Research

Nov 14, 2024

Creating a New Class of Materials

Simple to produce. Hard to break. Yet stretchable and over 50% liquid. Those are a few of the qualities of a completely new class of materials created by Professor Michael… 

Oct 21, 2024

Finding Could Help Turn Trees Into Affordable, Greener Industrial Chemicals

Trees are the most abundant natural resource living on Earth’s land masses, and North Carolina State University scientists and engineers are making headway in finding ways to use them as sustainable, environmentally benign alternatives to producing industrial chemicals from petroleum. 

Oct 14, 2024

Engineering Perovskite Materials at the Atomic Level Paves Way for New Lasers, LEDS

This article was written by Matt Shipman for NC State News. Researchers have developed and demonstrated a technique that allows them to engineer a class of materials called layered hybrid perovskites… 

Sep 19, 2024

Precision sensors: an innovative future for agriculture

This is an excerpt from an article written by H’Rina DeTroy in University Communications. At the North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative (N.C. PSI), NC State researchers are advancing sensor technology to… 

Sep 17, 2024

NC State Receives NSF Grant to Establish the Center for Accelerated Photocatalysis

This article was written by Emily Packard for NC State News. The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that North Carolina State University will direct a center that deploys self-driving labs (SDLs)… 

Aug 22, 2024

For First Time, DNA Tech Offers Both Data Storage and Computing Functions

Researchers from North Carolina State University and Johns Hopkins University have demonstrated a technology capable of a suite of data storage and computing functions – repeatedly storing, retrieving, computing, erasing…