Record #:

36276

Author(s):

Williams, Allison

Abstract:

The silent killer for decades in the farming industry is nematodes. Possibly ridding plants of this microscopic roundworm by 2020 is the root knot nematode experiment. This research project, backed by the Gates Foundation, is being undertaken by AgBiome, a biochemical company in Durham.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 2, February 2016, p69-70 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Biochemistry; Biology; Farmers and farming; Research and development partnership; Durham; Cotton; North Carolina State University; Research Triangle Park; Agriculture; Nematodes

Record #:

36294

Author(s):

Abstract:

Among UNC Asheville’s institutional strengths is fostering its undergraduates’ ability to produce quality primary research. For its students, research output experience and publication credentials enhances their graduate school prospects. Research endeavors having an impact off campus included building infrared lasers, studying cognitive games’ effects, and incorporating depictions of emotion in art.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 7, July 2016, p46-47 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Research and development partnership; College students; Universities and colleges--North Carolina; Physics; Bioengineering; Energy development; Psychology; Art and society; Biology; Public art--Asheville

Record #:

35757

Author(s):

Cardman, Zena

Abstract:

On Axel Heiberg Island, adventure was found for the author in ways that went beyond being part of a team collecting samples for astrobiological research. It was found in adjusting to the absence of modern conveniences easily taken for granted, such as comfortable indoor plumbing. It was also found in realizing that “habitable” becomes redefined by habituating in the North Pole.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 3, Spring 2009, p28-33 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Islands; Astronomy; Biology; Science--Study and teaching

Record #:

35761

Author(s):

Cardman, Zena

Abstract:

On Axel Heiberg Island, adventure was found for the author in ways that went beyond being part of a team collecting samples for astrobiological research. It was found in adjusting to the absence of modern conveniences easily taken for granted, such as comfortable indoor plumbing. It was also found in realizing that “habitable” becomes redefined by habituating in the North Pole.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 3, Spring 2009, p28-33 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Biology; Astronomy

Record #:

28334

Author(s):

Smith, Joseph W.; O’Bier, W. Bradley; McNeill, Neil A.

Abstract:

Atlantic menhaden fish were collected from purse-seine catches at Reedville, Virginia and Beaufort, North Carolina in 2003. The fork length to total length and length to weight relationships are presented to help investigators have more precise biostatistical information on forage fishes.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 124 Issue 3, Fall 2008, p102-105, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fish--Research; Biology; Menhaden

Record #:

28336

Author(s):

Frick-Ruppert, Jennifer E.; Rosen, Joshua J.

Abstract:

The blue ghost firefly (Phausis reticulata) is a lampyrid beetle found in the southern Appalachians, observed primarily in May and June. Its behavior and habitat were observed at several locations in North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and South Carolina from 1997 through 2008.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 124 Issue 4, Winter 2008, p139-147, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fireflies; Biology; Habitat (Ecology)

Record #:

28306

Author(s):

Fernando, Anthony V.; Kemp, Philip S., Jr.

Abstract:

A key was prepared for the shell-less opisthobranch gastropods reported as occurring on the Atlantic coast from South Carolina to New Jersey. Forty-seven species were keyed out using primarily external characteristics.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 123 Issue 4, Winter 2007, p233-241, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Snails; Biology

Record #:

28309

Author(s):

Salek, Stephen J.

Abstract:

Pine voles are rodents found in the Eastern part of the United States, and occupy a range of habitats including dry hardwood forests and orchards. A study conducted on pine voles in Henderson County, North Carolina found that reproductive success, pup survivorship, and pup growth did not differ between different types of habitat.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 123 Issue 4, Winter 2007, p252-265, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Rodents; Habitat (Ecology); Biology; Voles

Record #:

25838

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

Dr. Jason Bond, professor of biology at East Carolina, has just received three National Science Foundation grants to study spiders and millipedes. The research will focus on cataloging species from around the world, examining biodiversity and evolutionary biology with the aid of undergraduate and graduate students.

Source:

Edge (NoCar LD 1741 E44 E33), Vol. Issue , Spring 2006, p27 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Spiders; Biology; Millipedes

Record #:

25918

Author(s):

Spivey, Angela

Abstract:

Researchers affiliated with UNC’s Laboratories for Reproductive Biology are working on a vaccine that could serve as birth control for men. They discovered a protein critical to movement of sperm cells. Targeting the protein could stop sperm from making it to the female reproductive tract.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 21 Issue 3, Spring 2005, p23-25, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research; Biology

Record #:

28259

Author(s):

Freshwater, D. Wilson; Braly, S. Katharine; Stuercke, Brooke; Hamner, Rebecca M.; York, Robert A.

Abstract:

There are sixteen species of the red algal order Rhodymeniales reported from North Carolina waters, but there has been confusion over their taxonomic rank and classification. Phylogenetic analyses reveal a number of species differences, suggesting that Asteromenia is not a monotypic genus.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 121 Issue 2, Summer 2005, p49-55, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Biology; Algae; Phylogeny

Record #:

28260

Author(s):

Dolan, Michael F.; Melnitsky, Hannah

Abstract:

The wood-feeding cockroach Cryptocercus harbors wood-digesting protists related to those in the guts of termites. The protest symbionts of a population of Cryptocercus from northeast Georgia were examined to determine if species-specific bacteria are associated with the protists.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 121 Issue 2, Summer 2005, p56-60, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Insects; Biology

Record #:

28263

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.; Safrit, Glenn, Jr.

Abstract:

Various theories have attempted to explain color abnormalities in the southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma). Specimens of southern flounder were collected in Core Sound, North Carolina and examined. Observations contradict previous theories and suggest ambicoloration and abnormalities may be the result of other developmental factors.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 121 Issue 2, Summer 2005, p77-79, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fish--Research; Biology

Record #:

28212

Author(s):

Wujek, Daniel E.; Cook, Jessica L.; Wright, Evan M.

Abstract:

There is a diverse freshwater silica-scaled chrysophycean algal flora for the Carolina Piedmont and Mountain Regions, including several new taxa. This study presents an account of the scale-bearing chrysophytes from the Carolina Coastal Region, which were observed using scanning and transmission electron microscopy.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 120 Issue 1, Spring 2004, p1-25, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Algae; Biology

Record #:

28215

Author(s):

Ray, Daniel K.; Webster, Wm. David

Abstract:

Woodrats are species in the rodent genus Neotoma. Specimens of Neotoma from West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina were karyotyped using standard techniques and examined.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 120 Issue 2, Summer 2004, p50-54, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Rodents; Biology