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 ...
Environment
Mar 23, 2023
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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 ...
Agriculture
Mar 22, 2023
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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 ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 20, 2023
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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 ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 16, 2023
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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. ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 15, 2023
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Not all probiotics are created equal. In a new study, researchers found that certain enzymes within a class known as bile salt hydrolases (BSHs) can restrict Clostridioides difficile (C. diff.) colonization by both altering ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 13, 2023
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Researchers have developed and demonstrated an efficient and scalable technique that allows them to manufacture soft polymer materials in a dozen different structures, or "morphologies," from ribbons and nanoscale sheets ...
Polymers
Mar 10, 2023
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Bees—honey bees and wild bees alike—are in trouble. Wild bee populations may have declined by 23% across the United States, according to one 2015 study that modeled their abundance between 2008 and 2013. Another study ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 8, 2023
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North Carolina State University researchers have used satellite imagery and field sensors to estimate worldwide changes in plant leaf growth due to global warming. The researchers found that changes in "greening," or the ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 2, 2023
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A recent analysis of the online #StopAsianHate movement finds that the frameworks scholars use to understand social justice movements need to address the extent to which activists reflect on their own involvement and derive ...
Social Sciences
Mar 1, 2023
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