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Greg Scherrer and five members of his lab pose in his lab

5 min read

Developing non-addictive pain meds

Portrait of Kristy Ainslie leaning against a whiteboard bordered by blue and white argyle pattern.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Kristy Ainslie on a new type of vaccine

A close-up view of Stephen Eckel holding his IV dosing device

8 min read

Donor funding bridges innovation ‘valley of death’

Dr. Aziz Sancar poses for a portrait in lab with his research team.

4 min read

A new hope for brain cancer

Portrait of Alexander Tropsha wearing a light blue button down shirt.

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Alexander Tropsha on AI tools for drug discovery

Alison Axtman stands with arms crossed in a lab, wearing protective glasses, a lab coat and gloves.

3 min read

Big power in small molecules

Rahima Benhabbour peers up to the left corner of the image with a ring light and blue background behind her.

6 min read

A ring of hope

Owen Fenton (seated) surrounded by six members of his team in the Fenton Lab

3 min read

Attracting expertise: A win for Carolina, a win for research

Photo of Lindsey James.

2 min read

Found in translation

Tim Willson stands with arms crossed with lab equipment in the background.

3 min read

Bringing the dark proteome into the light

Doctoral student Kaitlyn Morrell poses in front of a blackboard that shows physics equations.

1 min read

The Quantum Many-Body Problem

Vaughn and Nancy Bryson pose facing the camera with Dr. Muenzer

5 min read

New Pediatric Center Named to Honor UNC Doctor