A set of towelettes developed by two researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill can safely remove difficult-to-clean anticancer drugs commonly found on surfaces in hospitals, pharmacies, clinics and labs. The product, called Hazardous Drug Clean – … Read more
For the past decade, much of the focus in the Arctic has centered on the rate at which ice melts and its ecological impact. Now, as Arctic ice continues to melt, carbon that has been stored in the frozen tundra … Read more
Five years ago, marine biologists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill proposed a theory that sea turtles and salmon use the Earth’s magnetic forces to find their way back to their birthplace after migrating across thousands of … Read more
Local and global experts will explore key issues related to water and energy, and present potential solutions to problems like climate change at a Feb.6-8 symposium at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Jeffrey McDonnell, a watershed hydrologist and eco-hydrologist, will discuss the issues faced by the world’s freshwater resources during the 2013 Keohane Lecture.
In response to a news media inquiry, the University has produced information about two courses offered in the Department of African and Afro-American Studies – AFRI 370, spring 2010, and SWAH 112, Summer Session 1, 2010.
Nine scientists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society.
The Institute for the Environment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host middle- and high-school teachers from eastern North Carolina at a renewable energy workshop, titled “Evaluating the Use of Woody Biomass for Electricity Generation.”
Elizabeth “Betsy” Bennett, Ed.D., longtime director of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, will receive this year’s Jupiter Award for her contributions to science education in the state.
Chemist David Nicewicz at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a 2012 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering. The fellowship is worth $875,000 over five years.