Frank Leibfarth tests molecules to turn plastic waste into useful materials, diversifying options for recycling...

The mathematical puzzles that arise when modeling neurodegenerative diseases fascinate Tanya Garcia, who hopes to solve them to speed treatment development...

Aobo Li's groundbreaking work using machine learning to detect neutrinos could shed light on the nature of our universe...

Jack Sundberg has created a software to help chemists uncover the best materials for their experiments — a potential game-changer for minimizing time and costs...

Celine Fei uses big data to help small businesses...

While studying small mammals in the Blue Ridge Mountains, juniors Marie Young and Cole Prezant discover a love for field work...

Gabriel Bump writes novels to better understand himself and the places and people he holds dear...

Ken Donny-Clark spent his last semester at UNC-Chapel Hill in the woods searching for a dwindling population of trees that local wildlife depends on: Carolina hemlocks...

Two undergraduates search for salamanders in western North Carolina — and find so much more...

Rada Petric's love for nature has led her to study how human presence affects the behavior of small mammals like bats and mice...

Angel Hsu uses data to drive climate policy...

Ahmad Isaac craves adventures in geoscience...