Dendrites, the branch-like projections of neurons, were once thought to be passive wiring in the brain. But now researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have shown that these dendrites do more than relay information from one … Read more

A three-year, $499,340 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics grant has been awarded to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to enhance the university’s undergraduate physics courses. The award, granted by the National Science Foundation, will provide life science … Read more

Carolina Kickstart, a service of the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, has awarded a total of $80,000 to four start-up companies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to help promote the technical development of a … Read more

A new $4.47 million project at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, will help lay the groundwork for developing potentially better ways to deliver antidotes against exposure to chemical weapons. The … Read more

A new literacy webcam coaching strategy, developed by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been shown to help struggling kindergarten and first-grade readers in rural classrooms keep pace with their peers. The strategy, known as … Read more

A $5.8 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will be used by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and five partners for a large research project that will explore challenges in cyber security in the era … Read more

“Ocean predator” conjures up images of sharks and barracudas, but the voracious red lionfish is out-eating them all in the Caribbean – and Mother Nature appears unable to control its impact on local reef fish. That leaves human intervention as … Read more

A recent U.S. Geological Survey report confirmed that the nation’s amphibians, including frogs, toads and salamanders, are disappearing “at an alarming and rapid rate.” A biologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found that North Carolina’s … Read more

The Institute for the Environment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will provide a unique learning opportunity for 20 middle and high school science and technology teachers from July 16-18. The event recognizes UNC’s Pan-Campus Water Theme … Read more

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and MIT have combined two novel technologies to create specialized versions of tiny, coated nanoparticles. Through the use of a special coating technique, the researchers were further able to customize … Read more