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Brig. Gen. Bob Ritchie, UNC System President Peter Hans, NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson, Vice Chancellor Mladen Vouk and Capt. Dave Giralt attend a signing event to formalize an educational partnership agreement. 

Jan 27, 2021

NC State Leads New UNC System Partnership With Military

A new partnership between the XVIII Airborne Corps and the UNC System will offer new opportunities to encourage and enhance education, research and innovation in STEM and other disciplines. 

red laser beams

Jan 27, 2021

Zapping Quantum Materials With Lasers Tells Us How Atoms Relate

Want to know how a quantum material acts on the atomic level? Zap it with a laser!

NC State gateway at sunset

Jan 26, 2021

‘Tri-Active’ Contraceptive Gel Combines Spermicidal, Anti-Viral, Libido-Enhancing Agents

Researchers have created a new contraceptive gel that contains spermicidal, anti-viral and libido-enhancing agents.

jar of sourdough starter

Jan 26, 2021

Intercontinental Study Sheds Light on the Microbial Life of Sourdough

Conventional wisdom is wrong. And sourdough is complicated.

Jan 15, 2021

ITRE Helps North Carolina Shape Funding Plans for Future Transportation Infrastructure Improvements

The Institute for Transportation Research and Education helped a state commission identify ways to sustainably fund future road maintenance and other needed infrastructure improvements.

Jan 11, 2021

NCDOT Releases 2021 State of Aviation Report, Compiled by ITRE

The NCDOT released its biennial report on the economic impacts of the state’s public airports, based on data that the Institute for Transportation Research and Education compiled and analyzed.

Diagram of the nanodroplet and ultrasound drill at work.

Jan 7, 2021

Nanodroplets and Ultrasound ‘Drills’ Prove Effective at Tackling Tough Blood Clots

The new technique was designed to break up particularly tough blood clots.

Jan 5, 2021

Does lightning strike on Venus? Mysterious flash may help solve puzzle.

National Geographic Earth’s clouds separate electrically charged water droplets and ice crystals through convection—when warmer clouds move up and cooler clouds sink down—leading to lightning. But it’s not clear how much vertical mixing happens in Venus’ clouds, says Paul Byrne, a planetary scientist at North Carolina State University. And Akatsuki can’t place the altitude of the flash, so if it was lightning, it could have struck from anywhere between the upper atmosphere and the main cloud deck tens of miles deeper.

bottles of vaccine

Dec 16, 2020

Vaccine Q&A: Vaccines 101, mRNA and Adenoviruses

Here’s how vaccines work and what mRNA and adenovirus vaccines are.

Dec 8, 2020

2 Named Fellows of Inventors Academy

Two NC State faculty members have been honored for their innovative work at the forefront of their disciplines.