Walter Weare

Jun 26, 2025

A New Pyramid-Like Shape Always Lands the Same Side Up

Quanta Magazine
At first, it might seem obvious that this should work. “After all, this is how roly-poly toys work: Just put a heavy weight in the bottom,” said Dávid Papp of North Carolina State University. But “this only works with shapes that are smooth or round or both.” When it comes to polyhedra, with their sharp edges and flat faces, it’s not clear how to design something that will always flip to the same side.

Jun 25, 2025

Breaking Down the Science Behind Tropical Storm Andrea

FOX Weather
The first named storm of the 2025 hurricane season, Tropical Storm Andrea, formed on Tuesday in the north Atlantic. Anantha Aiyyer, professor at North Carolina State University, explains how the storm was able to form under unusual circumstances.

Jun 19, 2025

Climate Change-Driven Fires Could Double Soluble Iron in Northern Oceans

Increasing wildfires in the Northern Hemisphere are projected to almost double the amount of nutrients such as iron in the atmosphere – with effects on CO2 storage and ocean productivity.

Jun 19, 2025

NC-ACS Project SEED Program Students Head to Japan

C&EN
High school student Lizbeth Luna-Lopez, who worked in the lab of Caroline Proulx, an associate professor of chemistry at NC State, will present her research project at Nagoya University in Japan.

Jun 17, 2025

2 Sciences Staff Members Named 2025 University Award for Excellence Winners

Kathie Dello and Deidre Hartley from the College of Sciences were among the 12 winners of the 2025 Award for Excellence.

Jun 17, 2025

Floods Are Worsening but Engineers Worry National Rainfall Database Won’t Be Updated

The only member of the Atlas 15 team to provide comments was lead scientist Ken Kunkel, a principal research scholar at North Carolina State University’s Institute for Climate Studies. He has studied heavy precipitation for more than 30 years and hopes that completion of Atlas 15, volumes 1 and 2 will be the capstone of his career.

Jun 11, 2025

Lizbeth Luna-Lopez: A Bright Future With ACS Project SEED

Lizbeth Luna-Lopez is one of eight students in the NC International Science Challenge who will present their research at the University of Nagoya in Japan.

Jun 10, 2025

NC State’s Data Science and AI Academy Upskills the Wolfpack With Practical AI

Paul Liu, a professor of marine, earth and atmospheric sciences, led a hands-on training for AI and large language model skills.

Jun 4, 2025

Advocates Protest Pesticide Measures in N.C. Senate Bill, Point to Potential Health Effects

North Carolina Health News
While there is premarket testing on pesticides, there’s no testing on people, said Jane Hoppin, an environmental epidemiologist at NC State University. Most people don’t know what’s in the pesticide they use, such as ant poison, which makes studying health effects difficult, she said.

Jun 3, 2025

Emily Griffith Receives the 2025 Libraries Faculty Award

Griffith is a Professor of the Practice in the Department of Statistics and the director of consulting for the Data Science and AI Academy.