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N.C. State chancellor talks innovation to Rotarians - The chancellor of North Carolina State University spoke to Mount Airy Rotary Club members Tuesday at the Cross Creek Country Club about land grant schools impact on North Carolina’s futu...
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Chancellor Randy Woodson highlighted SmartFresh as one example of innovation coming out of NC State University research. SmartFresh, which extends the shelf life of fresh apples, was developed by Dr. Sylvia Blankenship & Dr. Ed Sissler and is now widely used in the apple industry to provide consumers with a better product. Delete the scoop?
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CALS researchers find that one of the most aggressive invasive ant species in the US, the Argentine ant, appears to have met its match in the Asian needle ant. Former NC State PhD student Dr. Eleanor Spicer Rice & Dr. Jules Silverman, Entomology, published their findings in PLoS One:
http://scienceblog.com/59643/asian-needle-ants-displacing-other-aggressive-invaders/
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0056281