carbon dioxide

Generating Power Like Plants

January 11, 2018

When plants absorb sunlight, they convert carbon dioxide into energy-rich organic compounds. What if humans could do the same thing? What if we could pull CO2 out of the air and use it to build organic molecules? This revolutionary idea is still just that — an idea. But organic chemists at UNC are laying the groundwork for turning it into reality.

Cleaning up Air Quality

May 7, 2015

A UNC researcher investigates why North Carolina teachers are having trouble breathing—in their own classrooms.