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New Spectrometer Is Small Enough to Fit on Your Phone

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illustration shows how a microbe is mutated to produce a new microbe that produces more plasmid dna for use in biomedical applications

Aug 13, 2025

‘Controlled Evolution’ Dramatically Boosts pDNA Production for Biomedical Manufacturing

The advance is significant because the new technique could drive down the cost of gene therapy treatments.
image: close-up of a chicken.

Aug 11, 2025

Mapping the Impacts of North Carolina’s Poultry Industry

NC produces over 1 billion chickens and turkeys per year and is home to over 4,600 poultry farms.
satellite image shows the night side of earth, with cities lit up by electric light

Aug 8, 2025

New Physical Model Aims to Boost Energy Storage Research

The new model can be incorporated into computational tools to help design better batteries and capacitors.
Cameras are mounted to a beam that's attached to the top of a small tractor

Aug 5, 2025

Researchers Pursue Automated Staking for Ag Labor Savings

Amid agricultural labor shortages, a university horticultural scientist is working with the N.C. PSI’s Makerspace to automate a labor-intensive process vital for tomato production.
Kedena Henriques-Thompson and Andrianna Hodges examine a white athletic shoe with red stripes in a lab space. One woman holds the shoe up while the other observes.

Aug 4, 2025

NC State Student Contributes to Athletic Footwear Research 

Andrianna Hodges’ interest in sports performance testing as a textile engineering undergraduate led her to participate in the Research Experience for Undergraduates this summer.
satellite view of a hurricane or typhoon nearing a coastline

Jul 29, 2025

Research Improves Accuracy of Climate Models – Particularly for Compound Extreme Events

The advance should provide policymakers with improved climate projections that can be used to inform policy and planning decisions.
black and white image shows 3D renderings of 7 forams, which are all complex, curved structures

Jul 29, 2025

How Tiny Fossils Are Leading to Smarter Robots

A technique designed to help robots sort tiny marine fossils could pave the way for a host of additional applications.
image: oyster shell.

Jul 28, 2025

Microplastics and Metals in Oysters

“Our goal is to provide scientific data in context that can aid decision-making and dispel misinformation.”
graphic design shows how vaccine can gain entry to the bloodstream via a space between the tooth and the gum

Jul 28, 2025

Why You May Get Future Vaccines Via Dental Floss

Researchers have demonstrated a novel vaccine delivery method, using dental floss to introduce vaccine via the tissue between the teeth and gums.
a hand wearing a latex glove holds six tiny metal strips, each only millimeters wide and no longer than a thumbnail.

Jul 28, 2025

New Spectrometer Is Small Enough to Fit on Your Phone

The technology makes it possible to create portable, hand-held spectroscopy devices.