Dynamic structures
New materials from the lab of Carolina researcher Ronit Freeman that can reconfigure on demand have potential for applications in diagnostics and drug delivery.
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Dynamic structures
New materials from the lab of Carolina researcher Ronit Freeman that can reconfigure on demand have potential for applications in diagnostics and drug delivery.
Creativity Hubs Awards accelerate solutions to societal challenges
This year’s winners of the Creativity Hubs Awards were selected from 23 proposals, involving 207 UNC-Chapel Hill researchers representing 46 departments across 11 schools and the College of Arts & Sciences.
New research explores the mechanics of how birds flock
The study also showed that each bird — regardless of size or species, or even the species of its neighbor — most commonly flew about one wingspan to the side and between a half to one-and-a-half wingspans back from the bird in front of it.
Two faculty members named Beckman Young Investigators
Frank Leibfarth and Wesley Legant were selected from a pool of over 300 applicants by a panel of scientific experts. Carolina is the only university with two Beckman Young Investigators this year.
The neurobiology of noshing: Why is it so easy to overeat calorie-rich tasty foods?
UNC School of Medicine scientists led lab experiments suggesting a particular brain circuit motivates us to overeat, and it could be a new target for anti-obesity and binge-eating treatments.
20 years of celebrating undergraduate research
Carolina’s undergraduate students are making meaningful contributions to research every day, and their work was on full display at the 20th annual Undergraduate Research and Making Expo.
