With the airwaves filled with talk and images of disaster following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, children need to hear reassuring words from their parents and other adults.
In light of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, NC State University experts are available to discuss national security and defense, terrorism and retaliation, the attacks' effect on the economy, dealing with tragedy, and the buildings' structural integrity.
Most people don't think about the tons of concrete in the buildings and structures around them until disasters strike, such as the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
The peak season for Atlantic hurricanes is just around the corner. North Carolina State University experts can provide timely expertise for reporters' hurricane-related coverage.
A textile scientist at North Carolina State University is developing a more efficient method of dyeing cotton that is not only less harmful to the environment, but also uses significantly smaller amounts of energy, water and salt in the dyeing process.
Research conducted at NC State University has found that fire ant workers and queens have arrived at a kind of negotiated middle ground in a conflict over the proportion of new male and female ants raised in their colonies.
Cloning, stem cell research, genetic engineering -- all three have received extensive media coverage in recent weeks, especially following this week's National Academy of Sciences conference on human cloning.
Imagine learning about the music and recording industry from professionals who've guided a band to sales of 25 million records and two Grammy Awards. North Carolina State University students will have that opportunity this fall.
A team of geneticists has identified a gene in a common agricultural pest that confers high levels of resistance to genetically engineered crops -- a discovery which will allow farmers and government officials to take early steps to prevent uncontrollable outbreaks.
A team of scientists at NC State has played a key role in the first analysis of the function of an organism's important proteins, the main building blocks of all living organisms.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $3M grant to a team of scientists at North Carolina State University to research the breeding and genetics of the loblolly pine, one of the Southeast's most economically important tree species.
Farmers in the Southeast can play a critical role in halting the population decline of bobwhite quail, and they can do it without facing a significant decrease in the profitability of their farms, a researcher at North Carolina State University says.
There are several historical and cultural reasons behind U.S. recalcitrance to join Europe in taking strong steps to reduce greenhouse gases, says Dr. Marvin Soroos of North Carolina State University, a widely cited expert on global environmental politics.
For years, weather watchers have noticed that storms often flare up or intensify over the Sandhills region of North and South Carolina. Scientists and students at North Carolina State University and the North Carolina State Climate Office are investigating this anomaly.
North Carolina State University researchers are working with scientists nationwide to control the spread of West Nile virus and identify which types of mosquitos are most likely to transmit the mosquito-borne strain of encephalitis.
With funding from the National Football League, NC State University is helping to develop an educational program aiming to prevent inappropriate behavior by parents at their children's athletic activities, and to ensure children have positive sports experiences.
From middle school through college, students are taught that each plant or animal cell has a nucleus -- a simple, round sphere containing the organism's genetic blueprint. In an accidental discovery, however, researchers at North Carolina State University have found it's not that simple, after all.
A forest entomologist at North Carolina State University is looking for ways to stall the advance of the aphid-like hemlock woody adelgid, an exotic insect that defoliates an ecologically and aesthetically important tree species.
For years, scientists thought they knew which strain of late blight caused the great Irish potato famine of the 1840s. It turns out they were wrong, according to a new study by scientists at NC State University.
Nothing can prevent a tropical storm from pounding coastal communities, but a team of NC State University researchers is testing new designs for "breakaway walls" that could reduce damage to homes and buildings should a hurricane make landfall.
Financial institutions are increasingly turning to mathematicians to model the changing values of their assets. To help meet that demand, faculty members from across North Carolina State University are working to create a new graduate financial mathematics program.
Most people don't consider a parking lot a thing of beauty, but the honeycomb design of some new parking lots in eastern North Carolina is easier on the environment than standard asphalt and could be considered an attractive alternative to traditional designs.
In their quest for improved health for both men and women, medical professionals and scientists must gain a better understanding of the basic biological differences between the sexes, says professor of zoology at North Carolina State University.
A pioneering evolutionary biologist, a noted TV news analyst and the former heads of the FDA and National Science Foundation are among the six individuals who will receive honorary degrees at North Carolina State University's Commencement on May 19.
A zoologist at North Carolina State University is using a 19th century device called a "fishwheel" to study the spawning migration of striped bass and other Atlantic Ocean species on North Carolina's Roanoke River.
Scientists at NC State University have given water quality along North Carolina's Outer Banks a clean bill of health for the fourth straight year.
A team of engineers and surgeons led by a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at NC State University, is using computer simulation to pioneer new, experimental methods of designing synthetic arteries, veins and bypass grafts.
Researchers at North Carolina State University and the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources have found that toxic chemical compounds did not increase in eastern North Carolina rivers and streams during and after the Hurricane Floyd flooding of 1999.
Geologists at North Carolina State University are working to unlock the secrets of sand transport and beach erosion along the sandy coast of North Carolina, where shallow, shifting shoals and violent currents have wrecked ships for hundreds of years.
Scientists at North Carolina State University have found new ways to make protective fabrics -- such as those used in flame-retardant children's clothing or odor-inhibiting socks and shirts -- last longer and work better.
North Carolina State University is receiving nearly $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand its organic agriculture research and education efforts.
With some help from the massive eruption of a Philippine volcano, scientists from North Carolina State University and the National Climate Center of China believe they have solved a climate change mystery. (Geophysical Research Letters, 2-15-01)
Frankenfoods or miracle crops to help feed a hungry world? Your feelings about genetically modified foods depend, in good measure, on how their benefits and potential risks are explained to you, says Dr. Steven B. Katz of NC State University.
After being knocked over by wind or hail, many plants quickly grow upward again. Scientists have discovered that oats and maize use a chemical, also present in the human brain, to "perceive" almost instantly that something is amiss -- and to bend upright.
1 - plants and gravity; 2 - language and biotechnology; 3 - wastewater treatment; 4 - science textbook troubles; 5 - canine epilepsy; 6 - wireless technology; 7 - blue crab migration; 8 - wireless signal fades; 9 - nonstick coatings; 10 - jet technology.
A pair of marine biologists at NC State University is exploring the spawning migrations of the blue crab, one of the most economically and ecologically important fishery species in the Chesapeake Bay and in the coastal waters of North Carolina.
In a series of pioneering studies, researchers at North Carolina State University have shown that wireless signal fluctuations can be tracked and predicted far ahead of when they occur.
Veterinary medicine researchers at NC State University are investigating new forms of epilepsy treatment that could provide dogs with a better quality of life, and pet owners with an easier and potentially cheaper means of controlling the seizures.
An NC State University inventor has developed technology that will help meet -- and additionally fuel -- the exploding demand for cellular phones, hand-held Internet access and other means of wireless communication.
Scientists have long known that forests sometimes act as "carbon sinks," absorbing more of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide than they release. Now, a team of researchers has identified a mechanism through which grasslands appear to demonstrate the same property. (Nature, 1-11-01)
A new examination of some of the most widely used middle school physical science textbooks has found texts that incorrectly state Newton's first law of motion and show the equator passing through the southern United States.
Using a simple process, North Carolina State University chemical engineers have discovered a way to make flexible coating materials more durable and water-resistant, without the use of environmentally harmful solvents. (Science, 12-15-00)
Halford House believes wastewater is too precious to dump down the drain. So House, a NC State University water quality specialist, has created North Carolina's first and only self-contained wastewater treatment system for an office building.
A fungus from Asia is capable of decimating North Carolina Fraser fir plantations -- and threatening the long-term health of the state's $100M annual Christmas tree industry. A team of researchers at NC State University is working to prevent that from happening.
For the first time, scientists have been able to show that by rotating a nanostructure they can control its ability to conduct electrical current to another material, just as you can control the flow of electricity to lights by turning a dimmer switch. (Science, 12-1-00)
Records released about traffic stops by state troopers in New Jersey indicate the extent of the racial profiling problem there, says an NC State University criminologist. But, he adds, profiling does not appear to be a policy among most law enforcement agencies nationwide.
Americans have not altered their food consumption habits in the face of recent, highly publicized reports that taco shells were found to contain unapproved bioengineered corn, according to a new survey by North Carolina State University sociologist Dr. Tom Hoban.
The complicated population interactions of predator and prey species have long intrigued scientists. A team of scientists at Cornell University and NC State University has now demonstrated that a mathematical model reflects the reality of such population dynamics. (Science, 11-16-00)
New technology developed by engineers at North Carolina State University helps to steer an aircraft and keeps it from stalling by using small jets of air pulsed through small holes near the back of a wing.
A North Carolina State University information design researcher says the controversial Palm Beach County, Fla., presidential election ballot violates several well-researched principles of sound document design.
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