The study found that almost a quarter of menthol cigarette smokers quit smoking altogether after a menthol ban, and that country-wide actions are more effective than local or state bans.

Cell Microsystems is leapfrogging traditional technologies for single-cell cloning, culturing, analysis and isolation. The firm helps scientists in pharma-biotech organizations speed therapeutic breakthroughs by culturing 10 times more cells in one-tenth of the time.

Biologists Celia Shiau and En Yang have been awarded a competitive grant to tackle unsolved grand challenges in neurodegenerative diseases and fundamental neuroscience.

Eric Ghysels said the new technology is a “paradigm shift” that will impact financial decision-making and internet security.

Master’s student Lucas Adelino followed his passion for computational linguistics and natural language understanding to Carolina.