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NEWS & MEDIA
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NCInnovation Approves $7.9 Million for Nine University Projects, Expands Statewide Portfolio to $37 Million Across 47 Projects
The NCInnovation Board of Directors has approved $7.9 million in funding for nine university research projects, bringing the organization's statewide commercialization portfolio to $37 million across 47 projects. The May 2026 slate spans agriculture, energy, healthcare, transportation, manufacturing, and digital infrastructure.
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Preventing Failure Before It Happens: Inside Self-healing Composites
Fiber-reinforced composites don't fail gradually—they fail suddenly, often from damage no one can see. Dr. Jason Patrick of NC State has developed a self-healing composite that repairs internal cracks more than 1,000 times, without human intervention, potentially extending the life of aerospace and energy structures by decades.
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Why More Fertilizer Isn’t Fixing North Carolina’s Fields
In degraded soils, the problem isn't chemistry — it's biology. Dr. Rafael Loureiro of Winston-Salem State University is developing a microbial additive to restore the living processes that sustain soil health, with field trials across North Carolina now putting it to the test.