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Nov 18, 2020

‘Dueling Dinosaurs’ Fossil, Hidden From Science for 14 Years, Could Finally Reveal Its Secrets

National Geographic
The fossil will be housed in a new expansion to the museum, including a state-of-the-art paleontology lab, that will open in 2022. “The Dueling Dinosaurs are really a gem that’s been hidden away for more than a decade,” says Lindsay Zanno, a paleontologist at North Carolina State University and the NCMNS head of paleontology.

Nov 13, 2020

In Mice, Cadmium Exposure During Pregnancy Linked to Obesity in Female Offspring

Science Codex
In a mouse study aimed at modeling human exposure to the toxic metal cadmium, researchers from North Carolina State University found that female offspring of mice exposed to cadmium during pregnancy became obese in adulthood, developed fatty livers and could not process glucose normally. Male offspring were not affected in the same way. The study also sheds light on how cadmium exposure could affect mitochondrial function and developmental signaling pathways in the liver.

Nov 9, 2020

Why Scientists Don’t Know Why Sand Is Soft

The New York Times
Understanding how grains flow is vital for everything from landslide prediction to agricultural processing, and scientists aren’t very good at it.

Oct 25, 2020

Fragranced Products Could Hurt Your Health

Elemental
Fragrance chemicals aren’t the only ones in consumer products that are associated with health problems. Far from it. “Unfortunately, with Covid, we’re seeing a resurgence in the use of antimicrobials and other disinfectants that wipe out the virus but can be toxic or endocrine-disrupting in humans,” says Heather Patisaul, PhD, an expert in environmental chemicals and health at North Carolina State University.

Oct 20, 2020

Layered Features Hint at the Origin of Tesserae on Venus

Planetary News
The tesserae of Venus are some of its oldest and most tectonically deformed regions. Standing at high elevations compared to the volcanic plains that dominate the planet, their morphology, gravity signature, and possible low-iron mineral composition have led to theories that they may be remnants of Venus’s continental crust, left exposed after the rest of the planet was resurfaced by volcanism. A new study led by Paul Byrne of North Carolina State University advances a different hypothesis that the tesserae are composed of folded layers of rock, possibly like flood basalts or sedimentary rocks on Earth.

Oct 16, 2020

Sciences Faculty Recognized at Celebration of Faculty Excellence

The university recognized five faculty members from the College of Sciences for their dedication to teaching, research and engagement.

Oct 5, 2020

Without Vitamin D, Zebrafish Pack on Fat

Futurity
A research team, led by Seth Kullman, professor of biological sciences at North Carolina State University, looked at groups of post-juvenile zebrafish on one of three diets: no vitamin D (or vitamin D null), vitamin D enriched, and control.

Sep 30, 2020

NC State Statistician Dickey Named Clarivate Citation Laureate

The award honors researchers whose work and influence “is comparable to that of past and future Nobel Prize recipients.”

Sep 23, 2020

NC State Graduate and Astronaut Christina Koch Makes Time Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential People

TIME
Every year, Time Magazine creates a list of the top 100 most influential people across the globe. This year, NC State graduate Christina Koch made that list for participating in the first all-female spacewalk.

Sep 23, 2020

Did Volcanoes Turn Venus into a ‘Hellish’ Planet?

Futurity
“There are generally two explanations for tesserae—either they are made of volcanic rocks, or they are counterparts of Earth’s continental crust,” says lead author Paul Byrne, associate professor of planetary science at North Carolina State University. “But the layering we find on some of the tessera isn’t consistent with the continental crust explanation.”