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Aug 19, 2024

Why Do Researchers Often Prefer Safe Over Risky Projects?

Research Information
A mathematical framework that builds on the economic theory of hidden-action models provides insight into how the unobservable nature of effort and risk shapes investigators’ research strategies and the incentive structures within which they work, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Kevin Gross from North Carolina State University, U.S., and Carl Bergstrom from the University of Washington, U.S.

Aug 15, 2024

From the Lab to the Market: Commercializing Chemistry Research

With the help of NC State’s Office of Research Commercialization, College of Sciences faculty are ushering their innovations into the marketplace.

Aug 15, 2024

Teams Forge Communication Shortcuts Across Large Organizations to Keep Information Flowing

ScienMag
A new study from North Carolina State University examines communication dynamics within a successful organization, uncovering the crucial role of position and discovering the prevalence of “shortcuts” across the hierarchy. “I study networks, and this project has two: an email communication network between employees within an organization and the organization’s hierarchical structure on those same employees,” says Nathaniel Josephs, assistant professor of statistics at NC State and corresponding author of the work.

Aug 14, 2024

3 Actions and a Tool to Cut Methane Emissions and Slow Global Warming

Researchers examined rising methane levels and created a tool to help countries find cost-effective ways to reduce methane.

Aug 13, 2024

Teams Forge Communication Shortcuts Across Large Organizations to Keep Information Flowing

Shortcuts across the hierarchy is hallmark of communication in successful company.

Aug 12, 2024

NC State Leading New Collaborative Grant to Study Immune Receptors

The grant includes a $645,180 award for NC State. 

Aug 1, 2024

New Rankings Place NC State Among National Leaders in Science Research Output

The recently released Leiden Ranking ranks universities by articles published in scientific journals.

Jul 26, 2024

Array Pinpoints Imprinted Genes with Potential Links to Disease

New array is a cost-effective, efficient method for exploring links between environmental exposures and genes.

Jul 23, 2024

Atlantic Hurricane Season Could Wake From Its Current Slumber by Early August

The Weather Channel
Incidentally, a bit of a late July lull has shown up in data since 1995, according to North Carolina State University Ph.D. candidate Cameron Masiello.

Jul 23, 2024

Nanoscopic Imaging Aids in Understanding Protein, Tissue Preservation in Ancient Bones

Nanoscopic 3D imaging could be a shortcut for picking fossils most likely to preserve proteins or DNA.