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A researcher holding a laptop and wearing augmented reality glasses examines a model of a person, a red stick figure-like construction, through the AR technology.

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.


Abigail Knight and Sidney Wilkerson-Hill in chemistry are the recipients of 2024 Sloan Fellowships. (photo by Donn Young)

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.


Lucas Adelino in the arboretum

Bridging human and computer languages

Master’s student Lucas Adelino followed his passion for computational linguistics and natural language understanding to Carolina.


Huong Kratochvil smiles at the camera in her lab.

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.


Shelby Baez sits at a computer in her lab.

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.


Kirsten Giesbrecht stands at the Old Well

Biomathematics has her heart

Doctoral student Kirsten Giesbrecht uses mathematical modeling to study the heart in its early developmental stages.


An electron microscopy image (falsely colored) of a beta-amyloid-derived peptide exhibiting helical twists.

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.