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Nov 1, 2024

Christina Koch To Be Honored With North Carolina Award for Science

The North Carolina Award is given annually by the state to up to six individuals who have made significant contributions to the state and nation in the fields of fine art, literature, public service and science.

Oct 30, 2024

The Difference Between Normal Heat Waves and Climate Change — Enhanced

WJAX
Researchers from NC State, NOAA and other institutions devised a systematic approach to assess whether extreme weather events are linked to climate change.

Oct 29, 2024

When Is a Heat Wave Just a Heat Wave, and When Is it Climate Change?

A 2023 heat wave helped establish processes that tease out whether particular weather events are climate related.

Oct 29, 2024

Establishing a Routine Process for Evaluating Extreme Weather Events

Phys.org
“Our main goal with this project is to be able to tell communities that are affected by extreme weather events whether they will continue to see more events like this in the future,” says Carl Schreck, senior research scientist with North Carolina State University’s North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies. “Getting this information to them in a timely manner will help them make informed decisions about hardening infrastructure or rebuilding after a weather event.”

Oct 25, 2024

PFAS Roundup: Vice President Harris Supports Michigan-led Plan to Provide Medical Care for Military Victims of PFAS

Great Lakes Now
A new study out of North Carolina State University suggests that it could take up to 40 years to flush PFAS out of groundwater.

Oct 24, 2024

State Sets Temporarily Allowable PFAS Limits in Groundwater

NC Newsline
David Genereux, a professor with the university’s Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and coauthor of the study said PFAS emitted into the environment up to more than 40 years ago were found in groundwater within a test site immediately surrounding Chemours’ Fayetteville Works Facility in Bladen County.

Oct 17, 2024

Integrative Sciences Initiative Directors and Woodson Hall Occupants Announced

Two new directors of NC State’s Integrative Sciences Initiative (ISI) and the first occupants of Woodson Hall, the heart of the ISI, have been announced. Milad Abolhasani and Melanie Simpson were named director of accelerated technologies and director of research, respectively, effective October 1.

Oct 16, 2024

‘Old’ Star Could Provide New Insights into Star Evolution

A newly discovered star could challenge some models of how stars evolve and the way they produce elements as they age.

Oct 15, 2024

Breakthrough in Light Emission: Layered Hybrid Perovskites

AZO Materials
“A quantum well that is two atoms thick has higher energy than a quantum well that is five atoms thick. And in order to get energy to flow efficiently, you want to have quantum wells that are three and four atoms thick between the quantum wells that are two and five atoms thick. You basically want to have a gradual slope that the energy can cascade down,” said Kenan Gundogdu, study co-author and professor at North Carolina State University.

Oct 15, 2024

‘Forever Chemicals’ May Last More Than 40 Years in Groundwater

Futurity
“There’s a huge area of PFAS contaminated groundwater—including residential and agricultural land—which impacts the population in two ways,” says David Genereux, professor of marine, earth, and atmospheric sciences at North Carolina State University and leader of the study.