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Here’s How an Arthropod Pulls Off the World’s Fastest Backflip

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Oct 1, 2024

Why Helene’s Floods Caught North Carolina Off Guard

The Washington Post
“This has the fingerprints of climate change on it,” said Kathie Dello, North Carolina’s state climatologist. But residents didn’t need any meteorology expertise to know how extreme the storm was. In much of this region, Dello said, internet access is limited, and cellphone signals can be poor at best. Of those who received the warnings, many may not have had the resources to flee, a place to go or time off work to do it, she said.

Sep 30, 2024

Scientists Finally Uncover Cause of Mysterious Methane Surge During the Global COVID Shutdown

Sci Tech Daily
“From 2010 to 2019, we saw regular increases – with slight accelerations – in atmospheric methane concentrations, but the increases that occurred from 2020 to 2022 and overlapped with the COVID-19 shutdown were significantly higher,” says Zhen Qu, assistant professor of marine, earth and atmospheric sciences at North Carolina State University and lead author of the research.

Sep 26, 2024

Atmospheric Methane Increase During Pandemic Due Primarily to Wetland Flooding

Flooded wetlands, not decreased pollution, were key drivers of atmospheric methane increases during the pandemic.

Sep 23, 2024

Cumberland County Residents Hear About the ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Their Blood

The Fayetteville Observer
NC State Professor Jane Hoppin of the GenX Exposure Study presented the findings Tuesday evening at the Gray’s Creek Community Building on School Road.
A rendering of the new Integrative Sciences Building

Sep 6, 2024

New Building Will Take Familiar Name

The Integrative Sciences Building, scheduled to open in 2026, will be named in honor of Chancellor Randy Woodson.
Adam Nahor and Sierra Hunter working in a chemistry lab at NC State

Sep 6, 2024

A Summer of Hands-on Science

Undergraduate students from all over the U.S. spent their summer getting hands-on research experience in NC State's labs.

An artistic rendering of a pair of dinosaurs walking through a cave toward a swamp.

Sep 6, 2024

From the Departments

Catch up on the latest news from our academic departments.

Sep 5, 2024

Chemist Ohata Receives NIH MIRA Award

Jun Ohata, an assistant professor of chemistry, earned a prestigious research award for faculty in the sciences.
The Memorial Belltower surrounded by fall leaves.

Aug 30, 2024

Meet Our Newest Faculty

The College of Sciences is welcoming six new scientists this fall.

Aug 29, 2024

Here’s How an Arthropod Pulls Off the World’s Fastest Backflip

Science News
“Nothing on Earth does a backflip faster than a globular springtail,” says biologist Adrian Smith of North Carolina State University in Raleigh. “They’re extraordinary, but also ordinary.” The arthropods that Smith used in the study “are literally from my backyard,” he says.