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State Tipoffs Involving North Carolina Newsletter for Wednesday August 07, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Attorney General Josh Stein: North Carolina's Price Gouging Law is in Effect
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 7 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that the price gouging law is in effect after Gov. Roy Cooper declared a statewide state of emergency in anticipation of Tropical Storm Debby. "Tropical Storm Debby is on track to hit North Carolina," said Attorney General Josh Stein. "While we don't yet know how significant the damage could be, we do know how to prepare fo  more

North Carolina State University: Researchers Solve Long-Standing Challenge for Piezoelectric Materials
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 7 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: Heat and pressure can deteriorate the properties of piezoelectric materials that make state-of-the-art ultrasound and sonar technologies possible - and fixing that damage has historically required disassembling devices and exposing the materials to even higher temperatures. Now researchers have developed a technique to restore those properties at room temperature, making it easier to r  more

Two N.C. A&T Journalism Students Selected as 2024 Chevrolet Discover the Unexpected Fellows
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Aug. 7 (TNSres) -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: By Markita C. Rowe Mattie Moore and Kayla Hare, two multimedia journalism students from the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, have been selected as 2024 Chevrolet Discover the Unexpected (DTU) Fellows. They are two of only 10 students from historically Black colleges and universities (HB  more