A new study coauthored by a North Carolina State University botanist shows for the first time that electrical signals can trigger rapid gene expression in plants. The study, published this month (June 1997) in the European science journal Planta, shows when an electric stimulus is used to wound a tomato leaf, bioelectrical signals are rapidly transmitted from the injured cells to other cells throughout the plant.
Imagine getting your clothes dry-cleaned using carbon dioxide and detergents. There are no toxic dry-cleaning solvents involved, no toxic fumes, and your clothes are as clean as if they'd been cleaned using the traditional process. You can see it in Las Vegas -- and at North Carolina State University's Centennial Campus.
A quarterly roundup of NC State University research, teaching and outreach activities. For use by the media as briefs or as background for stories. 1) Life and Death Among the Headhunters of Borneo; 2) A Caution Flag for Transgenic Cotton; 3) Detox' Treatment for Harmful Fumes; 4) A New Slant on Static Cling; 5) When Homework's Online, the Dog Can't Eat it; 6) Shedding New Light on a Supernova; 7) Early Detection for Late Blight; 8) Smog Alert; 9) Designing Students; more.
On March 30, Dr. Anne Schiller, NC State University assistant professor of anthropology, will be featured in Ntional Geographic Explorer's "Borneo Beyond the Grave," a documentary about how the Nagju Dayak people, once legendary head-hunters, prepare the remains of deceased family members for the afterlife in the festive and complex ritual call tiwah. Since 1983 Schiller has been traveling to Central Kalimantan Province in Indonesian Borneo to study tiwah. She has published a book on nine years of research, also to be released on March 30.
Testing a new aircraft can be costly and risk. But a new scale-model, remote-piloted test plane developed at NC State University with funding from the U.S. Navy may help reduce those risks and costs by letting researchers identify potential problems before they occur in manned flights. The test plane, a 17.5 percent scale version of the U.S. Navy's newly updated F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet strike fighter, was developed by a team of NC State researchers led by Drs. Charles Hall and John Perkins.
A roundup of NC State University research, teaching and outreach activities. For use by the media as briefs or as background for stories. Stories include: From Fish, Come Clues on Sexual Behavior; Paper From Cornstalks; Better Housing for Migrant Workers; Nanotubes May Pave Way for Space Elevator; Edible Film Fights Food-Borne Disease; and more.
When the 20th anniversity edition of Star Wars opens in theaters Jan. 31, will Generation X, raised on the murky paranoia of The X-Files and state-of-the-art special effects of blockbusters like Independence Day, embrace a sweet-tempered film about a hero in white, a plucky princess and a mystical power called The Force? It's a good bet they will, says Dr. John Kessel, an award-winning science fiction writer at NC State University. "Star Wars is a larger-than- life, quasi-medieval, Errol Flynn swashbuckler with non-stop action and special effects, and a core message that good always triumphs over evil. You couldn't ask for anything more."
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