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August 2017

Haley Newton with kids in the Dominican Republic

Aug 30, 2017

Finding Purpose Through Service

Chemistry student and Goodnight Scholar Haley Newton discovered a passion for international service on a trip to the Dominican Republic.

Motorized molecules open up synthetic membrane and release dye molecules from lipid vesicles upon light activation in a model system.

Aug 30, 2017

Molecular Motors and Molecular Machines: A Q&A With Gufeng Wang

Learn how chemistry researchers are creating light-driven, motorized molecules capable of drilling holes in membranes of individual cells.

Joshua Pierce, NC State Chemistry

Aug 30, 2017

Investing in Ideas

Three promising College of Sciences projects are among those receiving support from the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund, which helps NC State researchers move their inventions into the marketplace.

NC State Belltower at night

Aug 23, 2017

Physicist Richard Longland Receives DOE Early Career Research Award

The prestigious award will support Longland's research on the life cycles of stars, with the goal of better understanding how the elements in the universe were made.

Aug 22, 2017

Technique Expedites Chemical Screening to Prioritize Toxicity Testing

A new technique that can determine in seconds if a chemical has the potential to activate key genes could be used to prioritize chemicals for in-depth toxicity testing.

Aug 17, 2017

Gallardo-Williams Completes DELTA Faculty Fellows Program

Chemistry faculty Maria Gallardo-Williams completed the two-year DELTA Faculty Fellows program, which helps faculty become instructional technology mentors.

Partial solar eclipse

Aug 16, 2017

Eclipse 2017: Campus Celebration, Citizen Science and Safety Tips

Find out what you need to know about the solar eclipse that's sweeping the nation on August 21.

Aug 15, 2017

We’re No. 1: NC State Is Top Value in N.C.

Money magazine named NC State the best college for the money in North Carolina.

Aug 3, 2017

Finding Neutrinos: A Q&A With Physicist Matthew Green

An NC State physicist describes his work detecting neutrinos, one of the basic building blocks of the universe.

Aug 3, 2017

NC State Receives DARPA Funding to Develop, Test Gene Drive System

A grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will help NC State geneticists study ways to maintain and protect ecosystem biodiversity.