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Researchers Demonstrate Self-Assembling Electronics

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Powdery mildew on a blueberry plant.

Jan 8, 2025

Blueberries Beware: Powdery Mildew Spreading Across the Globe

Research on fungus spread could help growers predict, monitor and control disease affecting blueberries.
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New Research Improves Predictions for Solid Waste Management

Improved waste predictions can help improve the efficiency of recycling and landfill operations.

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Now Open: Hot Press Furnace Center

A new advanced manufacturing facility with a unique hot press system capable of reaching 2,000 degrees Celsius while applying 50 tons of pressure is now open for use on Centennial Campus.

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Machine learning and satellite imagery could help protect the world’s most important crops

Combining satellite imagery with machine learning, a new tool that models rice crop productivity faster and more accurately could help decision-makers better assess how and where to plant rice — the primary energy source for over half of the world’s population.
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Dec 12, 2024

Researchers Demonstrate New Technique for Stealing AI Models

Researchers have demonstrated the ability to steal an AI model without hacking into the device where the model was running.
left image is titled support and shows a black polymer sheet lifting four stacked petri dishes that are loaded with spheres. right image is title manipulates and shows a black polymer sheet undulating in a way that rotates the multicolored spheres in a petri dish in a counterclockwise direction

Dec 6, 2024

Magnetically Controlled Kirigami Surfaces Move Objects: No Grasping Needed

The new technology is useful for lifting and moving items that cannot be easily grasped, such as fragile objects, gels or liquids.
time-lapse image from a video shows a manta-shaped soft robot swimming over and under obstacles in a glass tank filled with water

Dec 4, 2024

Manta Rays Inspire the Fastest Swimming Soft Robot Yet

A team of researchers has drawn inspiration from manta rays and beaten its own record for the fastest swimming soft robot.
Two people in a lab with electronic devices

Dec 3, 2024

Researchers Pit Lasers Against Sweetpotato Pest

With vinegar flies increasingly impacting sweetpotato storage, N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative researchers are exploring a novel management strategy with lasers to combat the pests.
a group of chickens sit outside under a tree

Dec 2, 2024

General Mills Gift Supports Poultry Environment Research

With fudning from General Mills, CALS poultry scientists are exploring how different environments impact the growth, well-being and meat quality of broiler chickens.
micrograph image shows detailed microscale structure that looks like branches. some are colored red or blue to provide contrast.

Dec 2, 2024

Researchers Demonstrate Self-Assembling Electronics

The proof-of-concept work was used to create diodes and transistors, and paves the way for self-assembling more complex electronic devices.