RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 8 -- The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences issued the following news release on July 7, 2025: * * * Dozen NC teachers set to explore South Africa with Museum of Natural Sciences [RALEIGH, N.C.] -- For the first time ever, a dozen teachers from across North Carolina will experience South Africa like never before as part of a new North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences' Educators of Excellence Institute. From July 20 to Aug. 4, Museum educators will lead  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, July 8 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * MXenes: Materials on the Move By Andrew Tie Breakthroughs in MXene research from Haozhe "Harry" Wang show potential for these 2D, photoreactive materials. Haozhe "Harry" Wang, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering (ECE) at Duke University and an expert in developing new methods for manufacturing materials, continues to push the boundaries in MXene research. MX  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 8 -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Researchers Found a Better Way to Teach Large Language Models New Skills Researchers have developed a technique that significantly improves the performance of large language models without increasing the computational power necessary to fine-tune the models. The researchers demonstrated that their technique improves the performance of these models over previous techniques in tasks inclu  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, July 3 -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following wrapup, Newsworthy From the School of Medicine for Week of June 20-26, 2025: * * * The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured UNC School of Medicine faculty starting Friday, June 20, 2025. Becky White Receives Citation Award From the HIV Medical Association (https://wiareport.com/2025/06/uncs-becky-white-receives-citation-award-from-the-hiv  more