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Drought & deluge: Extreme weather events increasing across WNC

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Jun 14, 2019

Why alligators with orange heads are showing up around the Cape Fear region

WECT
A team of researchers from NC State has been capturing, testing and tagging alligators across the state as part of a study to learn more about the potential health impacts that Perfluorinated compounds (PFAS), like GenX, can have on animals.

Jun 13, 2019

Transgenerational BPA exposure may contribute to autism, study finds

News Medical Life Sciences
Transgenerational bisphenol A (BPA) exposure may contribute to autism, according to a mouse study led by an NC State behavioral neuroendocrinologist and published in Endocrinology.

Jun 13, 2019

Huge mysterious blob discovered under the moon’s biggest crater

NBC News
“This is a very large mass of a scale that is difficult even for geologists to recognize,” said Paul Byrne, an assistant professor of planetary geology at NC State and a member of the team of scientists who made the discovery.

Jun 5, 2019

Does the recent severe weather relate to climate change?

WRAL
"It doesn't mean every rainstorm is going to be heavier," said Walt Robinson of the State Climate Office at NC State. "But it means the biggest storms can be bigger and the heaviest storms can be heavier."

Jun 3, 2019

Chemists Build a Better Cancer-Killing Drill

Photonics
An international team of scientists, including researchers from NC State, is getting closer to perfecting molecule-sized motors that drill through the surface of cancer cells, killing them in an instant.

Jun 3, 2019

The Nation’s T. Rex

The Washington Post
“I’ve had a lot of T. rexes in my life, but MOR555 was special,” said Mary Schweitzer, a paleontologist at North Carolina State University.

May 17, 2019

The Ins and Outs of Knit Theory

The New York Times
Karen Daniels, a physicist at North Carolina State University, had tweeted notice of the meet-up earlier that day: “Are you a physicist into knitting, crocheting, or other fiber arts?” she asked. “I’ll be the one knitting a torus.”

May 16, 2019

You Might Have Sunscreen In Your Blood — But Don’t Freak Out Just Yet

Yahoo News
But there is some evidence that sunscreen might not be all that great for you either. One of the chemicals found in this study, oxybenzone, has been associated with lower testosterone in people, and is a known allergen, according to NC State biologist Heather Patisaul.

May 16, 2019

In Flood-Hit Midwest, Mayors See Climate Change as a Subject Best Avoided

The New York Times
Kenneth E. Kunkel, a climate researcher at NC State, said humans’ role in climate change could likely be seen in this year’s heavy precipitation from the amount of water vapor in the air, which can be attributed to warmer surface area temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico and elsewhere.

May 15, 2019

Drought & deluge: Extreme weather events increasing across WNC

WLOS
Climate scientist Kenneth Kunkel at NC State said "It's really a fairly simple connection between warming and extreme precipitation and it has to do with how much water vapor the atmosphere can hold."