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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.
Dr. Marnie Metzler

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.

Dec 19, 2023

NC State to Serve as Clemson’s Mentor Institution for New NSF ART Program

Through the National Science Foundation's Accelerating Research Translation (ART) program, we will provide Clemson University with research-translation training and support.
illustration shows two pieces of metal foam being welded together using an induction welder. Several inches away from the site of the weld (which is white hot), the metal foam is cool enough to touch with a bare hand.

Dec 14, 2023

Researchers Find Way to Weld Metal Foam Without Melting Its Bubbles

Traditional welding impairs the qualities that make metal foams desirable. Now researchers have found a solution.
Caddisfly eggs on a rock.

Dec 13, 2023

Aquatic Insects in Restored Streams Need More Rocks to Lay Their Eggs

If you want aquatic insect egg populations to take off, you need more runways, according to a new study.
photo shows an adult male turkey in profile

Dec 13, 2023

Study Overturns Conventional Wisdom About Wild Turkey Nesting Survival

The findings shed new light on how climate change may affect wild turkey populations.
Craig Yencho and Mercy Kitavi work with sweet potato samples in a lab in Nairobi, Kenya.

Dec 12, 2023

A Patented Winner

The National Academy of Inventors named NC State University’s Craig Yencho a 2023 fellow for his contributions to improved sweetpotato and potato breeding and genetics, with an impact reaching from North Carolina to Sub-Saharan Africa.
View of biopolymer film on left and microscopic view of the film on right.

Dec 11, 2023

Researchers Combine Biopolymers Derived From the Ocean to Replace Synthetic Plastic Films

Crustacean and seaweed materials combined in a unique way could provide a sustainable alternative to plastic films.
A 3D illustration of antibiotic-resistant bacteria inside a biofilm.

Dec 8, 2023

NC State Researcher Receives ‘High-Risk, High Reward’ NIH Funding 

Nathan Crook and his research team have been granted more than $1.3M from the National Institutes of Health to study whether a certain strain of yeast can help catalyze drug discovery.