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Four people standing in a building lobby, with one speaking into a microphone.

Nov 13, 2025

Bridging the Art-and-Science Divide

While popular opinion tends to place art and science at opposing poles, artist Leah Sobsey is more inclined to focus on the ground they share in helping us understand our…

an orange snow shovel cuts through a pile of snow

Nov 12, 2025

Hourly Weather Data Reveals Climate Trends in U.S.

Over the past forty years, parts of the northeast have lost almost 1 1/2 weeks of temperatures below freezing, while portions of some states in the Gulf and Southwest have gained almost 1 1/2 weeks of temperatures that cause heat stress.

Oct 30, 2025

Nanotyrannus Confirmed: Dueling Dinosaurs Fossil Rewrites the Story of T. rex

A complete Nanotyrannus skeleton has just ended one of paleontology’s longest-running debates.

Oct 27, 2025

High Levels of Short-Chain PFAS Found in Wilmington Residents’ Blood

High levels of ultrashort-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were found in blood samples taken from Wilmington, N.C. residents between 2010-2016.

Oct 21, 2025

Increasing Heat is Super-Charging Arctic Climate and Weather Extremes

A “pushing and triggering” mechanism has has driven the Arctic climate system to a new state, which will likely see consistently increased frequency and intensity of extreme events across the atmosphere, ocean and cryosphere this century.

Environmental Science student Ellie Boitnott works on a sidewalk chalk drawing of her research, titled "Climate Change and Mental Health!", during the Sidewalk Symposium.

Oct 15, 2025

Chalk it Up to Undergraduate Research

At the annual Sidewalk Symposium, undergraduate students share their research — and their creativity — through sidewalk chalk drawings and informal presentations. Experience their work through their eyes and in their words.

An info graphic showing safe distances for trees and plants around a house to protect against wildfires.

Oct 1, 2025

Wildfire Risks from Hurricane Helene, One Year Later

NC State’s NCICS is collaborating with the North Carolina Forest Service, the US Forest Service and others to address wildfire risks. If this year’s drier conditions persist in the western part of the state, counties that have barely begun to rebuild and recover one year after Hurricane Helene could face another climate crisis.

The Artist's Backyard, located between Turlington and Owens residence halls

Sep 25, 2025

Sustainable Spaces by NC State Students

Explore sustainable spaces on campus built by NC State students.

Sep 24, 2025

Study Challenges Theory Behind N.C. Blue Crab Decline

There are plenty of juvenile blue crabs in Pamlico Sound, so where are the adults?

Sep 17, 2025

‘Teen’ Pachycephalosaur Butts Into Fossil Record

A young pachycephalosaur provides answers to questions about what they might have done with those cranial domes.