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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. 

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.