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Jan 24, 2022Yahoo! News

Climate change will likely worsen West Coast blackouts and cause energy price spikes, studies find

“The impacts of climate change and extreme weather events on the grid, mostly in the form of drought and heat waves, are going to get worse under climate change,” co-author Jordan Kern, assistant professor of forestry and environment resources at North Carolina State University, said in a statement about the reports. Kern’s co-authors included教授……

Jan 24, 2022The Jefferson Exchange

Mon 8:30 | How global warming could further mess up electric power on the West Coast

Professor Jordan Kern and his group at North Carolina State University go into further depth on how climate change could wreak havoc on energy systems, in recently publishedresearch.

Jan 21, 2022Fast Company

Want more Instagram likes? Marketing scholars have discovered a formula for the perfect image

But a group of researchers at North Carolina State University wondered what would happen if they ignored follower-count sizes and clever captions and just examined the images by themselves: Could users attract more likes by choosing to upload certain types ofpictures?

Jan 21, 2022Futurity

These Qualities Attract ‘Likes’ on Instagram

“We found that all six measures are important, but there were particular patterns in which images generated the most positive feedback,” says William Rand, coauthor of a paper on the work and an associate professor of marketing at North Carolina StateUniversity.

Jan 21, 2022Science Friday

These Beetles Go Boing

“It was really exciting to know that we had seen something possibly for the first time and definitely reported for the first time,” said Matt Bertone, an entomologist at NC State University and one of the authors of thereport.

Jan 21, 2022The Scientist

Leaping Larvae Intrigue Scientists

In a conversation with The Scientist, North Carolina State University entomologist Matt Bertone discusses how he first noticed these jumps, the mechanism behind the behavior, and potential reasons why larvaeleap.

2022年1月20日Big News Network

178,000 new businesses opened across North Carolina last year

Looking ahead, Marshall said it’s smart to keep an eye on news headlines in the state when looking for potential new business ideas – such as the new Plant Sciences Initiative at North Carolina State University for research on sustainable agriculture. “Those kinds of things will provide niches for folks in rural areas,” saidMarshall.…

2022年1月20日Phys.Org

Scientists find previously unknown jumping behavior in insects

“Jumping at all is exceedingly rare in the larvae of beetle species, and the mechanism they use to execute their leaps is—as far as we can tell—previously unrecorded in any insect larvae,” says Matt Bertone, corresponding author of a paper on the discovery and director of North Carolina State University’s Plant Disease and InsectClinic.

2022年1月20日Clean Technica

Climate Change Could Lead To Blackouts & Higher Power Costs On West Coast

Two new studies led by a North Carolina State University researcher offer a preview of what electricity consumers on the West Coast could experience under two different future scenarios: one where excessive heat due to climate change strains power supplies, and one where the grid shifts toward renewable energy while the climate follows historictrends.…

2022年1月20日Phys.Org

New modeling tools to help solid-waste systems reach environmental goals

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a free, user-friendly tool that makes use of multiple computational models to help solid waste systems achieve their environmental goals in the most cost-efficient way possible. “The challenge is that there are a host of things waste management systems can do to accomplish these goals,” saysJames…

Jan 19, 2022Public Now

Climate Change Could Lead To Blackouts, Higher Power Costs On U.S. West Coast

Two new studies led by North Carolina State University researchers offer a preview of what electricity consumers on the West Coast could experience under two different future scenarios: one where excessive heat due to climate change strains power supplies, and one where the grid shifts toward renewable energy while the climate follows historic trends.In…

Jan 19, 2022WRAL

Education leaders to discuss ways to improve childhood literacy in NC

How do we improve childhood literacy across North Carolina? Leaders will address that question tomorrow at a Literacy and Equity Summit hosted by NC State University. Dr. Hiller A. Spires, with the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at NCSU, speaks with WRAL ahead of theSummit.

Jan 19, 2022Triangle Business Journal

NC State finishes fundraising drive at $2.1 billion

Over the last five years, North Carolina State University has raised more than $2.1 billion through a fundraising campaign that ended Dec. 31. The fundraising drive, called Think and Do the Extraordinary Campaign, is the largest in N.C. State’s history. The university says only 12 other public universities in the U.S. have raised $2billion…

Jan 19, 2022Phys.org

Study IDs visual characteristics that make people ‘like’ images on Instagram

“We are increasingly able to determine whether images included in social media messages are likely to garner interest from consumers,” says William Rand, co-author of a paper on the work and an associate professor of marketing at North Carolina State University. “But a lot of the variables that we know affect public interest havevery…

Jan 18, 2022AG Daily

3 minority-serving agricultural programs for students to know about

Today, NC State’s School of Agriculture and Life Sciences continues to prove their commitment to minority students and their future, being among the nation’s Top 10 universities graduating a large minority population in agriculture and life sciences. This is due, in part, to their focus on what the university leadership describes as “non-cognitive approaches,” meaningthat…