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Jan 4, 2024

Just How Big Can a Snowflake Get? It Depends on What You Mean by ‘Snowflake’

NPR
“I must admit I’m a bit skeptical about it,” says Sandra Yuter, a meteorologist with North Carolina State University.

Jan 4, 2024

What’s in a Name? The Battle of Baby T. Rex and Nanotyrannus

New York Times
“We need to sort out what, in my career, has been one of the most complex questions to address, because you have to distinguish so many variables,” said Lindsay Zanno, the museum’s head of paleontology, listing growth, sex and the fossilization process as examples. “That has been why it has perplexed the scientific community for years.”

Dec 15, 2023

Carbon Electronics Cluster Co-directors Named to Highly Cited Researchers List

Harald Ade, Goodnight Innovation Distinguished Professor of Physics, and Aram Amassian, University Faculty Scholar and professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, have been named to an annual list of the world’s most highly cited researchers.

Dec 14, 2023

Physics World Reveals Its Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year for 2023

Physics World
Among the top 10 breakthroughs listed was the EIGER Collaboration's use of the James Webb Space Telescope to find compelling evidence that early galaxies were responsible for the reionization of the early universe. Rongmon Bordoloi, assistant professor of physics at NC State, is part of the EIGER Collaboration.

Dec 14, 2023

Experts Find Ancient Stars Might Produce Elements Over Atomic Mass 260

Interesting Engineering
North Carolina State University scientists discovered that some of the Milky Way galaxy’s oldest stars might produce elements with atomic masses greater than 260. According to a statement by the scientists, this value is much “heavier than any element on the periodic table found naturally on Earth.”

Dec 13, 2023

Jamila Simpson Named Associate Dean for College Success and Well-Being

Jamila Simpson, a longtime member of the College of Sciences' administration, has been named the college's first associate dean for success and well-being.

Dec 13, 2023

Scientists Find Evidence of Extremely Heavy Elements in Ancient Stars

Chemical & Engineering News
Scientists look at light spectra from stars to identify the proportions of various elements inside. Studies so far have focused on the detailed elemental composition of one star or compared relative amounts of a few elements in several stars, says Ian Roederer, a physicist and astronomer at North Carolina State University.

Dec 11, 2023

Tyrannosaur’s Stomach Contents Have Been Found for the First Time

Scientific American
“Direct evidence of diet in dinosaurs is frustratingly rare,” says Lindsay Zanno, head of paleontology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and an associate research professor at North Carolina State University, who was not involved in the new research.

Dec 8, 2023

What Can 66-Million-Year-Old Carbon Dioxide Data Tell Us About Our Future Climate?

The last time Earth had CO2 levels comparable to current ones was 14 million years ago.

Dec 8, 2023

Experts Find Ancient Stars Might Produce Elements Over Atomic Mass 260

MSN
NC State scientists discovered that some of the Milky Way galaxy’s oldest stars might produce elements with atomic masses greater than 260. According to a statement by the scientists, this value is much “heavier than any element on the periodic table found naturally on Earth.”