Radiation Revolution
We can always kill cancer cells, says medical physicist Sha Chang. Always. It doesn’t matter where the tumor is.
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Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Researchers harness energy during day for use at night
Researchers led by UNC chemist Tom Meyer have built a system that converts the sun’s energy not into electricity but hydrogen fuel and stores it for later use, allowing us to power devices long after the sun goes down.
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UNC computer science partners with Pebble Education Project
Pebble Technology announced a partnership with UNC’s department of computer science as part of the Pebble Education Project, an educational donation program designed to foster creativity and innovation in the computer science and engineering communities.
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Modern caterpillars feed at higher temperatures in response to 40-year climate change
Caterpillars of two species of butterflies in Colorado and California have evolved to feed rapidly at higher and at a broader range of temperatures in the past 40 years, suggesting that they are evolving quickly to cope with a hotter, more variable climate.
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Diversity in 21st century research
Diversity plays a central role in the innovation process. My UNC chemistry colleagues and I emphasize diversity as part of the culture of our department, writes chemistry professor Joseph DeSimone.
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The power of plastic
What might make solar technology more affordable? Trading silicon for plastic. Chemist Wei You and physicist Rene Lopez in the College of Arts and Sciences are studying the issue.
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Guskiewicz: Carolina ‘will always be here for you’
Advocate for yourself, defer gratification and surround yourself with good people, Carolina’s Kevin Guskiewicz told graduates on Dec. 15.
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Shemer honored for excellence in teaching
Gidi Shemer in the biology department in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences has been recognized by the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy with an excellence in teaching award. The center’s Spirit of Inquiry awards were presented at the Washington Duke Inn in Durham on Dec. 4. For six years, the Pope
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Anderson named fellow of Association for Computing Machinery
UNC computer scientist James H. Anderson was named a 2013 fellow of The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
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UNC computer science faculty, graduate student receive Marr Prize
UNC assistant professors Alex and Tamara Berg and graduate student Vicente Ordonez of the computer science department were awarded the 2013 Marr Prize at the Fourteenth International Conference on Computer Vision in Sydney, Australia. Their award-winning paper, “From Large-Scale Image Categorization to Entry-Level Categories,” was also co-authored by Jia Deng of Stanford University and Yejin
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