For immediate use: Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014   Solar energy has long been used as a clean alternative to fossil fuels such as coal and oil, but it could only be harnessed during the day when the sun’s rays were … Read more

For immediate use: Thursday, Dec. 19. 2013 Caterpillars of two species of butterflies in Colorado and California have evolved to feed rapidly at higher temperatures and at a broader range of temperatures over the past 40 years, suggesting that they … Read more

Chemist Joseph DeSimone, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and N.C. State University, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), a nonprofit organization that recognizes investigators who translate their research findings into … Read more

City planners and policy makers in North Carolina have a new tool to prepare for future growth across the state. According to housing data created by the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, that … Read more

Samuel Lai, a chemical and biomolecular engineer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has received a 2012 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, a five-year, $875,000 award that recognizes the nation’s most innovative young scientists. Lai, an … Read more