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May 6, 2024

When Injecting Pure Spin Into Chiral Materials, Direction Matters

Phys.org
Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Pittsburgh studied how the spin information of an electron, called a pure spin current, moves through chiral materials.

May 3, 2024

College Honors Graduating Students for Outstanding Achievements

Five graduating students received awards for their outstanding achievements.

May 3, 2024

When Injecting Pure Spin Into Chiral Materials, Direction Matters

Researchers from NC State and the University of Pittsburgh studied how the spin information of an electron, called a pure spin current, moves through chiral materials.

May 2, 2024

2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season Guide: Here’s What to Know About This Year’s Storms

Fox Weather
North Carolina State University outlook: Unlike CSU, forecasters at NCSU released ranges of expected tropical cyclone activity but came to the same conclusion as their counterparts that it’ll be an active hurricane season. According to NCSU, 15-20 named storms are expected to form, with 10-12 that may grow into hurricanes. At least three to four hurricanes are expected to strengthen into major hurricanes.

May 1, 2024

Gearing Up for Graduation

From dance to data, two College of Sciences students tell us about their passions and their plans for life after NC State.

Apr 30, 2024

College Raises Record $3.4 Million on NC State’s Day of Giving

Alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students showed their support for the College of Sciences on NC State’s Day of Giving this year.

Apr 29, 2024

New Scholarship Established in Sciences to Recruit and Support Women in STEM

The gift from Phase Change Solutions was made in honor of the late Suzanne T. Purrington, a longtime professor of chemistry at NC State.

Apr 26, 2024

From the Departments

Catch up on the latest news from our academic departments.

Apr 26, 2024

Podcast: Toxic Algae

Astrid Schnetzer, associate professor of marine, earth and atmospheric sciences at NC State, joins us to talk about toxic algal blooms, including what can trigger them, and what researchers are doing to better predict – and potentially mitigate – them.

Apr 24, 2024

Animals Are Stressed During Eclipses. But Not for the Reason You Think

NPR
This month’s total solar eclipse is behind us, but researchers in various fields are just beginning to make sense of the data they collected during totality, including biologist Adam Hartstone-Rose. He led a study of animal behavior during the eclipse at the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas, and he set out to answer one big question. Why are animals so stressed out during an eclipse?