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May 9, 2023

Many Soft Contact Lenses in U.S. Made Up of PFAS, Research Suggests

The Guardian
“You could consider [the lenses] almost pure PFAS,” said Scott Belcher, an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and scientific adviser on the contact lens testing.

May 5, 2023

The Epic Journey of Dust in the Wind Often Ends With Happy Plankton

Popular Science
Scientists pay close attention to dust particles because of their roles as iron couriers. “Often, when we think of dust,” says Douglas Hamilton, an earth scientist at North Carolina State University, who was not an author on the paper, “we do link it immediately to the iron.”

May 3, 2023

Studying Fundamentals of Water as a Solvent Could Lead to Greener Cellulose-Based Products

Phys.org
NC State chemists found that when water interacts with cellulose, it can stack in layered shells to control chemical reactions within, and physical properties of, the material. The work has implications for more sustainable and efficient design of cellulose-based products.

Apr 25, 2023

To Predict Warming, You Can’t Ignore Wind and Ocean Currents

Futurity
“The ocean plays a huge role in global warming — its currents can redistribute heat from warmer to colder regions, for instance, by moving warm water from the equator to the poles,” says Kay McMonigal, a postdoctoral research scholar in the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.

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 14, 2023

NC State Predicts Normal 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season

WRAL
NC State researchers predict between six and eight of those storms will grow strong enough to become hurricanes. The historical average is six. Two or three could become major hurricanes, researchers said.

Apr 14, 2023

Sea Level Rise Along the NC Coast Has Picked Up Pace in the Last Decade. Why?

News & Observer
Paul Liu, an NC State University oceanographer, noted that subsidence of the coast along the Outer Banks leaves that area more vulnerable to sea level rise. “No matter how, the result is the same,” Liu said. “The water level is rising and rising faster than we expected.”

Apr 10, 2023

Chemist Brian Space To Lead $1.17 Million Partnership to Develop Better Water Sorption Materials

Chemistry professor Brian Space will lead a project to address freshwater accessibility challenges.

Apr 6, 2023

Creating a Mixed Magnon State in an Organic Hybrid Perovskite Material by DMI

AZO Robotics
"Normally two magnon modes cannot generate a mixed spin state due to their different symmetries. But by harnessing the DMI we discovered a hybrid perovskite with a mixed magnon state,” said Dali Sun, ssociate professor of physics at NC State.

Apr 5, 2023

Department of Defense Awards Physicist Sun $7.5 Million MURI Grant

Dali Sun, associate professor of physics, will lead a study on quantum spin effects in chiral matter.