What’s Hiding in Our Coastal Waters?
Marine science researchers at UNC have found that estuaries generate natural defenses against the effects of global warming—until a hurricane hits...
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 Program...
All the Cell’s a Stage
Brian Strahl and his band of biochemists unravel the complicated mysteries of the epigenetic code to find a culprit in cancer development...
Clockworks
Sixteen years after scientists found the genes that control the circadian clock in all cells, the lab of UNC’s Aziz Sancar discovers the mechanisms responsible for keeping our internal clocks in sync...
Just Add Liver
A tale of viruses, stem cells, and global health...
Your Brain on Electricity
Something much subtler than ECT could be the new way to treat mental illness...
The Two-Photon Future
UNC neuroscientist Spencer Smith creates a new kind of microscope to study the brain like never before...
The Root of the Problem
What is food insecurity? And why is it an issue in an agricultural state like North Carolina?...
Grow your own way
UNC researchers are helping Warren County officials find ways to boost local business without sacrificing their rural quality of life...
The Signal and the Noise
Henrik Dohlman discovered why seemingly identical cells might react differently to the drugs we use to battle diseases...
Fat of the Bone
Maya Styner shows how a high-fat diet, exercise, and diabetes medications can change the insides of our bones...
The Business of Bugs
Microbes bring agricultural biotechnology to the Triangle...