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seedless blackberry

Jul 30, 2024

Alumna Helps Develop First Seedless Blackberry

CALS alumna Lauren Redpath has leveraged her doctorate in horticultural science to help cultivate the world’s first seedless blackberry.
NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson and John D. Matyjas, scientific adviser to the commander of the U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command, signed an agreement between the two institutions to collaborate in areas like data science and artificial intelligence. NC State representatives, from left: Lori Wachter, Technical Program Manager, National Security and Special Research Initiatives, Office of Research and Innovation; Alyson Wilson, Interim Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation; Mladen Vouk, Vice Chancellor for Research Emeritus; Randy Woodson, Chancellor. Air Combat Command visitors, from left: Cristina “Mona” Stone, Technical Advisor of the ACC Directorate of Intelligence’s Intel Data and Technology Futures Division; John Matyjas, Scientific Adviser to the Commander; Shelton Jacinto, Air Force Research Laboratory Liaison; Luis Monroig, Data Scientist. Photo by Jiyoung Park.

Jul 29, 2024

NC State and Air Force Sign Cooperative Research and Development Agreement

NC State University has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the United States Air Force’s Air Combat Command, one of ten major commands in the Air Force, which provides air combat forces and support to U.S. warfighting commanders.  
Transformer bots can form more than 1,000 shapes.

Jul 29, 2024

Shape-Shifting ‘Transformer Bots’ Inspired by Origami

A single plastic cubed structure can transform into more than 1,000 configurations using only three active motors.

Jul 29, 2024

How an Emerging Disease in Dogs is Shedding Light on Cystic Fibrosis

A canine gallbladder disease is caused by improper expression of the gene associated with cystic fibrosis in humans.
artist illustration of a self driving lab. black background with a human and robot working at three desktop computers (left), a white robotic arm above them and several molecules scattered around the image.

Jul 26, 2024

Accelerating discovery

There are vast numbers of undiscovered molecules and materials that offer solutions to the challenges in health care, the environment, energy and other areas facing our world. Using artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and lab automation, self-driving labs (SDLs) are teaming up with human scientists to accelerate the rate at which we can solve these challenges.

Jul 26, 2024

Research in silicon carbide at NC State goes back decades

When the Office of Naval Research (ONR) in the 1980s wanted to upgrade its radar and communications systems, it considered the possibility of new devices using silicon carbide, a wide bandgap semiconductor (WBG) that can operate at higher voltages and temperatures than silicon.
a smartphone displays the wi-fi symbol on its screen

Jul 24, 2024

How a ‘Digital Twin’ Can Make Wireless Networks Faster, More Reliable

A new technique predicts which data wireless computing users will need before they need it, making wireless networks faster and more reliable.

Jul 24, 2024

Schmidt Succeeds Wilson as LAS Principal Investigator

The Laboratory for Analytic Sciences has a new principal investigator, but he’s not new to LAS.  Matthew Schmidt is taking over the duties previously handled by Alyson Wilson, who was…

Jul 22, 2024

Nanoscopic Imaging Aids in Understanding Protein, Tissue Preservation in Ancient Bones

Nanoscopic 3D imaging could be a shortcut for picking fossils most likely to preserve proteins or DNA.
image on left is labeled 'expanded' and shows 3D grid of pink polymer; image on left is labeled 'contracted' and shows a much smaller grid of the pink polymer, with much smaller gaps between the polymer strands

Jul 22, 2024

3D Printing of Light-Activated Hydrogel Actuators

3D-printed hydrogels create structures that contract when exposed to light and expand when the light is removed, meaning they can serve as remotely controlled actuators.