Pancreatic cancer cells are notorious for being protected by a fortress of tissue, making it difficult to deliver drugs to either shrink the tumor or stop its growth. Now researchers at UNC have developed a device that could change all that.
Potential pancreatic cancer treatment could increase life expectancy Read More »
A team of scientists led by researcher Michael Willis has published a new paper showing for the first time that meltwater from the surface of an ice cap in northeastern Greenland can make its way beneath the ice and become trapped, refilling a subglacial lake.
Atmospheric warming heats the bottom of ice sheets, as well as the top Read More »
Five students received the Hogan Book Award for First-Generation College Students in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics.) The award, sponsored by faculty members Kelly and Brian Hogan in the College of Arts and Sciences, in partnership with Pearson Education, will provide first-generation college students with the textbook for the introductory course for biology, physics
Five students receive Hogan Book Award Read More »
Adult sea turtles find their way back to the beaches where they hatched by seeking out unique magnetic signatures along the coast, according to new evidence from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (green sea turtle image courtesy of Andresvilla92, Wikimedia Commons)
For sea turtles, there’s no place like magnetic home Read More »
Changing the surface charge of a PRINT nanoparticle may give researchers a way forward to develop vaccines for diseases that target the lungs.
New approach may lead to inhalable vaccines for influenza, pneumonia Read More »
Researchers in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences and at Stanford University find teens are influenced by “caricatures” of their peers’ sexual and drug-use behaviors.
Misfit or Miss Goody Two Shoes? Adolescent misperceptions abound Read More »
Oysters may be one of North Carolina’s most important organisms. They filter the water, their shells provide habitats for other organisms, and they can help slow the process of erosion. But can they do all those things even when they’re regularly being harvested for food?
Can we have our oysters and eat them too? Read More »
Marine science researchers at UNC have found that estuaries generate natural defenses against the effects of global warming—until a hurricane hits.
What’s hiding in our coastal waters? Read More »
The League of American Bicyclists has recognized UNC-Chapel Hill as a Bike Friendly University. The program acknowledges institutions of higher education for promoting and providing a more bike-friendly campus for students, staff and visitors.
UNC earns bike-friendly award Read More »
Climate change is transforming the outer edge of the Southern U.S. coastal plain. A new $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant ($357,000 of which will go to UNC) will fund research in this area, in partnership with other Triangle universities.
NSF grant to fund interdisciplinary coastal climate change research Read More »
