New software keeps X-ray exposure down

Researchers from North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC, USA) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC; Chapel Hill, NC, USA) have developed an algorithm to help surgeons use X-rays to track devices used in minimally invasive surgical procedures...

New tool could improve minimally invasive surgical procedures

Surgeons could one day perform image-guided procedures by simply following the same principles of a GPS device. According to a new report, researchers are making progress on developing a new tool to help doctors use X-rays, in the most efficient way possible, to track...

New Kind of Ultraviolet Lasers and LEDs are Coming

A primary reason why CDs, DVDs, and Blu-Ray disks contain different amounts of data is that they use different frequencies of light to encode the information. Higher frequency light has shorter wavelengths, which means less space is required for a single bit, such as...

Hissing cockroach cyborgs: All in a day’s work for Alper Bozkurt

Dr. Alper Bozkurt is so earnest, eager to share, and gentle in his manner that one wouldn?t necessarily peg him as the star of an international media frenzy. But CNN, El Mundo, Reuters, the Los Angeles Times and others have all sought out the N.C. State assistant...

N.C. State: Entrepreneurs, we want you

Researchers at North Carolina State University are looking for companies of all sizes to partner with in their nanotechnology efforts.__Veena Misra, the director of the Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and...

Leading postgraduate programs for Asian students

According to the Wall Street Journal, graduates of NC State?s College of Engineering are among the most attractive job applicants in the US. Likewise, Asian students who earn postgraduate engineering credentials here are poised to take on high-power positions all over...

Boyd-Buchanan Students Create Cockroach Biobots In Neuroscience Lab

Boyd-Buchanan AP Biology students are learning about action potentials and nerve transmission in their current study of neuroscience. Jim Marlowe, Boyd-Buchanan?s AP Biology teacher, is using an extremely cutting edge method in his neuroscience lab as he instructs on...

Research project at NC State could save lives of troops overseas

Researchers at NC State University are working on a special mission for the Department of Defense that could one day save countless lives. The team is studying how to detect explosives, like road side bombs, and make them burn and melt using high energy sources.

NCSU to research solar panels that plug into wall outlets

N.C. State University scored a $9 million federal grant to develop a plug-and-play technology that will allow consumers to buy solar panels that plug directly into wall outlets without requiring electricians, permits and inspections.

Nimble Neutrinos

Physics Today recently named its top ten breakthroughs for the year, and research from North Carolina State University was on the list. NC State, along with the University of Rochester in New York, has been working on research into how neutrinos can be used for tricky...