RALEIGH, N.C. Bone-hunters and anthropologists typically guard their fossils as priceless specimens.
Read More »Tag Archives: north-carolina
Feed SubscriptionMuseum Plans to Put Scientists On Display
A rendering of the exterior of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences' Nature Research Center Imagine walking through a science museum and, among the usual displays of dinosaur bones, butterflies, and amphibians you come upon a series of windows into state-of-the-art research labs. Inside, scientists from nearby universities and veterinary schools work on projects related to biodiversity, genetics, nanoparticles, and animal health and welfare. In front of each window is a touch screen.
Read More »More Cash for Start-ups?
New legislation could expand crowdfunding options through websites such as Kickstarter and IndieGoGo.
Read More »Make an Employee’s Day in Two Words
A bit of off-the-cuff praise can literally change someone's day. Try it. It only takes a second to make another person feel valued, yet the effect can last a lifetime.
Read More »Have A Food Safe Thanksgiving
Here are some Thanksgiving tips from food safety expert Ben Chapman , at North Carolina State University. [More]
Read More »Amazon Acquires Start-up Yap
The e-commerce giant secretly bought the Siri-like speech recognition start-up in September. Let the yapping begin: Amazon.com quietly has acquired a Siri-like speech recognition start-up called Yap. The e-commerce giant apparently bought the Charlotte-based company in September, but neither company made a public announcement–Amazon's foray into voice control a la Apple's Siri was uncovered by The Atlantic 's discovery of an SEC filing .
Read More »Halloween Haunts Go Hi-Tech
TicketLeap, a online ticket exchange, helps local haunts go hi-tech. In recent years, Halloween haunts have gotten the Hollywood-style treatment, trading up from fog machines and cardboard caskets to CGI and robotics. But there's also been a less glamorous technological boon for haunt proprietors that has helped drive sales: their back-end ticketing systems
Read More »Researchers use new approach to overcome key hurdle for next-generation superconductors
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new computational approach to improve the utility of superconductive materials for specific design applications and have used the approach to solve a key research obstacle for the next-generation superconductor material yttrium barium copper oxide (YBCO).
Read More »Once Fish Come Back, It’s Tempting To Just Start Catching Them Again
The 800-pound Goliath grouper was near extinction before conservation measures brought it back from the brink. What happens when it starts being harvested again? The fisheries in the Atlantic ocean--from North Carolina to the Caribbean--are best characterized by what's missing: snappers, groupers, redfish, lobster and the host of other species that once patrolled hundreds of miles of the Gulf Stream
Read More »How Skulls Speak (preview)
Like the detectives on the CBS drama Cold Case , anthropologist Ann H. Ross of North Carolina State University spends many of her days thinking about unsolved crimes. Her most recent work has aimed at developing software that helps forensic scientists determine the sex and ancestry of modern
Read More »Ric Elias: How Facing Death Changed My Life (And My Business)
"If I wasn't afraid of dying, why should I be afraid of failing?" asked Ric Elias, who survived a plane crash in 2009.
Read More »Power Outages Continue in East Coast States
Wind from Hurricane Irene downed trees and power lines caused interruption of power for approximately 4 million people. North Carolina [More]
Read More »U.S. on High Alert as Hurricane Irene Closes In
By Joe Rauch WILMINGTON, North Carolina (Reuters) - Hurricane Irene closed in on the Atlantic coast on Friday, triggering emergency preparations that included unprecedented evacuations and mass transit shutdowns in New York City as the menacing storm approached. [More]
Read More »Irene could be "big threat" to Northeast
By Neil Hartnell NASSAU (Reuters) - Powerful Hurricane Irene battered the Bahamas on Wednesday on a track to the North Carolina coast that forecasters say could threaten the densely populated U.S. Northeast, including New York, starting on Sunday. [More]
Read More »Get your own earthquake sensor, and other temblor tips
If you live anywhere between North Carolina and Connecticut, chances are you felt the earth shake a couple of hours ago. [More]
Read More »