Saving Community Journalism
UNC students and faculty help community newspapers in North Carolina and across the country transform their product for the digital age.
Safer Supplements
Millions of children live with anemia, and treating it can be dangerous. Carla Cerami’s lab wants to make it safe to take iron throughout the developing world.
The Shedding Effect
UNC microbiologists pinpoint a gene that makes RSV one of the deadliest infections a baby can get.
A Fair Sentence
Jamie Markham created a mobile app to help N.C. prosecutors, lawyers, and judges determine the correct sentences for criminal offenders.
Running the Numbers
What would the United States look like if every American were a runner? Mizuno asked the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School to find out.
Lobbying America
A time when business decided to fight back—and change the country’s political landscape
A new way to control diabetes
The EndoBarrier could help many people control their type 2 diabetes without drugs or surgery.
The Birth Defects Detective
Andy Olshan is trying to solve some of the saddest mysteries of medicine.
Chasing Pac-Man
Two UNC researchers design a biological test to individualize chemotherapy.
The Genetics of Drug Side Effects
UNC School of Medicine’s William Valdar and James Crowley lead a quest to discover the genetic underpinnings of drug side effects.
Why Do Some Laptops Catch on Fire?
A flammable component in many of our electronics could soon be a thing of the past.
To tube or not to tube?
Every year, millions of children undergo surgery to have tubes placed in their ears. UNC researchers are reviewing years of studies to see whether this common surgery is always necessary.