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Oct 31, 2018

Assistive Technology: Designing for Users’ Needs

Alexandra Grossi [MGD ’17], who is profoundly deaf and relies on a cochlear implant for communication, used assistive technology and research to develop a thoughtful and user-centric masters thesis.

Oct 29, 2018

Ants for Antibiotics?: Omar Halawani’s Research Featured At Hunt Library Event

How do ant colonies defend themselves from harmful bacteria? NC State master’s student Omar Halawani is looking for answers. Learn more at Nov. 15’s Never Home Alone event at the Hunt Library on Centennial Campus.

Oct 26, 2018

NC State Plays Role in Development of New Sport Impact Tool

NC State contributes research on physical activity to Healthy Sport Index.

Oct 25, 2018

A Calculated Risk: Researchers Calculate Priority Index for Leptospirosis Risk in Brazil

Leptospirosis is a tropical, bacterial disease prevalent in South America. Last year an estimated one million illnesses and 58,900 deaths were caused by the disease worldwide…

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.