BOONE, North Carolina, Feb. 19 -- Appalachian State University issued the following news: * * * App State earns R2 designation for high research activity and doctorate production University's commitment to applied research benefits students, communities and industries By Jessica Stump Edited by Anna Oakes BOONE, N.C. -- Appalachian State University has received a Research Activity Designation of Research 2 from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education -- the nation's  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 19 -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Catherine Davis Named Sloan Research Fellow Catherine Davis, an assistant professor of marine, earth and atmospheric sciences at North Carolina State University, has been awarded a 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship in Earth System Science. Davis' work focuses on the long-term effects of global climate on oceanographic environments. Open to scholars in seven fields - chemistry, computer s  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Feb. 19 -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Diabetes Can Drive the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have proven that antibiotic-resistant strains of a harmful bacteria thrive in a diabetic infection environment. Antibiotics are powerful, fast-acting medications designed to eradicate bacterial infections. However, in recent years, their dependability has waned   more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Feb. 19 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Duke Legacy Continues Ugonna Ohiri is this year's recipient of the outstanding Dr. Christopher Jones Legacy Award Former Duke Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) PhD student Ugonna Ohiri is this year's recipient of the outstanding Dr. Christopher Jones Legacy Award. The Career Communications Group's U.S. Black Engineer and Information Technology Magazine grants this award to   more

BOONE, North Carolina, Feb. 19 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * Environmental groups sue to challenge mountaintop removal mine on Coal River Mountain The plaintiffs seek a court order vacating a previously approved Clean Water Act permit Wednesday, February 19, 2025 CONTACTS Vernon Haltom, Executive Director, Coal River Mountain Watch, 216-338-6003, vernon@crmw.net Willie Dodson, Coal Impacts Program Manager, Appalachian Voices,   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 19 -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Light-Powered Breakthrough Enables Precision Tuning of Quantum Dots Researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated a new technique that uses light to tune the optical properties of quantum dots - making the process faster, more energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable - without compromising material quality. "The discovery of quantum dots earned the Nobel Pri  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release: * * * New Report: State licensing boards continue to ignore Supreme Court's decade-old antitrust warning Washington, DC; February 19, 2025: In North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC (2015), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state professional licensing boards that are mostly made up of industry insiders -- so-called "active market participants" -- are not automatically immune f  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 19 -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * New Tech Tracks Student Behavior in Educational Games to Boost Collaborative Learning Researchers have demonstrated a new suite of software tools that analyzes student behavior in an educational game in real time and uses that data to assess how well students are developing and making use of collaborative problem-solving (CPS) skills. These real-time assessments can be used to modify t  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Feb. 19 -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Semaglutide Shows Promise in Reducing Cravings for Alcohol, Heavy Drinking Randomized, placebo-controlled trial finds that low-dose semaglutide reduces amount of alcohol consumption, alcohol cravings, and heavy drinking days. Reductions in cigarettes per day were also seen. The blockbuster drug semaglutide, better known as Ozempic for diabetes and Wegovy for o  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Feb. 19 -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Some Viruses 'Freeze' Their RNA to Replicate, UNC Study Says Researchers have discovered that RNA in Zika virus can freeze itself in time to further its spread in the body, revolutionizing how researchers study disease-causing viruses. They say that change takes time. Well, that's not the case for RNA. The small biological molecule acts like a switchboard ope  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Feb. 19 -- Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * Escaping to freedom By Elise Monsour Puckett Hands, calloused from years of forced labor, moved with deliberate precision. The waters of the Chesapeake Bay lapped quietly against weathered skin. Muscles ached from days of careful travel, nerves stretched taut like a bowstring. Every shadow could have meant capture. Hidden histories found In the dusty pages of 17th century Virginia, North Carolina, and Marylan  more