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Photo of Tim Ronan burying a cable to a solar panel into the dirt, overlooking the Llaima volcano.

Tracking the Earth’s Heart Beats

A team of researchers uses cutting-edge technology to better predict when and how one of...
Photo of Elizabeth Shank in the lab, examining a petri dish.

The Bugs in Your Drugs

When it comes to fighting disease, bacteria do it better...
Photo of four undergraduate students examining oysters.

Can We Have Our Oysters and Eat Them, Too?

Undergraduate researchers study whether harvesting oysters helps or hurts coastal ecosystems...
Photo of Hans Paerl and Ph.D. student Joey Crosswell posing in the lab.

What’s Hiding in Our Coastal Waters?

Marine science researchers at UNC have found that estuaries generate natural defenses against the effects...
Photo of Anna Atencio smoothing out a sediment core sample on to two long trays in the Rodriguez lab.

A Lifelong Scientist Finds Her Calling at UNC

Anna Atencio wasn’t planning to come to Carolina—until she learned about the Chancellor’s Science Scholars...
Photo of Jeff Dangl in the greenhouse.

The Business of Bugs

Microbes bring agricultural biotechnology to the Triangle...
Close up photo of an oyster reef off the coast of North Carolina.

Better than Bulkheads

Where N.C. rivers meet the sea, oysters can protect the land, fish, and human habitat...

Why Do Some Laptops Catch on Fire?

A flammable component in many of our electronics could soon be a thing of the...

Ever Greener

In the shade of the longleaf pine, some N.C. plants find relief from global warming...