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Biochemist Jack Griffith and his graduate student Smaranda Wilcox found ancient salt deposits underneath the desert of Roswell, New Mexico. The salt deposits contain the oldest cellulose macromolecules ever found. Griffith suggests that life on other planets would likely be carbon-based.
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As part of the 2009 Carolina Summer Reading Program, first-year students are reading Paul Cuadros’ new book called, A Home on the Field. It is the first book the selection committee has chosen that was written by a UNC faculty member. It is also a true story that the committee thinks will spark discussion about immigration in North Carolina.
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Oliver Smithies won the 2007 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, and is UNC’s first Nobel Prize winner. Smithies developed the initial method for gene targeting that led to mice that model hundreds of human diseases.
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Tim Marr, assistant professor of American studies, recently came across century-old accounts of American encounters with the Moros, a diverse group of indigenous Muslims in the southern Philippine Islands. According to Marr, the Moro history can teach us a lot about current events in Iraq and advise American foreign-policy.
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Chemical engineer William Vizuete and his colleagues at the UNC Gillings School of Public Health designed and developed an innovative air quality testing system. Their new device can detect air pollutants with much higher accuracy than traditional systems. The device is patented and will be commercially available through their startup company, BioDeptronix.
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Microbiologist Bob Johnston and others are working on new approaches to HIV prevention. They aim to find vectored vaccines that could provide immunization against HIV, and herbs that naturally disrupt virus replication.
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North Carolina could become the first state to generate wind power from in-water turbines. UNC researchers and Duke Energy have teamed up to install three pilot wind turbines. They are studying the effects of wind farms on fishing industries, public perceptions, and legal implications.
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UNC researchers hope that by 2050, genetic analysis will help family doctors predict which people will inherit genetic mutations or predispositions to cancer. Genetic research might also show how patients will react to chemotherapy or medication so that doses can be better regulated, and may speed the testing of new targeted therapies and novel means of early detection.
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According to UNC researchers, climate change must be addressed now, despite debates on whether it is real or not. North Carolina will likely see more intense droughts and storms that will cause severe flooding and landslides. Researchers advise improving energy efficiency and changing development patterns, especially at the coast and in the mountains.
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25865
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Guava and mora are invasive plants threatening the Galapagos ecosystems. Geographer Steve Walsh is creating digital maps and models to show where invasive species are and how they might spread.
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UNC researchers Hannah Gill and Mai Nguyen analyzed crime data from five North Carolina counties to investigate the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 287(g) program. Their analysis revealed high program costs, undocumented residents, and inaccurate arrests. Gill and Nguyen discuss the complexity of Hispanic immigrants in Alamance County and sociopolitical implications.
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UNC encourages physicians to consider conducting trials at their clinics. Clinical trials are necessary to advance research and treatment, but recruiting patients is difficult if they think a drug is being tested on them. For liver-cancer patient Don Yarborough, participating in a trial was crucial. If the treatment does not help him, he said, maybe the research would help someone else.
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Biologist Peter White codirects the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI), an ongoing project dedicated to preserving the Great Smoky Mountains National Park ecosystem. The ATBI has discovered over six thousand species new species in the park and aims to document every living species in the park.
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25873
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UNC professor of medicine Adam Goldstein co-founded a nonprofit organization of volunteers who speak about their tragic experiences with cigarette smoking to North Carolina middle and high school students. Goldstein and other researchers are also advocating for laws that restrict secondhand smoke pollution in public spaces.
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Konrad Jarausch is a UNC professor in the Department of History and the son of a German World War II officer. Jarausch never met his father but finally faced his legacy 60 years later. His father’s wartime letters revealed the emotional realities, values and obligations soldiers faced in the war.
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