Jinsong Huang, professor in the department of applied physical sciences, and his colleagues published a paper explaining how solar cells would increase in efficiency and durability if specialized chemicals were used in their manufacture.
Postdoctoral Awards for Research Excellence (PARE) are given in recognition of the research promise demonstrated by individual postdoctoral scholars. Meet this year’s recipients, including those in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Thousands wore ribbons and lit candles at the Smith Center service in memory of slain associate professor Zijie Yan.
The Bell Tower will ring at 1:02 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, in memory of Zijie Yan. Tonight’s candlelight vigil will move to the Dean E. Smith Center.
Jeff Olander’s experiences at BeAM inspired him to create Accessibility in Making (AiM), a collaborative community of disabled Makers working together to solve accessibility problems.
As Carolina ramps up the number of undergraduates participating in research, URSkilled at Carolina develops undergraduate students’ research skills and prepares them to be effective researchers with an entrepreneurial mindset.
Zijie Yan, associate professor of applied physical sciences, is using light to tackle significant challenges in the field of nanoscience.
The EMERGE Annual Workshop convened for the second time at UNC-Chapel Hill to unite a community of faculty and staff who are developing and enhancing new engineering programs. The department of applied physical sciences at UNC launched EMERGE in 2020 with support from the Kern Family Foundation.
Nick Lauersdorf is among a highly prestigious group of graduate students selected for the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Program. The fellowship provides opportunities for career development while honing Lauersdorf’s technical skills.
UNC’s Ronit Freeman is working to understand how Omicron’s mutations make it the most infectious variant yet. A new paper examines how the increased positive charge on the surface of spike proteins of variants is affecting the virus’ interactions with its receptors.
