A research team, led by North Carolina State University's Dr. Mitzi M. Montoya, has developed a new way of measuring how "real" online virtual worlds are "“ an important advance for the emerging technology that can be used to foster development of new training and collaboration applications by companies around the world.
Holiday shopping season has arrived, and tough financial times mean that more people will probably be shopping around for the best price. But a new study shows that shoppers who compare prices at multiple online retailers will not only find the best value, but will also likely contribute to driving down prices for that product at other retailers.
A new study from North Carolina State University shows that there are definite limits on the government's use of the "war on terror" as a tool for advancing federal land-use projects and other policies. "The government can no longer rely solely on the "˜war on terrorism' and "˜national security' as arguments," study author Dr. Kenneth S. Zagacki says.
A landmark study by North Carolina State University researchers shows that African-American seniors who have trouble falling asleep are at higher risk of having memory problems "“ raising the possibility that identifying and treating sleep difficulties in the elderly may help preserve their cognitive functioning.
Work by researchers at North Carolina State University is leading to a new kind of crab harvest "“ blue crabs grown and harvested from freshwater ponds, instead of from the sea.
The election year is in full swing, complete with allegations of class warfare and claims about which candidates cater to the rich. But a new study shows that it would be impossible to cater solely to any socioeconomic group, because people's preferences tend to be overwhelmingly similar when it comes to how the federal government should spend its money.
The current economic crisis is having a significant impact in areas far from Wall Street. North Carolina State University has experts who can provide key insights into the crisis' impacts on everything from farmers and agriculture to this year's elections.
A North Carolina State University chemist has discovered a molecule that can potentially stop the production of cancer cells at the very beginning of the process by switching off the gene regulators responsible for turning healthy cells into cancer cells. The discovery could lead to the development of drugs that can treat some of the deadliest forms of cancer, including brain cancer.
Dogs suffering from lymphoma will be able to receive the same type of medical treatment as their human counterparts, as North Carolina State University becomes the first university in the nation to offer canine bone marrow transplants in a clinical setting.
As Labor Day approaches, people are looking forward to a three-day weekend and the end of summer "“ but fewer and fewer people understand the day's historical significance. A national holiday since 1894, Labor Day was initiated by the union movement to celebrate the American worker "“ and to highlight the size and political power of the unions themselves.
Elections expert Dr. Steven Greene is available to provide insight and perspective on the Obama and McCain campaigns, public opinion and the media as we come into the home stretch of what will be a historic presidential election.
While the nation focuses on an exciting presidential race, the control of the House and Senate are also up for grabs -- and will certainly play a key role in deciding the policy direction of the United States.
Energy needs and environmental concerns are hot topics in this campaign season, and are likely to play a key role in determining which candidate will get voters' support in November.
International tensions are high over the war in Iraq, and emerging diplomatic concerns stemming from the ongoing conflict between Russia and Georgia -- as well as a recent agreement to site a U.S. missile defense system on Polish soil. How these events play out will likely play a significant role in the direction of the upcoming elections.
As fears escalate over financial instability and rising prices, issues related to the economy are increasingly becoming the focal points of this year's presidential election.
Two hormone-like compounds linked to soy-based foods can cause irreversible changes in the structure of the brain, resulting in early-onset puberty and symptoms of advanced menopause, according to a new study by researchers at North Carolina State University.
A pioneering North Carolina State University collaboration between a veterinary surgeon and an engineer will give a deserving dog the ability to walk on four legs again.
Educating the public about nanotechnology and other complex but emerging technologies causes people to become more "worried and cautious" about the new technologies' prospective benefits, according to a recent study by researchers at North Carolina State University.
North Carolina State University scientists have figured out one reason why pregnant yellow fever mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti), one of the most important disease transmitters worldwide, choose to lay their eggs in certain outdoor water containers while eschewing others.
A North Carolina State University study published online this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that examining an insect's "family tree" might help predict a "cousin" insect's level of tolerance to pollutants, and therefore could be a reliable way to understand why certain insect species thrive or suffer under specific ecological conditions.
Score one for the nurture side of the nature vs. nurture debate, as North Carolina State University geneticists have shown that environmental factors such as lifestyle and geography play a large role in whether certain genes are turned on or off.
For the first time, researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated that microscopic "two-faced" spheres whose halves are physically or chemically different "“ so-called Janus particles "“ will move like stealthy submarines when an alternating electrical field is applied to liquid surrounding the particles.
Rap music brings out sexism in college students, but it doesn't necessarily cause the students to be sexist. That's the conclusion of a North Carolina State University study that examined rap music's effects on sexist attitudes among college students.
More than 1,000 statewide, national and international policy-makers in business, government, nonprofits and higher education are gathering at North Carolina State University's 24th annual Institute for Emerging Issues Forum, North Carolina's Energy Futures: Realizing a State of Opportunity to learn how to take advantage of economic development opportunities for the state's energy future.
North Carolina State University scientists have discovered the way in which a specific protein-protein interaction prevents the cell from turning one of its switches off, leading to uncontrolled cell proliferation "“ one of the hallmarks of cancer.
Some fruit flies can drink others under the table. Now, scientists at North Carolina State University have a few more genetic clues behind why some flies are more sensitive to alcohol than others. And the results might lead to more knowledge about alcoholism in humans.
Don't believe in Santa Claus? If you're skeptical of Santa's abilities to deliver presents to millions of homes and children in just one night, North Carolina State University's Dr. Larry Silverberg, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, can explain the plausible science and engineering principles that could allow the Jolly Old Elf to pull off the magical feat year after year.
Two heretofore undiscovered penguin species - one of which was over 5 feet tall -reached equatorial regions tens of millions of years earlier than expected and during a period when the earth was much warmer than it is now.
Dr. Mary Schweitzer, a North Carolina State University researcher and colleagues at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have confirmed the existence of protein in soft tissue recovered from the bone of a 68 million-year-old T. rex. Their results may both change the way that people think about fossil preservation and present a new method for studying diseases.
Scientists at North Carolina State University have discovered that the fungus-like pathogen that caused the 1840s Irish potato famine originally came from the Andes of South America.
New biofuels technology developed by North Carolina State University engineers has the potential to turn virtually any fat source "“ vegetable oils, oils from animal fat and even oils from algae "“ into fuel to power jet airplanes.
Don't believe in Santa Claus? If you're skeptical of Santa's abilities to deliver presents to millions of homes and children in just one night, North Carolina State University's Dr. Larry Silverberg, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, can explain the plausible science and engineering principles that could allow the Jolly Old Elf to pull off the magical feat year after year.
Laboratory testing of a novel, permanent nano-coating, developed in collaboration by researchers at North Carolina State University College of Textiles and Emory University School of Medicine, has been shown to kill or inactivate most viruses and bacteria when exposed to visible light. Early tests have shown that the coating kills 99.9 percent of influenza viruses and 99.99 percent of vaccinia virus.
Researchers at North Carolina State University have received a $3.5 million grant to help them devise a mathematical model that can predict the best course of treatment for "acutely" infected HIV patients, or patients who have recently been infected with the virus.
Researchers in the North Carolina Sate University genetics department have identified a suite of genes that affect aggression in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, pointing to new mechanisms that could contribute to abnormal aggression in humans and other animals.
Scientists at North Carolina State University have effectively lifted the veil from an important protein that is linked to the prevention of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Huntington's.
A study conducted by a faculty member in North Carolina State University's College of Textiles reveals that only 8 percent of women actually have hourglass figures. Most clothing manufacturers, however, continue to make clothes designed to fit the hourglass shape.
Researchers at North Carolina State University, the Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and from universities and hospitals around the globe have successfully sequenced the canine genome, or set of all genes.
Researchers at North Carolina State University are looking deep under water for clues on how to redesign plants for life deep in outer space.
Media looking for information on a variety of hurricane topics can contact North Carolina State University experts.
A study says that landscape corridors "“ strips of land connecting separated areas of similar habitat "“ are effective in promoting animal and plant seed movement to help sustain diversity and dispersal of native animals and plants.
Paleontologists at North Carolina State University have determined that a 68 million year-old Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil from Montana is that of a young female, and that she was producing eggs when she died.
In a genomics milestone, an international consortium of researchers has for the first time lifted the veil from a fungal plant pathogen by sequencing the genome -- or set of all genes -- of the most destructive enemy of rice: Magnaporthe grisea, the fungus that causes rice blast disease.
Conventional wisdom among paleontologists states that when dinosaurs died and became fossilized, soft tissues didn't preserve. New research by a North Carolina State University paleontologist, however, could literally turn that theory inside out.
A first-of-its-kind surgical procedure at North Carolina State University's College of Veterinary Medicine will soon give a family cat, born without the lower half of its hind legs, the chance to walk with the help of functional prosthetic feet.
In a new finding, researchers at North Carolina State University have found that soil-dwelling friends and foes communicate with plants in very similar ways. The plant's responses to both friend and foe are also remarkably similar.
To gauge the toxicity of Pfiesteria, the important single-celled fish predator that was the culprit behind a number of fish kills and fish diseases along the East Coast in the 1990s, researchers need to both use the proper study methods and recognize that certain populations of the organism, called strains, are toxic while others are not.
Newly published North Carolina State University research into the evolution of birds shows the first definitive fossil proof linking close relatives of living birds to a time when dinosaurs roamed the earth.
Researchers at North Carolina State University have shown that the amount of aerosols in the atmosphere has a significant impact on whether the surface area below either absorbs or emits more carbon dioxide (CO2).
A recent finding by a North Carolina State University biochemist advances the fundamental biology of how genetic information, encoded in DNA, is decoded for the production of proteins.
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