Natural Sciences & Mathematics
View a list of departments in natural sciences & mathematics.
The Lab of the Future is here
The next-generation laboratory made for modern learning and chemistry laboratory training has arrived. The Lab of the Future sets the pace for the future of undergraduate laboratory spaces at Carolina Chemistry.
A world of possibility and promise
The Roy and Mary Alice Smith Fellowship Endowed Fund through The Graduate School will support future generations of students pursuing a graduate degree in chemistry.
COVID-19 gets its just desserts with sugar-coated test strips
New research by UNC-Chapel Hill and the University of California, San Diego, develops a low-cost test strip that provides a simple and accurate detection of COVID-19 infection within minutes.
After a wild blowout a few million years ago, the central black hole in our galaxy now dozes fitfully
A multi-institutional team led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill traces still active particle beam.
College faculty tapped for highly cited researchers 2021 list
Five College of Arts & Sciences faculty members have been named among the world’s most highly cited researchers in their respective fields for 2021.
Of placekicking, polymers and pets
Frank Leibfarth, the main speaker at Carolina’s Winter Commencement, talks about growing up in a small town, being fearless in his college football career and plastics research, his dog Roscoe and Broseidon the goldfish.
Caring for a Tar Heel icon
Graduating senior Hannah King grew up on a sheep farm in rural North Carolina, and when she got to Chapel Hill, she realized there was a high-profile role that she was perfectly qualified for: caring for Rameses XXII.