225 years of Tar Heels: Zena Cardman
Two-time Carolina alumna Zena Cardman was one of 12 people chosen out of more than 18,000 applicants to join NASA’s astronaut candidate class in 2017, becoming the fourth Tar Heel to enter the program.
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NIH awards $11.6M grant to support study of retail tobacco policies across the U.S.
Three innovative and complementary research projects — done in partnership with UNC-Chapel Hill, Stanford University and Washington University in St. Louis — will examine the role of the tobacco retail environment in promoting tobacco use and causing tobacco-related illnesses.
New Carolina study shows the Florida Keys’ corals are growing but have become more porous
Research suggests that higher-latitude reefs may have more time to adapt to rising ocean temperatures than their tropical counterparts.
New study finds link between teenage drinking and high-grade prostate cancer later in life
Study participants who drank heavily early in life were three times more likely to be diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer