Research News

Researchers in the University’s Dittmer Lab are tracking variants of SARS-CoV-2 from the U.K., South Africa and Brazil that have recently been reported in the U.S., as well as new variants that have emerged in dozens of states. read more

Four Carolina scientists have developed a collaborative strategy to test a hypothesis for how tiny chemicals wound up establishing the way very basic biochemistry first came to be assembled, according to a genetic code 4 billion years ago. read more

Scientists at UNC’s School of Medicine and its Gillings School of Global Public Health have found that an orally administered experimental drug is highly effective at preventing COVID-19 infections. read more

A monoclonal antibody, now moving through clinical trials designed in part by UNC scientists, has been found to significantly reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19 among residents and staff of long-term care facilities. read more

Three faculty members — James Anderson, Gregory Copenhaver and Richard Smith — have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. read more

Sociologist, author and public scholar Tressie McMillan Cottom, who joined UNC’s School of Information and Library Science this past summer, is a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship’s “genius grant.” read more

BASF Corp. and the University have signed a master research agreement that will facilitate easier collaboration between industry and academia on the journey to jointly address global challenges. read more

A UNC-led partnership will receive $40 million in U.S. Department of Energy funding to accelerate fundamental research of the production of fuels from sunlight. read more

For the first time in the University’s history, annual new awards for research have exceeded the $1 billion mark. The record amount in new grants, contracts and awards received in the fiscal year that concluded June 30 comes largely from… read more