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Researchers pit lasers against sweetpotato pest

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three waste collection cans sit next to each other. a green one is labeled compost; a red one is labeled waste; a yellow one is labeled recycling

Jan 7, 2025

New research improves predictions for solid waste management

Improved waste predictions can help improve the efficiency of recycling and landfill operations. 
Sina Jamalzadegan at his computer desk.

Dec 19, 2024

Preparing for a future that matters

For North Carolina State University Ph.D. candidate  Sina Jamalzadegan, 2024 has been a big year. Not only has the engineering student made headway in using artificial intelligence (AI) to create… 
A underwater photograph of a manta ray swimming in the ocean in French Polynesia.

Dec 16, 2024

The world’s fastest swimming robot

Drawing inspiration from manta rays, NC State researchers have engineered a soft robot that can swim even faster than its record-breaking predecessor. 
NC State metal gateway sculpture silhouetted against the sky

Dec 13, 2024

Researchers demonstrate new technique for stealing AI models

Researchers have demonstrated the ability to steal an AI model without hacking into the device where the model was running. 
Lance Fenderson with his race car

Dec 12, 2024

An open book with an open throttle

Lance Fenderson’s racing career came to a halt his junior year of high school. Now, however, as he prepares to graduate from NC State with his degree in mechanical engineering, he’s going wide open on professional racetracks. 
left image is titled support and shows a black polymer sheet lifting four stacked petri dishes that are loaded with spheres. right image is title manipulates and shows a black polymer sheet undulating in a way that rotates the multicolored spheres in a petri dish in a counterclockwise direction

Dec 9, 2024

Magnetically controlled kirigami surfaces move objects: no grasping needed

The new technology is useful for lifting and moving items that cannot be easily grasped, such as fragile objects, gels or liquids. 
team presentation at posters and pies 2024

Dec 9, 2024

Collaboration brings NC State University’s colleges closer

The simulation that NC State computer science students are developing for Poole College lecturer Jenn Woodhull-Smith is creative, engaging and innovative.  So is the real-world collaboration between Poole and the… 
Afternoon sunlight streams through the fall foliage at Wolf Plaza

Dec 5, 2024

NC State announces 2024-25 Goodnight Early Career Innovators

NC State announced its 2024-25 class of Goodnight Early Career Innovators today. This program recognizes and rewards promising NC State early-career faculty whose scholarship is in STEM or STEM education. The 25 faculty selected will receive $22,000 ­for each of the next three years to support their scholarship and research endeavors. 
Two people in a lab with electronic devices

Dec 5, 2024

Researchers pit lasers against sweetpotato pest

With vinegar flies increasingly impacting sweetpotato storage, N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative researchers are exploring a novel management strategy with lasers to combat the pests.