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May 4, 2022

Getting a Better View of Landslide Risk With LiDAR

Geologist Karl Wegmann from the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences is using LiDAR technology to figure out where landslides are more likely to occur.

May 2, 2022

Chemistry Researchers Create Self-Assembled Logic Circuits From Proteins

Ryan Chiechi, associate professor of chemistry, co-authored a paper on self-assembled, protein-based circuits that can perform simple logic functions.

Apr 25, 2022

Exploring the Origins of Molecular Paleontology

Postdoctoral research scholar Elizabeth Jones' new book traces the history, people and projects involved in exploring the ancient world.

Apr 20, 2022

Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Researchers Predict Active Hurricane Season

Researchers from the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences have predicted an active Atlantic hurricane season in 2022.

Apr 12, 2022

Two Sets of Sex Chromosomes Determine More Than Just Sex

Reade Roberts, associate professor of biological sciences, looks to an African cichlid to understand the impacts of two sets of sex chromosomes on a species.

Apr 5, 2022

Quantum ‘Shock Absorbers’ Allow Perovskite to Exhibit Superfluorescence at Room Temperature

Kenan Gundogdu, professor of physics, explains why some perovskites exhibit superfluorescence at high temperatures.

Mar 29, 2022

What the Sparta Earthquake Tells Us About Shallow Quakes

Paula Marques Figueiredo, a postdoctoral research assistant in the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, discusses the significance of the 2020 Sparta, North Carolina earthquake.

Feb 21, 2022

Pine Needles Tell the Story of PFAS in North Carolina

Ph.D. candidate Kaylie Kirkwood, along with faculty members Erin Baker and Scott Belcher, used pine needles to trace the history of PFAS in central and eastern North Carolina.

Feb 7, 2022

In Mice, Mothers with Metabolic Syndrome Can ‘Turn On’ Offspring’s Liver Disease

Faculty member Michael Cowley's research shows that an imprinted gene associated with NAFLD is switched on in mice who nurse from mothers with metabolic syndrome.

Dec 17, 2021

Time Lag Between Intervention and Actual CO2 Decrease Could Still Lead to Climate Tipping Point

A lag between intervention and CO2 decrease could have ramifications for climate change.