UNC Research

In 2016, a group of North Carolina researchers published evidence of high rates of PFAS in the Cape Fear River basin. Scientists from UNC-Chapel Hill, five other UNC system universities, and Duke University, have been researching these potentially dangerous chemicals found in drinking water sources across the state.

Computer scientist Henry Fuchs and his team of students and colleagues are developing a program using augmented-reality eyeglasses to aid in laparoscopic surgery training and, maybe one day, revolutionize minimally invasive surgery.

One of the largest research awards made to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) just got bigger, making MEASURE Evaluation not only UNC’s largest project in global health, but the largest single award the university has ever received, at $231.9 million.

In the months following one of the most destructive hurricanes of the past decade, UNC researchers had to act fast. Using a unique grant from the NSF, they’re testing water quality in Lumberton — one of the hardest-hit places during the storm.

North Carolina’s barrier islands are dynamic landforms in a state of constant change. UNC researchers want to better understand how those changes happen and what they mean for the future of our coast.