biological sciences

Apr 24, 2023

Meet DELTA Faculty Fellow Miriam Ferzli

DELTA Faculty Fellow Miriam Ferzli provides opportunities for students to develop a sense of ownership regarding their education.

Apr 24, 2023

Healthy Humans Have Shockingly Different Digestive Systems

Earth.com
Amanda Hale, co-first author of the study and a Ph.D. candidate at North Carolina State University, explained: “There was research more than a century ago that found variability in the relative lengths of human intestines, but this area has largely been ignored since then. When we began exploring this issue, we were astonished at the extent of the variability we found.”

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 22, 2023

Biologist Bobay, Biophysicist Lin to Join NC State’s Bioinformatics Faculty Cluster

Biologist Louis-Marie Bobay and biophysicist Xingcheng Lin will join NC State in August 2023 as members of the Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program’s Bioinformatics cluster and as assistant professors in the College of Sciences.

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 16, 2023

Forensic Study Sheds Light on the Remains of Infants, Children

Ann Ross, a professor of biological sciences, took part in a study that sheds light on how the bones of infants and juveniles decay.

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.