Carolina as a research powerhouse
The University’s research enterprise has seen remarkable growth in recent decades. Here’s a look at the numbers and what they mean.
Research and Innovation
Topple a paradigm. Uncover the Unknown. Tar Heels ask questions, develop answers, create solutions and discover cures.
A new way to explore the night sky
A group of graduate students led by associate professor Nick Law have spent the past year designing, engineering and developing a prototype for a new telescope system that will allow researchers to explore phenomena that no one has been capable of exploring before.
Membranes and modeling
Royster Fellow and Ph.D. student Riley Vickers is bringing his distinct expertise to a multidisciplinary team working to improve the world’s access to clean water.
Tar Heels meet a pandemic need in UV device
Created and developed by Carolina students to fulfill a need during the pandemic, Ultraloop devices use high-frequency ultraviolet light to kill bacteria on small, everyday objects. The machines were recently rolled out on Carolina's campus.
Take the off-ramp from road rage
With jam-packed holiday traffic in the forecast, a Carolina social psychologist describes where road rage begins and offers ways to avoid it.
Are offshore wind farms coming to North Carolina?
After the Biden administration announced plans to develop coastal wind farms, The Well checked in with marine sciences professor Harvey Seim about what that could mean for North Carolina.
What can horror teach us?
Ghosts, goblins and vampires are frightening, but students in Joe Fletcher’s horror literature class say the ongoing pandemic is far scarier. Thankfully, lessons from literature show how fear can be productive.
Battling blood-suckers with data
With North Carolina at the epicenter of tick- and mosquito-borne illnesses, Dr. Ross Boyce is gathering data from a variety of sources to battle these sometimes fatal diseases.