research

Aug 23, 2017

Physicist Richard Longland Receives DOE Early Career Research Award

The prestigious award will support Longland's research on the life cycles of stars, with the goal of better understanding how the elements in the universe were made.

Aug 22, 2017

Technique Expedites Chemical Screening to Prioritize Toxicity Testing

A new technique that can determine in seconds if a chemical has the potential to activate key genes could be used to prioritize chemicals for in-depth toxicity testing.

Aug 3, 2017

Finding Neutrinos: A Q&A With Physicist Matthew Green

An NC State physicist describes his work detecting neutrinos, one of the basic building blocks of the universe.

Aug 3, 2017

NC State Receives DARPA Funding to Develop, Test Gene Drive System

A grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will help NC State geneticists study ways to maintain and protect ecosystem biodiversity.

Aug 3, 2017

From Planetary to Microscopic: Winners of the 2017 NC State Research Image Contest

Researchers from the Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences were among the winners in the second NC State Research Image Contest.

Jul 25, 2017

NC State and UNC Researchers Find New Clues to ALS Causes and Cures

NC State and UNC researchers are teaming up to reverse TDP-43 protein aggregation, a hallmark of degenerative diseases like ALS.

Jul 12, 2017

Sciences Projects Receive Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Support

Five promising NC State projects, including three from the College of Sciences, will receive support from the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund to help them move their inventions into the marketplace.

Jun 21, 2017

17 Highlights of Our Extraordinary 2016-17

The just-ended school year had so many amazing highlights that it was hard to pick just a few. Find out why it was one of our best ever.

Jun 21, 2017

On Social: Summer in the Field

Geology majors took to Instagram to capture images of their summer classroom: the wilds of New Mexico.

Jun 20, 2017

Ancient Skulls Shed Light on Migration in the Roman Empire

Using state-of-the-art forensic techniques, NC State researchers have analyzed skeletal evidence to help determine migration patterns of peoples in ancient Rome.