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Mar 5, 2024

Podcast: Goodnight Grad James B. Robertson

James B. Robertson, a two-time NC State alumnus currently working on his doctorate in statistics, discusses how private support has furthered his academic career.

Mar 5, 2024

April’s Total Solar Eclipse Will Bring a Surreal Silence and Confuse All Sorts of Animals

USA Today
“I thought it was going to be nonsense, I didn’t think animals were going to be affected at all,” said Adam Hartstone-Rose, a professor of comparative anatomy at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC. “Clouds pass over and they don’t react. It was so ephemeral.”
The Pacific Ocean

Mar 5, 2024

Using Stats to Protect Oceans

Shu Yang and Brian Reich use statistics to determine whether conservation efforts are working.
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Mar 5, 2024

DNA Aptamer Drug Sensors Can Instantly Detect Cocaine, Heroin and Fentanyl – Even When Combined With Other Drugs

Chemist Yi Xiao and a team of researchers developed high-performance DNA aptamer sensors that can detect trace amounts of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine — even in mixtures.
Ben Hines

Mar 4, 2024

An Organic Partnership

NC State's Organic and Carbon Electronics faculty cluster is providing hands-on research opportunities for Wake Technical Community College students.
Diversity in STEM Symposium speaker

Feb 29, 2024

Diversity in STEM Events Draw Hundreds from College of Sciences, NC State Communities

The events were organized by the college and sponsored by BASF.

Feb 29, 2024

Are You Putting PFAS on Your Armpits?

The PFAS Project
Scott Belcher, associate professor with the Center for Environmental & Health Effects of PFAS at North Carolina State University, told Mamavation that testing for organic fluorine is a good ‘spot-check’ of products for evidence of PFAS because testing for individual PFAS compounds would miss some of other common forms of the chemicals.
University of Pennsylvania mathematician Robert Ghrist speaks at the 2024 Kwangil Koh Lecture.

Feb 29, 2024

From the Departments

Catch up on the latest news from our academic departments.

Three female students huddle around a tablet on a white table during an IMHOTEP Academy event at The Science House.

Feb 28, 2024

The Science House Earns Enduring Achievement Award

NC State’s STEM hub for K-12 students across the state was recognized for its societal impact and public engagement through science education.
Scum-forming bloom of toxic cyanobacteria Microcystis in North Carolina coastal waters

Feb 28, 2024

NC State Receives $6.9 Million From NSF, NIEHS to Fund New Oceans and Human Health Center

The grant will help establish the North Carolina Center for Coastal Algae, People and Environment.