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Decoding anti-vaping campaigns
August 15, 2024
Seth M. Noar and Sarah D. Kowitt investigate the factors that make vaping prevention ads effective for adolescents and young adults.
Ultrasound for the future
August 13, 2024
A first-of-its-kind, NIH-funded program that emphasizes ultrasound research commercialization will be housed in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Researchers learn how cancer cells divide despite treatment
August 9, 2024
Jean Cook’s lab in SOM has identified the cellular processes that occur when you take a cancer drug meant to stop rapid cell growth in tumors.
Tar Heel engineers unlock science behind swimming
August 9, 2024
A collaboration between the College and USA Swimming seeks to tackle fundamental questions on swimmer performance in time for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Rooted: Jonathan David Crabtree
August 6, 2024
Jonathan Crabtree is the inaugural director of the Research Data Management Core within the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. He has been contributing to research at Carolina for 31 years.
UNC junior researches childhood food insecurity’s effects on structural brain development
July 30, 2024
With a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Ria Patel is analyzing data and MRI scans to explore possible anatomical changes in adolescents’ brains — and the behavioral changes that could follow.
Weaving recycling knowledge into practice
July 25, 2024
Former UNC-Chapel Hill professors Matthew Parrott and Chris Luft are ushering the polyester industry into a more sustainable era.Â
A summer of OVCR-hosted conferences
July 24, 2024
While the students were away, the support services of UNC Research played — by hosting colleagues from around the state and country to learn and share insights on a variety of topics.
Scientists Discover Brain Circuits for Placebo Effect Pain Relief
July 24, 2024
School of Medicine researchers reveal a new pain control pathway from the cortex to the cerebellum crucial to placebo analgesia – when the expectation of pain relief leads to pain alleviation without a therapeutic intervention, such as with a drug.
Student researchers map heat on campus
July 24, 2024
Working with the Sustainable Triangle Field Site, they gather data to provide potential solutions to hotspots.