research

Jan 11, 2017

Ke Lab Leads a $5 Million DARPA Grant to Fight Influenza Virus

The Ke Lab at NC State is leading a $5 million research project to develop a new biomathematics-based approach to fighting the deadly influenza virus.

Dec 21, 2016

Untangling Complex Interactions – With Lasers

Want to know exactly why and how a superconductor works on the atomic level? Hit it with laser pulses.

Dec 16, 2016

Listening for Lava

Del Bohnenstiehl of MEAS listens to underwater volcanic eruptions to confirm the presence of lava.

Dec 9, 2016

Game-Changing Research Incentive Program Award Winners Include Sciences Faculty

A team including several faculty from the Departments of Statistics and Biological Sciences has won a GRIP award for collaborative and interdisciplinary research.

Nov 29, 2016

Researchers Tweak Enzyme ‘Assembly Line’ to Improve Antibiotics

NC State chemists have discovered a way to make pinpoint changes to an enzyme-driven “assembly line” that will enable scientists to improve or change the properties of existing antibiotics and create designer compounds.

Nov 29, 2016

New Fabrication Technique Leads to Broader Sunlight Absorption in Plastic Solar Cells

Researchers in the NC State Department of Physics have developed a new strategy for fabricating more efficient plastic solar cells.

Nov 28, 2016

Toxic ‘Marine Snow’ Can Sink Quickly, Persist at Ocean Depths

A specific neurotoxin can persist, accumulate and reach significant depths quickly in “marine snow” formed an algae that could impact shellfish and the humans who consume them.

Nov 21, 2016

Keratin and Melanosomes Preserved in 130-Million-Year-Old Bird Fossil

Researchers have found evidence of original keratin and melanosome preservation in a 130-million-year-old Eoconfuciusornis specimen.

Nov 10, 2016

Researchers Develop Novel Approach for Quantifying Nitrate Discharge from Groundwater to Streams

Researchers have developed a new way to determine the rate at which nitrate pollution will make its way from groundwater into streams.

Nov 9, 2016

Original Dinosaur Claw Sheath Proteins Preserved for 75 Million Years

Researchers have found original proteins in a 75 million-year-old dinosaur's claw sheath.