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June 2020

water pouring from faucet

Jun 26, 2020

NC State receives $7.4 million from NIEHS to study PFAS toxicity, bioaccumulation and remediation

Researchers from North Carolina State University have received a five-year, $7.4 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Superfund Research Program to establish a Center for Environmental and Human Health Effects of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS). 

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Jun 19, 2020

What Is Juneteenth?

The roots of Juneteenth, or Emancipation Day, can be traced to Texas in 1865. 

Ritika Shamdasani and her sister Niki, walk on a runway at a Sani fashion show.

Jun 18, 2020

Guiding young businesses to success

With experiential learning programs and funding opportunities, NC State Entrepreneurship helps students turn their ideas into reality. 

Jun 12, 2020

New approach to DNA data storage makes system more dynamic, scalable

Researchers are laying out a fundamentally new approach to DNA data storage systems. 

A small white box on PVC pipe poles over plots of soybeans in sandy soil.

Jun 11, 2020

Low-cost cameras could be sensors to remotely monitor crop stress

Researchers from CALS and COE, led by postdoctoral research scholar Paula Ramos-Giraldo, have worked together to construct a low-cost camera system to monitor crop stress remotely. Their StressCam will aid researchers, plant breeders and ultimately farmers. 

Dr. Louis Martin-Vega

Jun 10, 2020

A personal statement from Dean Martin-Vega for the College of Engineering community

Dean Louis Martin-Vega shares a personal statement with College of Engineering students, faculty members, staff members and alumni in the wake of protests against racial injustice across the country. 

NCMS

Jun 10, 2020

Internships adapt: Data curation at the Museum of Natural Sciences

Among the many rippling effects of the coronavirus pandemic, some students have found themselves without the internships that they had planned on taking on over the summer. 

Bottles of hand sanitizer.

Jun 10, 2020

Fewer cars mean more hand sanitizer

NC State partners with Novozymes to make a product once taken for granted – hand sanitizer. 

flowchart of how artificial chemist works

Jun 10, 2020

‘Artificial chemist’ combines AI, robotics to conduct autonomous R&D

Combining AI and robotics to advance materials R&D and manufacturing.