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Nanotube studies show lung lining damage in mice

October 26th, 2009

Green Right Now Reports

Exposure to nanotubes may affect the outer lining of the lungs, according to a study by a collaboration of scientists studying the potential health effects of nanotubes on human health.

Responding the the fast growth in the use of nanotubes in hundreds of consumer products, researchers at North Carolina State University, the Hamner Institute for Health Sciences and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences decided to take a look at what happens when mice inhale nanotubes.

Cree LEDs: enlightening universities

June 17th, 2009

By Diane Porter
Green Right Now

Deb Lovig’s official title at Cree, the lighting and semiconductor company, is “LED Programs Evangelist.” The description fits. Ask her to pick a favorite project and she’ll name five before you get her stopped. She’ll skip from North Carolina State’s dorm lighting project (see picture, right) to the University of California-Davis’ smart parking garage to Notre Dame’s beautiful acorn-shaped fixtures without taking a breath.

South Carolina joins the race to develop offshore wind energy

March 9th, 2009

From Green Right Now Reports

South Carolina is the latest state to target the harvesting of offshore winds for future energy needs. A partnership of Santee Cooper, the state-owned electric and water utility, along with Coastal Carolina University and the South Carolina Energy Office plans to launch weather buoys that will measure wind off the coast of Georgetown and Little River, S.C. as a first step in what could become an offshore wind farm.

The buoy deployment, which could begin later this month, will be followed by Santee Cooper’s installation of an offshore platform in about six months, project officials said. Coastal Carolina researchers, working closely with counterparts at North Carolina State University, will evaluate the buoy data to help pinpoint the best location for the platform. The offshore wind platform is expected to gather data for at least a year.