Natural Sciences & Mathematics
View a list of departments in natural sciences & mathematics.
Computer science team uses AR to treat Parkinson’s
Their software and augmented reality headsets allow clinicians to analyze patient movement and guide physical therapy.
Sloan Fellowships awarded to two Carolina chemists
Abigail Knight and Sidney Wilkerson-Hill, assistant professors in the department of chemistry in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences, have been awarded 2024 Sloan Research Fellowships, among the most prestigious awards given to early-career scientists.
Bridging human and computer languages
Master’s student Lucas Adelino followed his passion for computational linguistics and natural language understanding to Carolina.
A passion for proteins
“Understanding how proteins function will help guide our understanding of how to develop drugs when proteins go rogue,” says UNC chemist Huong Kratochvil.
The psychology of sport injury
Shelby Baez, an assistant professor in the department of exercise and sport science, helps patients address their fears of returning to sport after traumatic knee injuries.
Biomathematics has her heart
Doctoral student Kirsten Giesbrecht uses mathematical modeling to study the heart in its early developmental stages.
Drug delivery platform manipulating amyloid proteins key to Alzheimer’s treatment
UNC-Chapel Hill researchers have developed a therapeutic approach that harnesses helical amyloid fibers designed to untwist and release drugs in response to body temperature, according to a study published in Nature Communications. The work is crucial to advancing knowledge of Alzheimer’s disease.