UNC-Chapel Hill researchers create artificial cells that act like living cells
Ronit Freeman and her lab use innovative approaches to build functional cells, bridging the gap between synthetic and living materials.
Ronit Freeman and her lab use innovative approaches to build functional cells, bridging the gap between synthetic and living materials.
People are using “they/them” pronouns more often according to a new study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The research was led by Jennifer E. Arnold, a professor of psychology and neuroscience in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences.
PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” are prevalent in a variety of products and linked to a range of health problems. An interdisciplinary group of UNC-Chapel Hill scientists and engineers are deploying and evaluating technologies that filter these difficult-to-remove substances from N.C.’s drinking water.
Seven students were selected as recipients of the 2024 Carolina Blue Honors Fellowship in Sports Entrepreneurship to pursue unique and self-initiated summer internships built around growing international sports businesses.
UNC-Chapel Hill researchers have discovered that tardigrades – microscopic animals famed for surviving harsh extremes – have an unusual response to radiation. The research, led by UNC biologist Bob Goldstein, was published in Current Biology.
As a graduate student at Yale University, Angel Hsu traveled to Copenhagen for the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or the Convention of the Parties (COP) 15. Today the UNC associate professor of public policy says that experience changed her worldview.
Jeff Dangl, the John N. Couch Distinguished Professor of Biology, recently received the Philip N. Benfey lifetime achievement award from the Arabidopsis Community in recognition of his work on plant immunity and plant-microbe interactions.
Check out the spring 2024 issue of “Carolina Arts & Sciences” magazine, now online.
Nicholas Boyer, a rising senior at UNC-Chapel Hill double majoring in chemistry and computer science in the College of Arts and Sciences, was selected to receive a 2024 Barry Goldwater Scholarship.
A new initiative in the College of Arts and Sciences called the Arts and Humanities Grant Studio is enhancing the support of scholarly activity among humanists and humanistic social scientists at UNC-Chapel Hill.