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LED lighting could be infection killer, NC researchers find

Scientists at N.C. State, private company HexaTech and researchers in Japan find way to produce semiconductors in LEDs that don't absorb infection-killing UV light waves.

HexaTech graphic explains its chip focus

White House honors N.C. State student's efforts in STEM

Sina Bahram was recognized as one of 14 "Champions of Change" at a White House ceremony on Monday, honoring those who have made significant efforts to make science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) more accessible to people with disabilities.

Lulu eGames winners take home $30,000 in prizes

Top prize in the NCSU Entrepreneurshiop Initiaitve competion goes to a startup using technology developed at NCSU for chip substrate defect reduction.

The Lulu eGames

UNC, NCSU's DeSimone, Duke professor elected to National Academy of Sciences

Dr. Joseph DeSimone, a professor at UNC-CH and NCSU as well as an inventor and entrepreneur, and Duke's Dr. Xinnian Dong receive one of top honors for scientists.

Ford Virtual Reality Tour makes a stop at N.C. State

More than 100 students, faculty, alumni and representatives from the Triangle tech community attended the event this week at N.C. State University.

Triangle Startup Weekend showcase's the next big thing

Twenty teams in total spent last weekend developing new Web or mobile businesses from the ground up, in hopes of dazzling a sold-out crowd at N.C. State and a jury of North Carolina's entrepreneurship elite.

44 North Carolina teachers chosen for Kenan Fellowships

Forty-four North Carolina school teachers were named to the Kenan Fellows Program's Class of 2013 on Monday.

Kenan Fellows

Entrepreneurs tackle global problems at Triangle Startup Weekend

Imagine hundreds of people, coming together for one weekend, to launch the websites and apps that solve really big problems or create big ideas for the world. That ... is Triangle Startup Weekend.

Triangle Startup Weekend

NCSU study: Ads in mobile apps create security, privacy risks

Researchers at NC State say the inclusion of ads in mobile applications found at Google Play's Android market opened up users' devices to malicious code.

Chinese firm picks NCSU for wind power research center

China Ming Yang Wind Power Group will locate its North American research and development center at N.C. State's Centennial Campus.

$100,000 grant may deliver one tough, patented dogwood tree

The North Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association wants a disease-resistant, patented North Carolina flowering dogwood. An NCSU professor is seeking to develop it with funding from the N.C. Biotechnology Center and the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science.

dogwood

NC State's video game program cracks top 50 list

Tech Wire Gamer: For the second consecutive year, the Digital Game Research Center at NCSU has made The Princeton Review "Top Schools for Video Game Design Study."

IDEA Fund Partners invests in 'cloud' security firm launched by NCSU graduates

The Durham-based venture fund and two other groups combine for a $400,000 investment in Virginia-based Distil. The company says it is "first cloud-based, intelligent gatekeeper for website content."

Chip breakthrough: NCSU researchers improve performance 20%

The team develops a technology that enables graphics processing units and central processing units to collaborate on a single chip. On current chips mounting GPUs and CPUs operate separately.

'Investing in Gen Z' is Emerging Issues Forum theme

Through Monday and Tuesday, panelists and speakers will be discussing, debating the 'Gen Z' - youths born between 1990-2000 and the issues they face today as well as tomorrow.

Who is Gen Z?