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USDA Awards Avian-Flu-Fighting Challenge Grants to NC State Researchers

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a charging cable is plugged into the port of an electric car

Mar 19, 2026

Electric Cars Can Make Power Grids More Reliable (and Earn Owners Money) – So Why Aren’t We Doing That?

A new study details the barriers to adopting the vehicle-to-grid model and outlines possible paths forward for this technology.

Mar 19, 2026

Protecting North Carolina Coastlines with Natural Solutions

NC State doctoral student Sam Holberg, joint Sea Grant & Coastal Reserve Research Fellow, is investigating the effects of oyster farms on shorelines — which could inform lasting solutions for our coast.
The milky way galaxy

Mar 16, 2026

Reevaluating Reaction Rates to Better Understand the Stars

Richard Longland talks about why reevaluating thermonuclear reaction rates will help us better understand the universe.
The State College smokestack with the Burlington Labs nuclear reactor.

Mar 12, 2026

NC State Engineering Leads the Nation in DOE Nuclear Energy Awards

NC State’s College of Engineering has once again demonstrated its national leadership in nuclear innovation, earning more awards than any other institution in the latest funding announcement from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy.
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Mar 11, 2026

Accelerating NC State’s Research Position

In an effort to better compete for large-scale proposals, advance research and support growth, the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative (PSI) and Commercial Leap Ahead for Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors (CLAWS) are moving under the Office of Research and Innovation.
Mosquitofish

Mar 11, 2026

Female Resistance, Not Just Choice, Drives Mosquitofish Diversity

Female mosquitofish drive population isolation both by preferring native males and aggressively resisting outsiders.
a white sedan with electronic equipment mounted on the roof and corners of the vehicle sits at an intersection. The vehicle is marketed as a "driverless car."

Mar 11, 2026

How a New System Could Help the Remote Drivers Who Operate ‘Driverless’ Cars

How do you ensure remote operators stay alert? And what happens when they are asked to monitor multiple vehicles at once?
illustration shows a human gut system teeming with microorganisms

Mar 9, 2026

Researchers Make Probiotic Safer for Immunocompromised Patients

An international team of researchers has modified a probiotic yeast to make it safer for use by immunocompromised people, older adults and infants.

Mar 9, 2026

Kim Sachs Joins LAS as Director

The Laboratory for Analytic Sciences at NC State University proudly welcomes Kimberly Sachs as its new director. In this role, she will lead LAS’s government personnel and grow research partnerships…

Mar 9, 2026

USDA Awards Avian-Flu-Fighting Challenge Grants to NC State Researchers

Two groups of top researchers at the College of Veterinary Medicine have won USDA grants to complete projects aimed at combating the nation’s years-long outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza.