Tiny Super-Plant Can Clean Up Hog Farms and Be Used For Ethanol Production
NEWS RELEASE: Media Contact(s) Dr. Jay J. Cheng, (919) 515-6733 Dr. Anne Stomp, (919) 444-3559 Matt Shipman, News Services, (919) 515-6386 April 7, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Researchers at North...
View ArticleNew Coal Could Be Boost To N.C. Needs – State finds way to locally produce...
From the NC State Technician - March 26, 2009 According to researchers at N.C. State, wood could be the new coal. Using a process called torrefaction, woodchips are dried out in what equates to an...
View ArticleFueling the Future: Weed, Pig Waste May Offer Way To Make Ethanol
From the The Clayton News-Star – April 22, 2009 If N.C. State researchers are right, pig waste and a pond weed indigenous to North Carolina may hold keys to reducing our dependency on petroleum. Anne...
View ArticleDuckweed Quacks Volumes of Potential
From the Biomass Journal – June 2009 Since the late 1960s, scientists have studied duckweed for animal and human consumption because of its high protein content. NC State associate professor of...
View ArticleSylvanet to Go Online
Sylvanet, a publication of the International Forestry Program in the College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University, is taking on a new, internet-based format. The content of Sylvanet...
View ArticlePaper Science and Engineering Program Mid-Year Update
What's happening in the PSE Program? Read the NC State PSE Program Blog to learn about… Challenging Times – But PSE Is Still Doing Great Things Black Liqour Analysis Important to Industry...
View ArticleVenditti Visits South Africa as Fulbright Specialist
Dr. Richard Venditti, an associate professor in the Department of Wood and Paper Science at NC State traveled to South Africa through the Fulbright Specialists Program. His visit was hosted by the...
View ArticleAgri-Tech Selects Torrefaction Equipment Manufacturer
From Biomass Magazine – July 22, 2009 Torrefaction technology development company Agri-Tech Producers LLC has selected South Carolina-based Kusters Zima Corp. as its engineering/manufacturing partner...
View ArticleFAA: Bird Strike Was Cause of RDU Flight's Emergency Landing
WRAL.com – August 10, 2009 The Federal Aviation Administration says a bird strike started an engine fire that forced a Northwest Airlines Airbus A320 to make an emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham...
View ArticleCollege of Natural Resources Researchers Featured in "Fresh Water" issue of...
From FRESH WATER: Research to protect the Earth's Life Support System – RESULTS magazine, Summer 2009 Keeping it Clean Downstream – Dr. Perver Baran and Dr. Hugh Devine – Downpours often pollute North...
View ArticleCollege of Natural Resources Partners with U.S. Forest Service to Host 2nd...
When: September 14-16, 2009 Where: Raleigh, North Carolina, US Global climate change has resulted in a series of chain reactions in the watershed ecohydrological processes. Growing concerns over...
View ArticleNSF Grant Funds NC State "Plant Switchboard" Research
NC State News Release – September 3, 2009 Media Contacts:Dr. Vincent Chiang, 919/513-0098 or vincent_chiang@ncsu.edu Caroline M. Barnhill, News Services, 919/515-6251 or caroline_barnhill@ncsu.edu FOR...
View ArticleWood is the New Coal – Carolina Coal
From the NCSU Bulletin – by David Hunt The mound of woodchips piled up behind an old barn in Raleigh, N.C., could fuel a pretty spectacular bonfire. But as Chris Hopkins surveys the mound, he has a...
View ArticleGreen Clean: Researchers Determining Natural Ways To Clean Contaminated Soil
NEWS RELEASE Media Contacts:Dr. Elizabeth Nichols, 919/513-4832Caroline Barnhill, News Services, 919/515-6251 Researchers at North Carolina State University are working to demonstrate that trees can be...
View ArticleAltered Chestnut Trees Succeed
From the News & Observer – September 24, 2009by Martha Quillin, staff writerImage courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service In stands of tiny trees in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia blooms the...
View ArticleSolving the Period Problem: Researchers Develop Sanitary Pads from Local...
NC State News Release – October 5, 2009 Contact: Caroline Barnhill, News Services – 919.515.6251 For most American women, their “time of the month” is seen as a hindrance to daily life. In...
View ArticleTrees help clean up polluted sites – research featured on News 14: Your Green...
Rachel Cook, graduate student in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources is interviewed about research she is conducting with Dr. Elizabeth Nichols that is helping to clean up a...
View ArticleNatural Resources Faculty Receive Funding to Study Potential for Urban...
News Release – Novemeber 6, 2009 Contact: Dr. Myron Floyd 919.513.8026 myron_floyd@ncsu.edu On October 28, 2009, Agriculture Secretary Thom Vilsack announced the selection of a team of researchers...
View ArticleHow Do 80 Million Christmas Trees Happen? – NC State Library Lecture
NC State Libraries Lecture – December 1, 2009What: How Do 80 Million Christmas Trees Happen?When: Thursday, December 3 – 4 p.m.Where: Assembly Room, D. H. Hill LibraryWho: Dr. John Frampton The...
View ArticleGrant Funds Examination of Triangle-area Reservoirs
NEWS RELEASE – January 21, 2010For Immediate ReleaseFor more informatrion contact: Caroline Barnhill | News Services | 919.515.6251 Communities around the Triangle will soon be asked to play a role...
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