New $6M terminal for Harnett airport highlights regional growth Date Published: July 12, 2023 A small airport 30 miles south of Raleigh is about to receive a major upgrade.Harnett Regional Jetport, located off…
Harnett County Commissioners Approve $5 Million Match for Workforce Development Center Date Published: June 21, 2023 Approved at Board meeting on June 19The Harnett County Board of Commissioners voted to approve $5 million in matching…
Gene editing system from NC State researchers could suppress pesky fruit pests Date Published: June 14, 2023 Researchers have developed a “homing gene drive system” based on CRISPR/Cas9 that could be used to suppress populations of Drosophila …
Green shoots: Flour mill expansion highlights Johnston County’s diverse economic landscape Date Published: June 6, 2023 A recent $28 million expansion at the state’s largest flour mill will help wheat farmers get their crop to commercial bakers…
Making AI sharper: NCSU researchers develop way to better identify, classify images Date Published: June 2, 2023 Vision transformers (ViTs) are powerful artificial intelligence (AI) technologies that can identify or categorize objects in images – however, there…
Novo Nordisk strikes potential $2B-plus gene editing deal with Durham’s Life Edit Date Published: June 1, 2023 Gene editing from a Durham-based firm that will target possible new therapeutics has led to a deal with international drug…
Durham company grows human blood vessels, sends them to wounded Ukraine soldiers Date Published: June 1, 2023 A Durham company is saving lives in Ukraine in an unusual way.They’re producing blood vessels – in a lab…
Economic Impact of North Carolina Agriculture and Agribusiness Reaches Record $103.2 Billion Date Published: June 1, 2023 Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler today announced that for the first time the economic impact of North Carolina’s agriculture and agribusiness…
NC State Spin-off TreeCo To Breed a Better Forest Date Published: June 1, 2023 A company founded by two NC State researchers is setting out to revolutionize the forestry industry by combining insights from tree…