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Feb 9, 2022AZO Robotics

Improving the Object Detection Ability of Artificial Intelligence

Object detection in 3D spaces is a key component of many computer vision applications, such as image sensing in autonomous driving or robot navigation. However, sophisticated, high-performance systems such as Lidar can be expensive and computationally complicated. Now, a team of researchers at North Carolina State University has developed a new system dubbed MonoConthat…

Feb 8, 2022WRAL Tech Wire

导致意外的以药物检查的项目ts, NCSU study finds

“We already knew that using fentanyl test strips reduces overdoses in the United States – these are used to identify whether fentanyl is present in other drugs,” says Jennifer Carroll, an assistant professor of anthropology at North Carolina State University and first author of a paper on the study. “We also knew that drugchecking…

Feb 8, 2022WWAY

North Carolina rental prices increasing faster than national average

“The increase in rental prices is tied to the increase in home prices. They’re really two parts of the same market,” explained Michael Walden, a North Carolina State University economist. “When home prices skyrocket, which they have been doing, many people are priced out of that market, so obviously they have to go intothe…

Feb 8, 2022Medical Xpress

Study finds unexpected benefits of ‘drug checking’ programs

“We already knew that using fentanyl test strips reduces overdoses in the United States—these are used to identify whether fentanyl is present in other drugs,” says Jennifer Carroll, an assistant professor of anthropology at North Carolina State University and first author of a paper on the study. “We also knew that drug checking withadvanced…

Feb 8, 2022Medical Xpress

In mice, mothers with metabolic syndrome can ‘turn on’ offspring’s liver disease

New research from North Carolina State University has found that an imprinted gene associated with development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is switched on in mice who nurse from mothers with metabolic syndrome, even when those mice are not biologically related. The finding supports the hypothesis that imprinted genes play important roles inthis…

Feb 7, 2022Phys.org

Microbes making tree methane ‘farts’ in ghost forests are in the soils, study shows

A new study from North Carolina State University shows that methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is largely generated in the soils below standing dead trees in so-called ghost forests, or coastal forests that are being killed off by rising sea levels. “We’re tracing where the methane is originally coming from, and what we’re finding isthat…

Feb 7, 2022The Washington Post

Sounds of a healthy ocean can bring degraded marine ecosystems back to life

“Soundscape diversity can be thought of as the phonic richness of an environment, or the number and loudness of biotic sounds,” says David Eggleston, director of the Center for Marine Sciences and Technology at North Carolina State University. Eggleston contributed to soundscape studies that demonstrate how oyster larvae are drawn to acoustically enhanced marinesoundscapes,…

Feb 7, 2022WRAL Tech Wire

Like kudzu, Amazon rapidly growing its presence across North Carolina

But economic investment by companies adds direct and indirect impact, said Dr. Michael Walden, a William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor Emeritus at North Carolina State University.“Besides the direct jobs and production at the new facilities, the location of a sizable new business facility will have economic impacts broadly in the local economy,” said Walden.“For…

Feb 7, 2022WNCN

NC State students hold dress design competition at Raleigh mall

Students from North Carolina State University competed in a “Project Runway” style dress competition at Crabtree Valley Mall Saturday. Students from the Wilson College of Textiles had four hours to design dresses made from paper hearts. The event was in support of the American Heart Association’s “Go Red for Women” Campaign, which raises awarenessabout…

Feb 4, 2022WBTV

NCRC Kannapolis location of NC State University awarded USDA grant to improve purple carrots for use in natural food colorants

The demand for natural food colorants, such as anthocyanins, continues to grow in the United States and worldwide due to the health promoting properties of plant pigments accompanied by a consumer shift away from synthetic food dyes. North Carolina State University associate professor of plant genomics, Massimo Iorizzo, PhD, was awarded a $637,000 grantfrom…

Feb 4, 2022WBTV

NCRC Kannapolis location of NC State University awarded USDA grant to improve purple carrots for use in natural food colorants

The demand for natural food colorants, such as anthocyanins, continues to grow in the United States and worldwide due to the health promoting properties of plant pigments accompanied by a consumer shift away from synthetic food dyes. North Carolina State University associate professor of plant genomics, Massimo Iorizzo, PhD, was awarded a $637,000 grantfrom…

Feb 4, 2022Nature World News

Microbes in Soil Are Responsible for Making Tree Methane Farts in Ghost Forests

“The stable isotope signature is like a fingerprint that you can trace,” said Melinda Martinez, the first author of the study and a graduate student at NC State. She is now a postdoctoral associate at the US National Institute of Health. Survey of Geology. “We found methane pouring out of the trees in prior research;where…

Feb 4, 2022WUNC

穆斯林学生在北卡罗来纳州. State celebrate World Hijab Day through outreach

In honor of World Hijab Day on Tuesday, the Muslim Student Association at N.C. State hosted a table on campus to invite fellow students to try out hijab for themselves. Mariyah Modan helped sophomore Miranda Powers, who is not Muslim, try on a blue scarf. Meanwhile, Powers’ friend Ashna Patel, relayed what she hadlearned…

Feb 4, 2022Futurity

Bird Flu is Back In The United States. Here’s What You Should Know

Several cases of “bird flu” have been detected in North Carolina and other eastern states. But what exactly is bird flu? Why is it important? Does it affect humans? What can we do about it? Matt Koci is a virologist and immunologist whose work focuses on host-microbe interactions in birds. Here, Koci, a professorin…

2022年2月3日Winston-Salem Journal

Triad jobless rate drops to two-year low of 3.3% in December

The December jobless rates for all 14 counties in the Triad and Northwest N.C. were below that of March 2020. “The December report was positive, with all indicators moving in the preferred direction,” said Michael Walden, an economics professor at N.C. State University. “The unemployment rate was down, the labor force participation rate wasup,…