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Apr 24, 2023

Women’s Small Intestines Are 30 Centimetres Longer Than Men’s

New Scientist
Women’s small intestines are longer than men’s, with this added length probably helping them to better absorb fat and other nutrients if needed for pregnancy and breastfeeding. “The small intestine is all about absorption, absorption, absorption,” says Amanda Hale, a graduate student in the Department of Biological Sciences.

Mar 27, 2023

New Play by Two-Time Theatre Award Winner Gaven Bell Opens March 30

Biological sciences major Gaven Bell is the first student to have her second play produced through University Theatre’s Wright Way program.

Mar 17, 2023

Forensics Sheds Light on Infant and Child Remains

Technology Networks
"Our work here is a significant contribution that will help the medical legal community bring some closure to these young people and, hopefully, a measure of justice," said Ann Ross, co-author of the study and a professor of biological sciences at NC State.

Mar 17, 2023

Forensics Study Clarifies How Bones of Children Decay

Futurity
“Crimes against children are truly awful, and all too common,” says Ann Ross, co-author of the study and a professor of biological sciences at NC State. “It is important to be able to identify their remains and, when possible, understand what happened to them."

Mar 16, 2023

Forensic Study Sheds Light on the Remains of Infants, Children

Phys.org
"There is not much research on how the bones of infants and children break down over time. Our work here is a significant contribution that will help the medical legal community bring some closure to these young people and, hopefully, a measure of justice," said Ann Ross, a professor of biological sciences.

Mar 15, 2023

What to Know About ‘Forever Chemicals’ and Your Health

Wall Street Journal
The U.S. lacks comprehensive national testing of PFAS in blood, which makes it difficult to know who is most exposed, according to Jane Hoppin, an environmental epidemiologist at NC State.

Mar 15, 2023

How To Reduce PFAS in Your Drinking Water, According to Experts

CNN
“Some of these chemicals have half-lives in the range of five years,” National Academies committee member Jane Hoppin, an environmental epidemiologist and director of the Center for Human Health and the Environment at NC State University, told CNN.

Mar 14, 2023

Residents’ Frustration Grows at Slow Progress To Address PFAS Pollution in Their Water

North Carolina Health News
In 2017-18, NC State researchers launched a PFAS exposure study in which they collected and analyzed 344 blood samples collected from Wilmington residents.

Mar 9, 2023

Intact Dinosaur Veins Were Running With Blood 80 Million Years Ago

IFL Science
“Part of the value of this research is that it gives us insight into how proteins can modify and change over 80 million years," added Mary Schweitzer, a molecular paleontologist and professor at NC State.

Jan 25, 2023

What Do Researchers Know About the Health Impacts of GenX?

WTVF
GenX doesn’t build up in our bodies, the way other PFAS chemicals do, but long term exposure could still pose health risks, says Jane Hoppin, a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.