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Blog / Understanding Sea Turtle Navigation with Laser-based Imaging

November 13, 2018November 24, 2018 / Jessie Barrick / 1

If you’ve ever been lost in an unfamiliar city or tried to walk around in the dark, then you may have found yourself wishing you had the eyes of a…

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Blog / Get Alternative with Epigenetics

December 11, 2017 / Emma Hinkle / 1

Our bodies are marvels of precise control, synchronization and design. Every one of our cells has the same genetic sequence, but we have many different types of cells – heart,…

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Blog / Cell-based Therapies at UNC using Good Manufacturing Practices, with Dr. Paul Eldridge

November 9, 2017 / Lee Hong /

T cell-based therapies, or “living drugs” as coined by Dr. Carl June, utilize the potent killing activity of T cells, an arm of the immune system, to target cancers. In…

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Cancer Medicine UNC-CH Research

Blog / Underground Science at SNOLAB

August 29, 2017 / Tom Gilliss /

The best models of how our world works are incomplete. Though they accurately describe much of what Mother Nature has thrown at us, models represent just the tip of the full…

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Blog / 3D Printing: A Technology Revolution and it’s at UNC

July 13, 2017July 17, 2017 / Christina M. Marvin /

In almost any field, particularly those in science and engineering, you encounter revolutionary technologies that promise faster, cheaper, and easier processes. Some of these advances, such as computers, social media,…

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Blog / Fossils That Slumber in the Mountains and the Mud

May 8, 2017May 9, 2017 / Mejs Hasan / 2

Over 200 million years ago, a reptile, 11 feet long and 1500 pounds, was prowling about, likely feeling very pleased with himself. Not only did he have four crunchy creatures…

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Blog / FSCV: Measuring Electrochemical Chatter

November 28, 2016 / Deirdre Sackett /

Measuring Chemical Chatter If a brain could talk, what would it say? Probably nothing profound or understandable. Rather, it would emit a bustling clamor of messages between neurons. These messages…

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Blog / Dr. Margaret Scarry Named New Director of the Research Labs of Archaeology

November 27, 2016 / Julia Longo /

Congratulations to Dr. Margaret Scarry! A longstanding faculty member of the Anthropology Department at UNC-CH, Dr. Scarry was recently promoted to the Director of the Research Labs of Archaeology (RLA)…

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Blog / Grossed Out? It’s a Grave Matter in Moral Psychology

October 31, 2016October 31, 2016 / Zan Isgett /

Halloween is a time of year when we hanker for the horrific, ogle at the ugly, and revel in the rotten. And in this election year, we’re just as likely…

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Psychology Science News UNC-CH Research

Blog / Sudden Death: A Public Health Problem

September 9, 2016September 9, 2016 / Murrium Sadaf /

“9-1-1 … Hello! Somebody just collapsed on MLK Road near the Root Cellar café,” said a bystander as he rushed towards the man lying still in the parking lot. A…

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Blog / Kites Reveal Clues about Coastal Change

July 6, 2016July 13, 2016 / Margaret Jones /

This summer, an afternoon spent flying kites at the beach will be just another day at work for some researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Now…

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Blog / Golden Goose Award Eggs On Basic Science Research

April 19, 2016April 15, 2016 / Sarah Vick /

       As a scientist watched jellyfish float in Friday Harbor, Washington, he wondered what caused them to fluoresce green. It took years of determination to unravel the mystery…

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Blog / Glass Half-Full: How Positive Thinking Promotes Success and Well-Being

March 22, 2016March 22, 2016 / Rachel Haake /

As many young academics very well know, science can bum you out. Experiments fail, equipment breaks, and funding opportunities are few and far between. Even when experiments run smoothly, the…

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Blog / Biology and Physics Meet in the Middle

February 24, 2016March 3, 2016 / Lydia Morris / 1

Scientists thrive on “aha” moments— breakthroughs in knowledge that come from careful planning or perhaps fortuitous luck. For a team of researchers led by Josh Lawrimore, a fourth-year graduate student…

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Blog / The Excellent Journey of Bob Bagnell

October 27, 2015October 7, 2019 / Chris Givens /

As I enter the Microscopy Services Laboratory (MSL), a soft southern accent greets me: “Come in- want a cucumber? Help yourself!” Dr. Bob Bagnell, the faculty director of the MSL,…

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Blog / ROI Series: The Future of Therapeutics

September 15, 2015February 16, 2016 / Deirdre Sackett / 1

It sounds like medicine from a futuristic, sci-fi hospital: nanoparticles that deliver drug therapies and cells that can fight cancer or promote organ regeneration. However, by combining engineering and pharmaceutical…

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Blog / Stirring the Ocean: How the Moon Mixes Things Up Beneath the Waves

June 23, 2015February 16, 2016 / JoEllen McBride /

It is well known that the Moon is responsible for the tides on Earth. The effects of the tides at the Earth’s surface are predictable, but the effects of tides…

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Blog / NCI Ras Initiative: Let’s get together and drug RAS!

May 15, 2015March 1, 2016 / Nicole M. Baker /

Non-scientist friends and relatives often ask me whether I am “curing” cancer, and question why the cure for cancer doesn’t already exist following decades of funding for research. Worse, some…

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