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- Of Turkeys and Terrestrial Temperatures: A Tale of Climate Science Oddities Mon, 17 Jul 23, 3:00pm... the timing of successful nests would shift by less than three hours.
- 2018 hurricane season may be worse than last year Thu, 17 May 18, 2:17amHurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria devastated communities in the southern U.S. and Puerto Rico in 2017, and together resulted in around $265 billion in damage. Will the U.S. and Caribbean face more brutal storms this year?...
- Virtual reality helps scientists plot the ideal urban green space Tue, 17 Apr 18, 12:25amGreen spaces offer urban residents the chance to escape the concrete jungle and experience nature's restorative benefits — if those spaces are well-designed...
- New form of carbon is harder than diamonds Thu, 3 Dec 15, 3:16amA new form of carbon, called Q-carbon, has been discovered by researchers at North Carolina State University. The material is harder than diamond, and doesn't need to be subjected to extreme pressures or heat in order to...
- New Connection Between Stacked Solar Cells Can Withstand the Energy of 70,000 Suns Tue, 10 Sep 13, 1:00amImage © Mike Baker North Carolina State University researchers have developed a new way of connecting stacked solar cells that is strong enough to handle the energy of 70,000 suns...
- Snøhetta’s New Library at North Carolina State University Aims for LEED Silver Sat, 6 Apr 13, 3:00amRead the rest of Snøhetta’s New Library at North Carolina State University Aims for LEED Silver Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: bookBot, eco design, green design, James B hunt Jr Library,...
- New ‘Nano Shish Kebab’ Semiconductor Could Lead to Greater Solar Cell Efficiency Fri, 22 Feb 13, 7:00amResearchers at North Carolina State University just made a nano shish kebab out of germanium sulfide (GeS) crystals – but it’s not for the world’s smallest barbecue...
- Scientists Create Gorgeous Nanoflowers for Next-Gen Solar Cells and Ultra High-Density Energy Storage Sat, 13 Oct 12, 4:20amWhen it comes to capturing the energy of the sun, what better model is there than photosynthetic plants? Researchers at North Carolina State University have cultivated a beautiful crop of germanium sulfide (GeS) “nanoflowers”...
- Researchers Devise More Accurate Method for Predicting Hurricane Activity Wed, 12 Sep 12, 5:59amKudos to NC State for providing a complete press release with the name of the paper and the abstract included. I wish more science PR writers would follow this example rather than make the reader go hunting for these things...
- US Scientists Develop Technique to Remotely Control Cockroaches Sat, 8 Sep 12, 6:40amA team of researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a technique to remotely control and steer cockroaches via an electronic interface...
- WUWT smeared by Scientific American’s Bora Zivkovic Tue, 17 Jul 12, 3:37amThis tiff started because of this story by Tom Nelson yesterday, followed by this today. This post is my first involvement as all this happened without my involvement or comment until now. I don’t even care that I wasn’t...