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Jul 24, 2026

Abolhasani Selected for Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2026 Symposium

Milad Abolhasani is one of 74 engineering faculty selected to participate in the Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2026 Symposium, one of the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) signature activities.…
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Jul 24, 2026

NC State To Lead National Effort To Accelerate Chemistry, Materials Research

North Carolina State University has been awarded a four-year, $20 million award from the National Science Foundation to leverage advances in artificial intelligence, robotics and autonomous labs to accelerate the…
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Jul 21, 2026

Scientists Are Getting Better at Predicting Which DNA Sequences Bind to Each Other. AI is Helping.

Researchers have demonstrated a novel AI model that can predict which DNA molecules bind with which other DNA molecules. Providing a more thorough understanding of these hypercomplex binding relationships has…
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Jun 30, 2026

Meet the 2025 James K. Ferrell Awardees

Recent Ph.D. graduates Sina Jamalzadegan and Sobhana Sripada have been selected as the winner and honorable mention recipients, respectively, of the 2025 James K. Ferrell Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate Award.  The…
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Jun 25, 2026

Qingshan Wei & Team Win Outstanding Early Career Research Award 2025

An interdisciplinary research team led by Associate Professor Qingshan Wei has been recognized by the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Sensors & Diagnostics for developing a game-changing tool in the…
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Jun 25, 2026

Self-Driving Chemistry Lab Discovers Catalysts That Can Switch Products on Demand

Researchers have developed a self-driving chemistry lab that can autonomously search through hundreds of catalyst recipes and reaction conditions to identify faster, more selective, and more programmable ways to make…