//www.puressens.com/ en-us provides the latest news from North Carolina State University Ever since Mary Schweitzer found soft, stretchy tissue in a T. rex fossil in 2004, scientists have been trying to come to grips with how some biological tissues and cells could preserve within ancient critters.https://phys.org/news/2023-05-dinosaur-tissues-deep.html Molecular & Computational biology Mon, 01 May 2023 10:57:03 EDT news602157420 Pickleball isn't just fun and easy to play—it's also potentially heart healthy. Playing pickleball helped a small group of adults aged 65 years and older reach their recommend weekly dose of moderate to vigorous physical activity, according to a pilot study by North Carolina State University researchers.//www.puressens.com/news/2023-04-pickleball-older-adults-stay-physically.html Gerontology & Geriatrics Wed, 26 Apr 2023 11:49:03 EDT news601728541 Supply chain networks can be incredibly complex, with multiple manufacturing and distribution points—and the location of each node in those networks has a significant effect on everything from profitability to product cost to environmental impact. New research from North Carolina State University shows that efficient mathematical tools serve almost as well as more computationally demanding optimization models for determining the best places to locate elements in a supply chain, and can provide businesses with the relevant information far more quickly.https://techxplore.com/news/2023-04-short-fast-complex-chain-problems.html Business Tue, 25 Apr 2023 13:22:04 EDT news601647721 Researchers have identified new genetic mutations linked to a subset of canine bladder cancers. Their findings have implications both for early cancer detection and for targeted treatments in dogs and humans. The study is published in the journal PLOS Genetics.https://phys.org/news/2023-04-genetic-culprit-canine-bladder-cancers.html Molecular & Computational biology Tue, 25 Apr 2023 08:53:03 EDT news601631581 An interdisciplinary team of researchers has developed a suite of tools to estimate the total economic value of improving water quality in urban streams. The work can assist federal and state agencies charged with developing environmental regulations affecting urban ecosystems across the Piedmont Region of the United States, which stretches from Maryland to Alabama.https://phys.org/news/2023-04-tools-capture-economic-benefit-urban.html Environment Mon, 24 Apr 2023 15:00:03 EDT news601546070 新的研究发现有显著的变化in the anatomy of the human digestive system, with pronounced differences possible between healthy individuals. The finding has implications for understanding the role that the digestive tract's anatomy can play in affecting human health, as well as providing potential insights into medical diagnoses and the microbial ecosystem of the gut.//www.puressens.com/news/2023-04-significant-variation-anatomy-human-guts.html ob欧宝直播nba 星期一,2023年4月24日10:36:03美国东部时间 news601551361 In a new study, North Carolina State University researchers made a cathode in the shape of a thread-like fiber. The researchers were then able to use the fiber to create a zinc-ion battery prototype that could power a wrist watch.https://techxplore.com/news/2023-04-battery-prototype-fiber-shaped-cathode.html Energy & Green Tech Mon, 24 Apr 2023 10:12:04 EDT news601549921 A new study finds that first-generation college graduates are more likely to come from families that have higher incomes and more resources than families in which neither parents nor children graduate from college. The study highlights the challenges facing young people who want to attend college, as well as how difficult it is for individuals to move up the socioeconomic ladder.https://phys.org/news/2023-04-first-gen-college-grad-money.html Social Sciences Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:08:58 EDT news601297734 Inspired by the mechanism behind light-sensitive sunglasses, a team led by a North Carolina State University researcher invented a family of fluorescent dyes to illuminate biological processes at a very small scale—comparable in size to human hair.https://phys.org/news/2023-04-fluorescent-dyes-illuminate-microscopic-life.html Biochemistry Fri, 21 Apr 2023 08:52:05 EDT news601285921 A new North Carolina State University study shows that Indigenous groups in the western United States are—for various reasons—having difficulty turning water they have a legal right to, under water rights settlements, into actual water that can generate revenue through leases to other groups or through direct uses such as agriculture.https://phys.org/news/2023-04-tribal-rights-underutilized-west.html Environment Wed, 19 Apr 2023 13:42:04 EDT news601130521 An interdisciplinary group of researchers is proposing a new way to think of some interactions between species, classifying a variety of plants, animals and fungi as "nature's chefs." Specifically, nature's chefs are organisms that provide food—or the illusion of food—to other organisms. The concept offers a new perspective on species interactions, which can inform how people think about food across the tree of life as well as disparate research disciplines.https://phys.org/news/2023-04-nature-chefs-scientists-food-making-species.html Ecology Wed, 19 Apr 2023 13:35:14 EDT news601130107 A team of engineering and health researchers has developed a tool that improves the ability of electronic devices to detect when a human patient is coughing, which has applications in health monitoring. The new tool relies on an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that helps the AI better identify uncertainty when faced with unexpected data in real-world situations. The paper, "Robust Cough Detection with Out-of-Distribution Detection," is published in the IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics.//www.puressens.com/news/2023-04-ai-uncertainty-health-tech.html Health informatics Mon, 17 Apr 2023 14:20:49 EDT news600960044 The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season will see 11 to 15 named storms forming in the Atlantic basin, according to researchers at North Carolina State University. The Atlantic basin includes the entire Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.https://phys.org/news/2023-04-hurricane-season.html Environment Thu, 13 Apr 2023 16:26:02 EDT news600621961 Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an electronic patch that can be applied to the leaves of plants to monitor crops for different pathogens—such as viral and fungal infections—and stresses such as drought or salinity. In testing, the researchers found the patch was able to detect a viral infection in tomatoes more than a week before growers would be able to detect any visible symptoms of disease.https://phys.org/news/2023-04-multifunctional-electronic-patch-early-diseases.html Biotechnology Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:00:05 EDT news600514470 Whether it occurs through the discharge of nutrients from agricultural operations into local streams or the discardment of plastic into the ocean, water pollution can negatively impact both human and environmental health. In fact, diseases caused by water pollution kill more people every year than all forms of violence—including war.https://phys.org/news/2023-04-amphibians-quality.html Ecology Wed, 12 Apr 2023 13:00:01 EDT news600522884 North Carolina State University researchers have shown that adding a small amount of a chemical used in perfumes—nonanal—to a two-chemical combination of other sex pheromones helped increase the cocktail's effectiveness in mimicking female fall armyworm "come hither" calls to males.https://phys.org/news/2023-04-perfume-component-lure-male-moth.html Plants & Animals Tue, 11 Apr 2023 14:34:04 EDT news600442442 In a new study, North Carolina State University researchers had 28 high school students create their own machine learning artificial intelligence (AI) models for analyzing data. The goals of the project were to help students explore the challenges, limitations and promise of AI, and to ensure a future workforce is prepared to make use of AI tools.https://phys.org/news/2023-04-students-machine-lesson-reveal-issues.html Education Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:48:03 EDT news599845681 An international group of researchers has created a mixed magnon state in an organic hybrid perovskite material by utilizing the Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya-Interaction (DMI). The resulting material has potential for processing and storing quantum computing information. The work also expands the number of potential materials that can be used to create hybrid magnonic systems. The work appears in Nature Communications.https://phys.org/news/2023-04-dzyaloshinskiimoriya-interaction-magnon-magnon-coupling-hybrid-perovskites.html Condensed Matter Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:14:56 EDT news599843693 A North Carolina State University-led study has found it is possible to retrieve forensically relevant information from human DNA in household dust. After sampling indoor dust from 13 households, the researchers were able to detect DNA from household residents over 90% of the time, and DNA from non-occupants 50% of the time. The work could be a way to help investigators find leads in difficult cases.https://phys.org/news/2023-04-household-forensic-tool.html Molecular & Computational biology Mon, 03 Apr 2023 14:52:48 EDT news599752363 A new online tool—the first of its kind for plant pathogens—will help researchers across the globe identify, detect and monitor species of Phytophthora, which have been responsible for plant diseases ranging from the devastating 1840s Irish potato famine to sudden oak death that still plagues West Coast oak population.https://phys.org/news/2023-04-pathogen-tree-life.html Plants & Animals Mon, 03 Apr 2023 14:00:03 EDT news599719802 A new study has found that a professional development program helped teachers in a rural school district in the Southeast to collaborate and identify innovative solutions to serve multilingual learners, or students learning English as a second language.https://phys.org/news/2023-03-rural-solutions-multilingual-learners.html Education Tue, 28 Mar 2023 16:09:03 EDT news599238541 Since late last year, artificial intelligence platforms like ChatGPT have become a growing topic of conversation on college campuses, with students using the technology for everything from class assignments to essays.https://phys.org/news/2023-03-ai-1.html Social Sciences Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:52:28 EDT news599226744 A new study led by North Carolina State University researchers found drought and heat waves could make air pollution worse for communities that already have a high pollution burden in California, and deepen pollution inequalities along racial and ethnic lines.https://phys.org/news/2023-03-drought-worsen-west-coast-air.html Environment Thu, 23 Mar 2023 11:48:03 EDT news598790881 Researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated a caterpillar-like soft robot that can move forward, backward and dip under narrow spaces. The caterpillar-bot's movement is driven by a novel pattern of silver nanowires that use heat to control the way the robot bends, allowing users to steer the robot in either direction.https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-robot-caterpillar-approach-locomotion-soft.html Robotics Wed, 22 Mar 2023 14:00:13 EDT news598692358 New research from North Carolina State University finds that simply anticipating stress related to political elections causes adverse physical health effects. However, the study also finds there is something people can do to mitigate those negative health effects.//www.puressens.com/news/2023-03-election-stress-health.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:45:25 EDT news598711523 A North Carolina State University study suggests that cover crops—or crops grown in between cash-crop seasons—can help keep Midwestern soil drier and healthier, thereby preventing losses incurred when farmers can't plant cash crops because of flooding or excessive soil moisture.https://phys.org/news/2023-03-crops-mitigate-farmer-losses.html Agriculture Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:43:04 EDT news598696982 A recent study that examined the relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and law enforcement underscores both the need for law enforcement agencies to be involved in the development of public policies regarding AI—such as regulations governing autonomous vehicles—and the need for law enforcement officers to better understand the limitations and ethical challenges of AI technologies.https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-highlights-complicated-relationship-ai-law.html Machine learning & AI Tue, 21 Mar 2023 12:39:03 EDT news598621141 In a new study, North Carolina State University researchers found they could separate blended cotton and polyester fabric using enzymes—nature's tools for speeding chemical reactions. Ultimately, they hope their findings will lead to a more efficient way to recycle the fabric's component materials, thereby reducing textile waste.https://phys.org/news/2023-03-cotton-polyester-blended-fabric.html Analytical Chemistry Mon, 20 Mar 2023 10:38:03 EDT news598527481 A new forensic science study sheds light on how the bones of infants and juveniles decay. The findings will help forensic scientists determine how long a young person's remains were at a particular location, as well as which bones are best suited for collecting DNA and other tissue samples that can help identify the deceased.https://phys.org/news/2023-03-forensic-infants-children.html Cell & Microbiology Thu, 16 Mar 2023 11:06:04 EDT news598183562 A team of chemical engineering researchers has developed a self-driven lab that is capable of identifying and optimizing new complex multistep reaction routes for the synthesis of advanced functional materials and molecules. In a proof-of-concept demonstration, the system found a more efficient way to produce high-quality semiconductor nanocrystals that are used in optical and photonic devices.https://phys.org/news/2023-03-self-driven-laboratory-chemical-discovery.html Analytical Chemistry Wed, 15 Mar 2023 09:50:03 EDT news598092601