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New tech uses electricity to track water, ID potential problems in concrete

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Dec 20, 2016

NC State to Play Workforce Training Role in National Biopharmaceutical Initiative

North Carolina State University is part of a new initiative aimed at advancing U.S. leadership in the biopharmaceutical sector. 

Dec 8, 2016

Young startup receives big honor

NC State alumni Tyler Confrey-Maloney and Steve Gray received the prestigious Voices in Solidarity award for Undercover Colors this week in New York City. 

Dec 1, 2016

New findings boost promise of molybdenum sulfide for hydrogen catalysis

Researchers from NC State University, Duke University and Brookhaven National Laboratory have found that molybdenum sulfide (MoS2) holds more promise than previously thought as a catalyst for producing hydrogen to use as a clean energy source. 

Nov 17, 2016

Tech would use drones and insect biobots to map disaster areas

Researchers at NC State have developed a combination of software and hardware that will allow them to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and insect cyborgs, or biobots, to map large, unfamiliar areas – such as collapsed buildings after a disaster. 

Nov 16, 2016

An efficient approach for tracking physical activity with wearable health-monitoring devices

Researchers from NC State have developed an energy-efficient technique for accurately tracking a user’s physical activity based on data from wearable devices. 
Electrical response of a circular diaphragm composed of a pure bottlebrush elastomer upon electroactuation with increasing voltage and without any external pre-strain. The numbers indicate the electric field-induced area expansion under constant-volume conditions at room temperature.

Nov 9, 2016

New ‘bottlebrush’ electroactive polymers make dielectric elastomers increasingly viable for use in devices

Researchers at NC State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Akron have developed a new electroactive polymer material that can change shape and size when exposed to a relatively small electric field. 

Nov 8, 2016

N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center receives $1 million federal support for solar

The N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center at NC State and its project partners were awarded a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative for solar. 

Nov 2, 2016

New technique for creating NV-doped nanodiamonds may be boost for quantum computing

Researchers at NC State University have developed a new technique for creating NV-doped single-crystal nanodiamonds, only four to eight nanometers wide, which could serve as components in room-temperature quantum computing technologies. 

Nov 1, 2016

New tech uses electricity to track water, ID potential problems in concrete

Researchers from NC State University and the University of Eastern Finland have developed a new technique for tracking water in concrete structures – allowing engineers to identify potential issues before they become big problems.