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Dec 16, 2021The Coastland Times

You Decide: How have the economic pie and its slices changed?

Economic pie is a term often used to describe the size of the economy. Over time, economists and others track how the economic pie is growing. The slices of the pie then refer to how individuals share in the aggregate economy and its changing size. Is everyone’s slice increasing, or do some people getbigger…

Dec 16, 2021Rio De Janeiro News

Restaurants, grocery stores act to stop California animal welfare law

A coalition of California restaurants and grocery stores has filed a lawsuit to block a new farm animal welfare law. Under the new law, pigs, egg-laying chickens and veal calves must have enough space to stand and turn around in holding pens. North Carolina State University calculated that the new standard would cost some15…

Dec 16, 2021Carteret County News-Times

NC State University students, faculty get uncommon chance to study manatees with necropsy at CMAST

Students and faculty at the N.C. State University Center for Marine Sciences and Technology got a unique opportunity earlier this month, when they received a deceased manatee for necropsy. According to an announcement from CMAST, the female manatee live-stranded in Kill Devil Hills Dec. 2. It was scheduled for transfer to a zoo inJacksonville,…

Dec 16, 2021WRAL Tech Wire

Climate change intervention will be hit by ‘lag time,’ NCSU researchers warn

“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 15, 2021Bloomberg News

Caught Cheating: When Sin Taxes Forge Unforeseen Fallout

Sin taxes are a key legislative tool to reduce unhealthy behaviors such as the use of tobacco. These taxes are generally effective in decreasing the purchase and consumption of targeted products, but they may have unintended consequences. Authors: Jared Smith is an associate professor of finance at North Carolina State University’s Poole College of Management.His…

Dec 15, 2021The Reflector

Kickoff held in Ayden for food commercialization center

“It’s a collaboration of many institutions coming together to make this happen,” said Tripp. He praised the College of Agriculture at N.C. State University, the College of Business at East Carolina University and Pitt Community College for their contributions to theprocess.

Dec 15, 2021Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Soft robots speed up thanks to new thermal actuator design

Developed at North Carolina State University, potential applications for the fast-moving parts could include prosthetic devices and high-end manufacturing machines. Actuators create motion by converting energy into work. “Using thermal actuation is not new for soft robots, but the biggest challenge for soft thermal actuators was that they were relatively slow – and we’ve made them fast,” said Professor Yong Zhu, corresponding author ofthe new…

Dec 15, 2021The News & Observer

Tornadoes in the winter months? In North Carolina, they’re more common than you’d think

“There’s quite a few cold season tornadoes in the Southeast,” said Matthew Parker, professor of marine, Earth and atmospheric sciences at N.C. State University. “Even more in the Gulf Coast, lower Mississippi. It’s been that way. But there’s actually some research showing conditions for wintertime tornadoes have gotten more favorable.” The misconception that tornadoesonly…

Dec 14, 2021WCNC

North Carolina researchers think they’ve found the ‘secret’ to a better Christmas tree

The secret to growing better Christmas trees was just discovered here in North Carolina. Researchers at NC State University are studying Fraser firs in hopes of helping them shed less. In fact, there’s a whole Christmas Tree Genetics program dedicated to solving this problem. Researchers say they’ve identified which genes help trees hold on totheir…

Dec 14, 2021Wilkes Journal-Patriot

Another White House tree from Ashe County

Ranked second in the nation in number of Christmas trees harvested and cash receipt from this crops, it’s no wonder the White House came to North Carolina for its tree this year. Peak Farms, just outside of Jefferson, won Grand Champion Tree and the honor of having one of its finest and largest Fraserfirs…

Dec 14, 2021WNCN

Expert volunteers at NC State working to identify 120 sets of human remains

When human remains are found, investigators learn more about the victim — how they died and if a crime was committed. But what about the 120 sets of human remains in North Carolina that have been found but haven’t been identified? That’s where a pair of volunteers come in. North Carolina State University professorand…

Dec 14, 2021Springfield News-Sun

In Your Prime: Study shows computer program can reduce older adults’ hazardous driving

“On-road training and simulator training programs have been successful at reducing car accidents involving older drivers – with benefits lasting for years after the training,” Jing Yuan, lead author and a Ph.D. student at North Carolina State University, said in a statement. “However, many older adults are unlikely to have access to these trainingprograms…

Dec 14, 2021Tech Xplore

技术加速热驱动软抢劫otics

Researchers from North Carolina State University have come up with a new design for thermal actuators, which can be used to create rapid movement in soft robotic devices. “Using thermal actuation is not new for soft robots, but the biggest challenge for soft thermal actuators was that they were relatively slow—and we’ve made themfast,”…

Dec 13, 2021SpacePolicyOnline.com

NASA Media Telecon on Science Experiements on SpX-24 Cargo Mission, Dec 14, 2021

北卡罗Imara佩雷拉博士研究教授lina State University, and principal investigator, and Dave Reed, operations director for the MVP Plant-01 investigation. This study profiles and monitors the development of the shoots and roots of plants in microgravity to help scientists understand the mechanisms by which plants sense and adapt to changes intheir…

Dec 13, 2021Saporta Report

Birds are for Everybody

A recent study conducted by Deja Perkins at North Carolina State University revealed that use of eBird, the most popular community science tool in avian conservation, is far lower and often non-existent in communities of color in cities across the U.S. We found that to be true here in Atlanta, too. Lower income neighborhoodsin…