When it comes to fighting disease, bacteria do it better.

Undergraduate researchers study whether harvesting oysters helps or hurts coastal ecosystems.

Marine science researchers at UNC have found that estuaries generate natural defenses against the effects of global warming—until a hurricane hits.

Anna Atencio wasn’t planning to come to Carolina—until she learned about the Chancellor’s Science Scholars Program.

Brian Strahl and his band of biochemists unravel the complicated mysteries of the epigenetic code to find a culprit in cancer development.

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.

A tale of viruses, stem cells, and global health

Something much subtler than ECT could be the new way to treat mental illness.

UNC neuroscientist Spencer Smith creates a new kind of microscope to study the brain like never before.

What is food insecurity? And why is it an issue in an agricultural state like North Carolina?

UNC researchers are helping Warren County officials find ways to boost local business without sacrificing their rural quality of life.

Henrik Dohlman discovered why seemingly identical cells might react differently to the drugs we use to battle diseases.