Do AI-driven Chemistry Labs Actually Work? New Metrics Promise Answers

Feb 15, 2024

Do AI-driven Chemistry Labs Actually Work? New Metrics Promise Answers

The idea of a self-driving lab is wonderful. But how well do they actually work?

Feb 15, 2024

Show Us Your Research, NC State!

NC State is calling on graduate students, undergraduate students, postdocs, faculty and staff to take part in Envisioning Research, the university’s annual research image contest.

Chris Hewett, supervisor of the Department of Physics Instrument Shop, welds the roundhouse, a stainless steel cylindrical structure that experimental physicists will use to study low-energy neutrons.

Feb 14, 2024

An Instrumental Place

Experimental research often requires the creation of custom equipment. The Department of Physics Instrument Shop is up for the challenge.

Feb 5, 2024

Beckman Scholar Spotlight: Alexa Kuyvenhoven

Meet Alexa Kuyvenhoven, an NC State undergraduate student researching a novel therapeutic for equine injuries typically considered hard to treat — thanks to the Beckman Scholars Program.

Feb 5, 2024

Beckman Scholar Spotlight: Anthony Kelly

Meet Anthony Kelly, an NC State undergraduate student researching the development of novel compounds with neurobiological activity — thanks to the Beckman Scholars Program.

Sonja Salmon (left) and Siyan Wang (right) stand in the lab with lab coats and protective glasses. Salmon holds fabric samples and Wang holds two bottles of solution with some fabric fragments visible.

Jan 29, 2024

NC State Textile Waste Research Paves Way for Greener Textile Future

Ph.D. student Siyan Wang’s breakthrough research on cotton fiber fragments earned a prestigious spot on the front cover of Cellulose journal. See how her research is changing the game for textile recycling.

The NC State Belltower at dusk and night. Photo by Marc Hall

Jan 26, 2024

New NSF Center Will Advance Textile Industry ‘Greening’

The effort aims to reduce textile waste and make advances in wearable, medical and protective textiles.

black-and-white video still shows a ringlike object in a square space that has one gap for an entrance. A bright white line shows the path that the object has taken in tracing the contours of the space.

Jan 8, 2024

New Soft Robots Roll Like Tires, Spin Like Tops and Orbit Like Moons

The device, which operates without human or computer control, holds promise for developing technologies that can be used to navigate unknown environments.

Jan 3, 2024

Ship Repair Startup Forging Its Way to Market

A software startup company co-founded by a graduate of NC State's College of Education is seeking to streamline ship repair for the U.S. Navy.

Dec 20, 2023

Dr. Marnie Metzler Named NC State’s New University Attending Veterinarian

Dr. Marnie Metzler, DVM, Ph.D., DACLAM was named NC State’s University Attending Veterinarian on Dec. 18, 2023.

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