DURHAM, North Carolina, May 12 (TNSres) -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Researchers at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment and Pratt School of Engineering are co-leading a new National Science Foundation-funded project that aims to boost economic development and climate resilience in coastal North Carolina through nature-based scientific and technological innovations. * * * Researchers at Duke University's Nicholas School of th  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 9 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a complex model to improve how quickly first responders - such as police and EMTs - reach the scene of vehicle accidents. In computational testing, the model outperformed the existing techniques for getting first responders to accident sites quickly. "The goal was to figure out the most efficient way to get first responders   more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, May 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Jennifer S. Smith, PhD, in UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC's School of Medicine, and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, led the Phase 3 controlled trial, which showed that self-collection kits and scheduling assistance are key for reaching these populations and preventing cervical cancer. Five years ago, the World Health Organizatio  more

WILMINGTON, North Carolina, May 12 (TNSfund) -- The University of North Carolina Wilmington campus issued the following news release: The North Carolina Ecosystem Technology project has been awarded $1 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation's Regional Innovation Engines, or NSF Engines, to develop an economic engine that could rapidly improve the quality of life in rural coastal communities using ecosystem technology, or ecotech, an emerging branch of applied science. NCET is among  more

CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, May 8 (TNSfund) -- Western Carolina University issued the following news release: Western Carolina Univeristy's Cherokee Language Program recently received a $11,700 donation from the John W. Heisse Fund for Historic Preservation for the Eastern Cherokee Histories in Translation Project. The ECHT Project is headed by Sara Snyder, assistant professor of anthropology and sociology and director of the Cherokee Language Program. ECHT works to translate historic documents  more