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Mar 14, 2014

Surface characteristics influence cellular growth on semiconductor material

Changing the texture and surface characteristics of a semiconductor material at the nanoscale can influence the way that neural cells grow on the material. 

Mar 14, 2014

Heat-Based technique offers new way to measure microscopic particles

Researchers have developed a new heat-based technique for counting and measuring the size of microscopic particles. The technique is less expensive than light-based techniques and can be used on a wider array of materials than electricity-based techniques. 

Mar 11, 2014

LeBeau receives NSF CAREER Award

Dr. James LeBeau, assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University, has received a Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation. 

Mar 11, 2014

Cao receives NSF CAREER Award

Dr. Linyou Cao, an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University, has received a Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation. 

Mar 11, 2014

New technique uses ATP as trigger for targeted anti-cancer drug delivery

Biomedical engineering researchers have developed a new technique that uses adenosine-5’-triphosphate (ATP), the so-called “energy molecule,” to trigger the release of anti-cancer drugs directly into cancer cells. 

Mar 7, 2014

New NSF Dielectrics Center ties research efforts to product development

If you want to do research that solves problems facing global industries, it helps to form partnerships with the industries you want to help. That’s the idea behind the National Science Foundation’s new Center for Dielectrics and Piezoelectrics, being led by NC State and Penn State. 

Mar 6, 2014

Computational tool offers new insight into key biological processes

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a computational tool designed to guide future research on biochemical pathways by identifying which components in a biological system are related to specific biochemical processes. 

Mar 5, 2014

Grieshop receives NSF CAREER Award

Dr. Andrew Grieshop, assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University, has received the Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). 

Feb 26, 2014

Superabsorbing design may lower manufacturing cost of thin film solar cells

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a “superabsorbing” design that may significantly improve the light absorption efficiency of thin film solar cells and drive down manufacturing costs.