UNCRS Category: Natural Sciences

Stars in Their Eyes

Manuel and Megan Maeso under the starry sky of the full dome theater at Morehead Planetarium

Newlyweds and postdoctoral researchers Manuel and Megan Maeso look forward to a future filled with companionship, empathy, and science.

Eye-Opening Innovations

Wei You stands in a chemistry lab, and his reflection is mirrored on the shiny concrete floor.

Chemist Wei You’s second startup company is using polymers to create drug delivery systems for eye diseases.

Building Living Machines

Ronit Freeman

Ronit Freeman uses nature’s building blocks to create innovative technologies, from synthetic cells to treatments that could transform health care.

Team Science for Space

Jonathan Schisler looks at the stars at Morehead Planetarium & Science Center

Jonathan Schisler’s research on aging is fueling a partnership with NASA to make Carolina a collaborative hub for future space studies.

Young Punks, Big Waves

Roberto Camassa (left) and Rich McLaughlin (right) give a tour of the UNC Fluids Lab

Roberto Camassa and Rich McLaughlin pushed for creation of a fluids lab at Carolina in the late 1990s — and now it’s one of the most unique research spaces of its kind in the U.S.

The Lifecycle of a River

Julianne Davis holds a drone in Alaska

Julianne Davis writes about her last two field seasons in Alaska, waiting for river ice to break to study sediment shifts during springtime.

Mapping Marsh Futures

A man carries a drone out of a marsh.

Researchers from the Carolina Drone Lab use aerial imagery to assess marsh health in the Outer Banks.