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Night storm

Mar 17, 2016

The Night Watch

NC State meteorologists prowl the prairie states to unravel the mysteries of nighttime thunderstorms.

Feb 26, 2016

Worth Their Salts: Scientists Call for Freshwater Protections from Salinization

Scientists express concern over the addition of salt to sources of fresh water through human activity.

semiconductor nanocrystal

Jan 21, 2016

Molecular-like Photochemistry from Semiconductor Nanocrystals

NC State researchers are making huge advances in photochemistry, with implications for everything from solar energy conversion to light therapy for cancer treatment.

snapping shrimp

Jan 14, 2016

Oh, Snap! What Shrimp Sound Patterns Tell Us About Reef Ecosystems

The noisemaking habits of snapping shrimp can tell us a lot about the health of reef environments.

solar cell

Dec 11, 2015

Domain Size and Purity Key to Efficient Organic Solar Cells

NC State researchers are studying the molecular composition of solar cells to figure out how to make solar energy more efficient and affordable.

alpha particles

Dec 3, 2015

Researchers Simulate Scattering of Helium Nuclei Within Stars

An NC State physicist has helped develop a new computational method to understand the synthesis of elements within stars.

Sep 16, 2015

Researchers Isolate Possible Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers

Researchers from NC State are analyzing and isolating a key component to ovarian cancer.

Professor Marie Davidian in SAS Hall

May 27, 2015

Designing Clinical Trials for Personalized Cancer Treatments

The $10.4 million grant will help researchers develop new statistical methods that can be used to both design clinical trials for cancer treatments and analyze the resulting data.

Dec 4, 2012

Krim to lead college research initiatives

Dr. Jacqueline Krim has been selected to serve as associate dean for research for the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. She had been serving on an interim basis since the retirement last June of Dr. Raymond Fornes after more than 40 years of service to NC State. As associate dean for research, Krim leads the…

Jul 2, 2012

Lazzati wins NSF CAREER Award to study cosmic dust

Davide Lazzati, assistant professor of physics at NC State University, has received an Early Career Development Award, more commonly known as a CAREER Award, from the National Science Foundation. The award is one of the highest honors given by NSF to early-career university faculty in science and engineering, and is intended to advance the development of…