Boldly Breaking Barriers
January 27, 2025
Sam Lai has founded multiple startups by studying underexplored processes in the body — like mucus production.
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Fired Up for RNA
January 21, 2025
Chad Pecot is revolutionizing RNA therapies for cancer through his company EnFuego Therapeutics and the new UNC RNA Discovery Center.
Creativity in Numbers
March 26, 2024
Keith Sawyer teaches innovative thinking by studying the psychology of creativity in group settings.
Taking Research to New Heights
February 11, 2020
From surveying glacial melt to managing wildfires, there are endless ways drones can be used in research. Over winter break, UNC faculty and students completed a drone workshop — the first of its kind at the university — developing aeronautic expertise to apply to their research.
Augmented Health Care
April 18, 2019
Henry Fuchs is always looking 20 years ahead, and two decades from now the computer scientist thinks augmented-reality eyeglasses will be the norm. Fuchs and his team of students and colleagues are developing an augmented-reality program to aid in laparoscopic surgery training and, maybe one day, revolutionize minimally invasive surgery.