Research Stories



UNC RESEARCH STORIES

Browse through our stories and you’ll see why UNC-Chapel Hill is one of the leading research institutions in the nation. You’ll get a glimpse of the people who make Carolina research so special, and a new perspective on the way the world works.

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UNC Researchers Successfully Remove PFAS Chemicals from Water

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The Storm that Changed Her

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Racing Toward Innovation

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Still Breaking Records – UNC-Chapel Hill Research Funding Tops $1.2 Billion

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Scientists Discover Surprise Anticancer Properties of Common Lab Molecule

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Infusing Hope for Hemophilia

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Inviting Controlled Chaos into Drug Synthesis

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The People’s Historian

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Galápagos: A Gateway for Global Research

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Magnificent Magnification

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UNC Receives $17 Million to Develop AI-Enabled Obstetric Ultrasound

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Brain-Body Breakthroughs