Archive

Oct 25, 2018

Local Hormone Production is Root of Issue for Plant Development

Study shows local production of a key hormone is required for plant health.

Oct 24, 2018

October 2018 Research Roundup

A look at some of the newest published studies coming out of the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine.

Oct 23, 2018

Salmonella Loves Hydrogen Peroxide – And Helps Your Body Make More of it

Salmonella is super effective in making us sick because it turns the body’s defense mechanism to its advantage. New research describes just how Salmonella does what it does.

Oct 22, 2018

Grants Awarded to GI Research Projects at the CVM

Three NC State College of Veterinary Medicine researchers were awarded grants for digestive disease pilot studies at this month’s Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease Research Day.

Oct 17, 2018

Taking Their Vitamins: Researchers Find Bacterioplankton Rely on Environmental Vitamin B1 Rather Than Making Their Own

Researchers find that more bacterioplankton utilize vitamin B1 or B1 precursors from their environment than synthesize their own.

Oct 17, 2018

On the Defensive

Study reveals that during infections, a viral RNA element changes its structure to block a plant cell’s defenses and produces a shorter, noncoding RNA. Previous research had found a similar mechanism at play during human infections.

Oct 16, 2018

Not All Analyses Are Equal: Physicists Create Guidelines for Non-Equilibrium Measurements of Many-Body Systems

When it comes to non-equilibrium physics, not all assumptions are created equal.

Oct 12, 2018

Researchers Create New E-Textiles with Fiber-Level Sensors

Electronic textile research could lead to multifunctional smart garments.

Oct 11, 2018

Detecting Gluons Inside Pions: Five Questions with NC State Physicists Patrick Barry and Chueng Ji

Researchers from NC State University have determined the probability of finding a gluon inside the pion. The Abstract talks with them about what this finding means for our understanding of how the universe works.

Oct 11, 2018

N.C. Science Teachers Gain Research Experience through NIH-Funded Grant

Through a National Institutes of Health-funded, five-year project, NC State Education Associate Professor Margareta Thomson heads a new professional development program designed to help K-12 teachers from high-poverty North Carolina schools build their scientific research skills and content knowledge.