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Ruoying He looks at ocean weather visualizations on large screens

Dec 19, 2018

Oceanographer He Awarded $2.1M Grant From National Academies

The grant will support Ruoying He's study of dynamics of key currents in the Gulf of Mexico.

Student Kerri Johnson in Talley Student Union

Dec 12, 2018

Kerri Johnson: Remarkable Researcher

Undergraduate research has been a major part of graduating biological sciences student Kerri Johnson's NC State experience.

Illustration of a Stenopterygius ichthyosaur

Dec 5, 2018

Soft Tissue Shows Jurassic Ichthyosaur Was Warm-Blooded, Had Blubber and Camouflage

Research published in Nature describes what soft-tissue analysis reveals about an ancient, dolphin-like marine reptile.

PKS Enumerator software generates new macrolides by permuting key chemical building blocks.

Nov 27, 2018

Virtual Library of 1 Million New Macrolide Scaffolds Could Help Speed Drug Discovery

The virtual library contains chemical structures and computed properties for a family of chemicals mainly used as antibiotics and anti-cancer drugs.

Two houses surrounded by flooding

Nov 8, 2018

Hurricane Florence: How We Helped Our State

The storm ravaged North Carolina like few others have. Before, during and after the storm, our scientists were there to help.

The 10 Three Minute Thesis finalists pose after the competition.

Nov 7, 2018

Sciences Graduate Students Share Their Research — in Three Minutes

Watch presentations by three Sciences students who recently competed in the Graduate School's Three Minute Thesis contest.

NC State belltower with a red filter

Nov 7, 2018

Researchers.One: A New Model for Open Access Publishing and Peer Review

Researchers have developed a genuinely open-access peer review publication platform they believe will promote academic freedom, broaden dissemination and improve the quality of scientific research.

Michael Bereman (right) and graduate student Josh Beri look at a computer in his lab in 2017.

Nov 5, 2018

Researchers Identify Promising Proteins for ALS Diagnosis and Prognosis

A team led by an NC State researcher with ALS has discovered new links between particular proteins and this deadly disease.

Sign that says Polling Place Vote Here

Nov 1, 2018

Building Better Predictions From Polls

Inaccurate 2016 election predictions were due not to shy voters or flawed surveys, but to excessive averaging over multiple polls. An NC State statistician proposes a better model.

A drawer of dye samples in NC State's Max Weaver Dye Library

Oct 22, 2018

NC State Library: Where Hair Product Researchers Go to Dye

NC State researchers are using a campus dye library to find new and safer hair-coloring products.