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Oct 24, 2023

Physicist McLaughlin Wins Feshbach Prize

Gail McLaughlin, Distinguished University Professor of Physics, won the 2024 Herman Feshbach Prize in Theoretical Nuclear Physics.

Oct 23, 2023

Using AI to Solve Fundamental Issues in Nuclear Physics

A new collaboration aims to solve the nuclear many-body problem.

Oct 20, 2023

College Honors Chemists Chang, Xiao at LORD Professorship Reception

The College of Sciences recognized Wei-chen Chang and Yi Xiao from the Department of Chemistry for being newly named LORD Corporation Distinguished Scholars.

Oct 18, 2023

PEP Makes an Impact

Two students from the Department of Biological Sciences discuss the impact the Provost's Professional Experience program has had on their academic and professional trajectory.

Oct 18, 2023

Mimicking a Bird’s Sticky Spit to Create Cellulose Gels

NC State researchers developed a nontoxic process for making cellulose gels using a small bird’s nest-making process as a model.

Oct 17, 2023

Mimicking a Bird’s Sticky Spit to Create Cellulose Gels

Phys.org
“Normally, you have to first dissolve the cellulose and then induce it to crosslink or form the structure of interest, which often requires the use of difficult to handle, unstable, or toxic solvents,” says Lucian Lucia, professor of forest biomaterials and chemistry at NC State and co-corresponding author of the work.

Oct 11, 2023

2023 Has Been a Good Year for New Dinosaur Discoveries

Discover Magazine
“This dinosaur stood on the precipice, able to look back at the way North American ecosystems were in the past, but close enough to see the future coming like a bullet train,” said Lindsay Zanno, a paleontologist at NC State and one of Iani’s discoverers.

Oct 10, 2023

Increased Saline Spells Trouble for Freshwater Insects Like Mayflies: Study

Philadelphia Herald
According to a recent study from NC State, some freshwater insects frequently suffer at higher salinities whereas other freshwater invertebrates (such as molluscs and crustaceans) thrive.

Oct 10, 2023

Did Sabertooth Tigers Purr?

Study Finds
The age-old question of whether the sabertooth tiger roared like a lion or purred like a domestic cat may have been brought a step closer to an answer.

Oct 10, 2023

How Does Constant Evolution Keep Species Stable?

Biologist Brian Langerhans talks about a new study that could offer answers to evolution’s “stasis paradox.”