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March 2018

Lindsay Zanno shows off a rare dinosaur egg find at a recent event

Mar 29, 2018

Paleontologists Make an Egg-cellent Discovery

High on a rocky cliff in central Utah, paleontologists Lindsay Zanno and Bucky Gates found something rare — a large clutch of fossilized dinosaur eggs.

Ross Shaft and Yates Shaft headframes that provide access to the Sanford Lab

Mar 27, 2018

Experiment Seeks to Determine Why Matter Outnumbers Anti-matter in the Universe

A new project is aimed at detecting a process called neutrinoless double-beta decay, which could be key to explaining why there is more matter than anti-matter in the universe.

Graduate Research Symposium at NC State

Mar 26, 2018

Sciences Students Win Honors at 2018 Graduate Research Symposium

Several Sciences graduate students were named winners at the Graduate Student Research Symposium, featuring posters by more than 200 students.

NC State gateway

Mar 20, 2018

Lamb Wins NACADA Advising Award

Susan Lamb has won a Region 3 Excellence in Advising award from the National Academic Advising Association.

NC State gateway

Mar 13, 2018

Sremaniak Receives Equity for Women Award

Chemist Laura Sremaniak received the Equity for Women Award at NC State’s 2018 Sisterhood Dinner ceremony.

Michael Specter of The New Yorker delivers the College of Sciences' second Crossroads lecture

Mar 13, 2018

New Yorker Science Writer Addresses Denialism of Science

Journalist Michael Specter examined the ramifications of denialism in science as the college's second Crossroads Series speaker on Feb. 22.

3-D docking pose of potential GalU inhibitor

Mar 12, 2018

Computers Discover Compounds That Could Reduce Listeria’s Virulence

Researchers from NC State have pinpointed new compounds that may be effective in containing Listeria's ability to produce disease.

computer modeling of WNK kinase inhibitors

Mar 7, 2018

Computer Modeling of WNK Kinase Inhibitors Could Give Researchers New Tools for Understanding Hypertension

NC State researchers are using computer modeling of WNK kinase inhibitors to better understand the complex relationships between salt regulation, hypertension and high blood pressure.

NC State Belltower lit red

Mar 5, 2018

Two Sciences Faculty Named 2017-2018 University Faculty Scholars

NC State’s 2017-2018 class of University Faculty Scholars includes faculty from the Departments of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences and Biological Sciences.

NC State Belltower lit red

Mar 1, 2018

NC State Faculty Leads in Fulbright Scholars

NC State ranks among an elite group of globally engaged universities producing the highest number of Fulbright Scholars, including Zubair Azad of the Department of Physics.