...
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Researchers Reveal Structure of Carbon’s ‘Hoyle State’
Alpha clusters in the Carbon-12 nucleus forming a "bent arm" shape. A North Carolina State University researcher has taken a “snapshot” of the way particles combine to form carbon-12, the element that...
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