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Dec 7, 2020

Sound Waves in Fermionic Superfluid Are Studied in a ‘Beautiful’ Experiment

Physics World
John Thomas of North Carolina State University agrees, adding “This new experiment on sound diffusivity is absolutely beautiful.” Thomas’s own group have measured the viscosity dropping to zero below the superfluid transition temperature using a different technique – which is inconsistent with Zwierlein and colleagues’ results. “There’s several different issues in this that make it unclear who’s right and what’s really going on,” he says: “It’s not a trivial problem.”

Dec 6, 2020

Christina Koch: Women ‘Can Do Absolutely Anything They Want’

Higher Ed Works
Before she spent 328 days aboard – and sometimes outside – the International Space Station, Christina Koch spent five years at North Carolina State University. And as she prepares to deliver a commencement address to 9,100 NC State graduates in a virtual ceremony Friday evening, Koch (pronounced ‘Cook’) says NC State was about much more than the substantial physics and electrical engineering classes she took there.

Dec 6, 2020

Physicist’s Book Makes New York Times 100 Notable Books, Other “Best of” Lists

Katie Mack's book The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) was named a highlight of 2020.

Dec 2, 2020

2 Carbon Electronics Cluster Faculty Named Among Top-Cited Researchers

Harald Ade from the Department of Physics and Aram Amassian from the College of Engineering were named to a list of the world's most highly cited researchers.

Nov 20, 2020

NC New Home to Dueling Dinosaurs Fossil

Coastal Review Online
“We have not yet studied this specimen; it is a scientific frontier. The preservation is phenomenal, and we plan to use every technological innovation available to reveal new information on the biology of T. rex and Triceratops. This fossil will forever change our view of the world’s two favorite dinosaurs,” said Lindsay Zanno, head of paleontology at the museum and associate research professor at North Carolina State University. “The way we have designed the entire experience — inviting the public to follow the scientific discoveries in real time and participate in the research — will set a new standard for museums.”

Nov 20, 2020

‘Dueling Dinosaurs’ Fossils Show Triceratops, T. rex, May Have Died After a Battle

KPAX
“We have not yet studied this specimen; it is a scientific frontier. The preservation is phenomenal, and we plan to use every technological innovation available to reveal new information on the biology of T. rex and Triceratops. This fossil will forever change our view of the world’s two favorite dinosaurs,” said Lindsay Zanno, head of paleontology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and associate research professor at North Carolina State University, in a statement.

Nov 20, 2020

NC State Alum and Astronaut Christina Koch to Deliver Virtual Commencement Speech

WNCN
The NC State alumni who set the record for the longest spaceflight by a woman astronaut and member of the first all-female spacewalk will deliver NC State's commencement speech online on Dec 4.

Nov 20, 2020

NC Museum to Welcome World’s Only 100% Complete T. Rex Skeleton in Unprecedented Detail

WGHP
“We have not yet studied this specimen; it is a scientific frontier,” said Dr. Lindsay Zanno, head of paleontology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and associate research professor at North Carolina State University.” The preservation is phenomenal, and we plan to use every technological innovation available to reveal new information on the biology of T. rex and Triceratops. This fossil will forever change our view of the world’s two favorite dinosaurs.”

Nov 20, 2020

Cretaceous Cold Case of ‘Dueling’ T. Rex and Triceratops May Finally Be Solved

Live Science
Now, after a tremendous fundraising project, the 30,000-lbs. (13,600 kilograms) fossilized chunks holding the Dueling Dinosaurs have arrived in North Carolina, where scientists plan to study them before the public’s eyes. And the duelers definitely aren’t “scientifically useless,” said Lindsay Zanno, head of paleontology at NCMNS and associate research professor at North Carolina State University, who spearheaded the project to bring the fossils to the museum.

Nov 20, 2020

College Honors 2020-21 LeRoy and Elva Martin Award Recipients

Michael Taveirne in the Department of Biological Sciences and Eric Chi in the Department of Statistics have been honored with the 2020-21 LeRoy and Elva Martin Award for Teaching Excellence.