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Dec 22, 2021Marketplace

Biden’s COVID home test plan faces supply chain hurdles

“There could be links where not only components are in short supply, but worker absenteeism could lead to delays,” said Julie Swann, who researches health care supply chains at North Carolina StateUniversity.

Dec 22, 2021National Geographic

See a rare baby dinosaur curled up in its fossilized egg

“It’s remarkable to get a glimpse into the very first stages of life of animals that lived more than 70 million years ago,” Lindsay Zanno, head of paleontology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and a researcher at NC State University, says via email. “The evidence that birds are living theropod dinosaurs is,at…

Dec 21, 2021National Institute of Food and Agriculture - USDA

NIFA Research Supports Safer Food from the Field to the Table

Don’t Wash Your Poultry. If chicken or turkey will be featured on your holiday menu, North Carolina State University(link is external) has some tips in preparing this dish. Research has found washing poultry prior to cooking increases the risk of foodborne illness. The bacteria from the bird can travel up to three feet fromwhere…

Dec 21, 2021Public Now

NIFA Research Supports Safer Food From The Field To The Table

If chicken or turkey will be featured on your holiday menu, North Carolina State University has some tips in preparing this dish. Research has found washing poultry prior to cooking increases the risk of foodborne illness. The bacteria from the bird can travel up to three feet from where it is washed. The safestway…

Dec 21, 2021WRAL Tech Wire

Is it really cheaper to live in North Carolina? NCSU economist says …

North Carolina is the 19th lowest-cost state in the country, meaning there are 32 states (including the District of Columbia) more expensive than North Carolina. Among nearby states, Virginia, Florida and Georgia are more expensive, while South Carolina and Tennessee are less expensive (although only slightly). Author: Dr. Mike Walden, a William Neal ReynoldsDistinguished…

Dec 21, 2021Spectrum News

Promoting fashion through social media

社交媒体已经成为促进趋之若鹜的地方fashion worldwide. Loretta Boniti explores how influencers here in North Carolina are spotting and promoting fashion trends. Joining Lroetta is Prof. Delisia Matthews or the Wilson College of Textiles at N.C. StateUniversity.

Dec 20, 2021CNN

Outdoor recreation has historically excluded people of color. That’s beginning to change

But the truth behind the gap in outdoor recreation, like so much in the US, has its roots in systemic racism, said KangJae “Jerry” Lee, an assistant professor at North Carolina State University, who studies race and outdoor leisure. “If we start connecting the dots,” Lee said, “the issue becomes excruciatingly clear that historicalinstitutional…

Dec 20, 2021Live Science

When humans are gone, what animals might evolve to have our smarts and skills?

With modern gene-sequencing technology and our understanding of evolution, “we’re pretty good at making short term predictions,” Martha Reiskind, a molecular ecologist at North Carolina State University, told Live Science. For example, we can predict that if humans were to suddenly go extinct tomorrow, climate change would continue to drive many species toward droughtresiliency…

Dec 20, 2021Farm Journal's PORK

Seaboard Foods to Limit Sales in California Over Proposition 12

A study of the initiative’s impact on the pork industry conducted by North Carolina State University agricultural economist Barry Goodwin found construction costs alone for building a new 5,200-sow operation would be $15.6 million; retrofitting existing barns would cost an average of $10 per pig, or $770 million for the industry’s 77 million sows,explained…

Dec 20, 2021GSA Business Report

千禧一代开车前所未有的德mand for tree growers

Christmas tree cultivation is akin to watching a train roll across the prairie and into your town. You might be able to see what’s coming from a long way off, but there’s not much you can do to stop it, said North Carolina State University’s Christmas tree specialist Jeff Owens. The time in betweenplanting…

Dec 20, 2021Winston-Salem Journal

Study: Pledges by Duke, other utilities would reduce power emissions by one-third

“That means there’s still significant potential to go above and beyond what utilities would be required to do,” said Christopher Galik, lead researcher for the study and an associate professor of public administration at N.C. State University. “This is particularly important in those parts of the country where there are no existing renewable energyproduction…

Dec 17, 2021Science Daily

Time lag between intervention and actual CO2 decrease could still lead to climate tipping point

“Broadly speaking, this is a simple energy balance model that allows you to analyze various emission reduction and carbon capture strategies and their effect on climate over time,” says Mohammad Farazmand, assistant professor of mathematics at North Carolina State University and corresponding author of the work. “Fully resolved climate models are too complex todo…

Dec 17, 2021The Points Guy

Love them or hate them, buffets are making a comeback

As Benjamin Chapman, Ph.D., professor and food safety specialist at North Carolina State University, told Today Food, “Managing social distancing and line-ups is really the hardest part [of buffets]. Or in situations where staff will serve patrons from a buffet, the staff and patron interaction is the riskiestpart.”

Dec 17, 2021AXIOS Charlotte

Grocery supply chain shortages extend beyond cream cheese

What they’re saying: “You get some products that get put into a bottle and within 24 hours are on the shelf, like milk,” said Brittany Whitmire, an extension association at NC State University’s Department of Agricultural & ResourceEconomics.

Dec 17, 2021WIRED

The Great Danger of the Tiny Bark Beetle

As he drove through the Sierra Nevada in 2019, Zachary Robbins noticed all the dead trees. Most of them had probably died around 2016 thanks to a combination of California’s drought and its growing population of bark beetles—tiny creatures that kill giant trees. Although workers had tried to salvage whatever they could for commercialtimber,…