Record #:

25791

Author(s):

Jacobs, Danielle

Abstract:

Nitric Oxide is a molecule that helps maintain the body’s critical functions. According to biochemist Mark Schoenfisch, nitric oxide could be used to treat ovarian cancer and other diseases.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 24 Issue 1, Fall 2007, p7-9, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Research Center

Record #:

25792

Author(s):

Caudle, Neil

Abstract:

UNC faculty and students are collaborating with the Kenan Institute Asia to help with tsunami recovery. Projects involve organizing and training entrepreneurs in sustainable business and agriculture, developing ecotourism, and investigating public health problems.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 24 Issue 1, Fall 2007, p10-17, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Disaster relief; Sustainable development; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Record #:

25793

Author(s):

Chi, Kelly Rae

Abstract:

Pharmacologist Bryan Roth studies Salvia divinorum, a Mexican plant that contains a highly potent naturally occurring psychoactive drug. Roth is investigating how the drug could be used to treat people who have schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, bipolar disorder, or other conditions that are marked by distorted perceptions.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 24 Issue 1, Fall 2007, p18-19, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research

Record #:

25794

Author(s):

Nathe, Margarite

Abstract:

Lyn Koehnline and Jan Paris are art conservators at the UNC Wilson Library. Part of their work involves reconstructing paper artifacts, deciphering fine prints, and restoring old photographs.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 24 Issue 1, Fall 2007, p20-23, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Art restorers; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Wilson Library--Special Collections

Record #:

25795

Author(s):

Derewicz, Mark

Abstract:

Director Rob Hamilton adapted the novel, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, to a four-hour play that premiers this summer at UNC’s Kenan Theatre. The story is about two Chinese boys sent to the countryside for reeducation during Mao’s Cultural Revolution in the early 1970s, and both fell in love with the same girl.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 24 Issue 1, Fall 2007, p24, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Theater; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Record #:

25796

Author(s):

Nathe, Margarite

Abstract:

Marine scientist Alberto Scotti develops computer models to figure out how underwater waves work and produce energy. According to Scotti, his model can also help us to understand how blood vessels or machinery function.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 24 Issue 1, Fall 2007, p25-27, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Institute of Marine Sciences

Record #:

25797

Author(s):

Derewicz, Mark

Abstract:

Wendy Wolford studies economic inequality and poverty rooted in Brazil’s land politics. After World War Two, policies forced farmers and rural workers into the Amazon and cities. Brazil’s Landless Movement is now pressuring the government to create settlements with farmland.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 24 Issue 1, Fall 2007, p28-32, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Social movements; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research

Record #:

25798

Author(s):

Hoffman, Colie

Abstract:

Political scientist Michael Lienesch recently investigated the evolution debate and why it persists. While much of the debate centers on religion and science, political ideology and power are primary reasons for why it continues.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 24 Issue 1, Fall 2007, p33-35, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research

Record #:

25799

Author(s):

Nathe, Margarite

Abstract:

Textbooks often show pools of magma underneath volcanoes. While such pools do exist, new research by geologists Allen Glazner and Drew Coleman suggest that magma pools are probably much rarer than scientists previously thought.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 24 Issue 1, Fall 2007, p36-37, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research; Geology, Structural

Record #:

25800

Author(s):

Derewicz, Mark

Abstract:

Physicists Yue Wu and Alfred Kleinhammes use nuclear magnetic resonance to find out if carbon-based nanomaterial can effectively store hydrogen. If so, then hydrogen tanks could be used to fuel cars and the only by-product would be water.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 24 Issue 1, Fall 2007, p38-40, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Alternative fuel industry; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research

Record #:

25801

Author(s):

Derewicz, Mark

Abstract:

Philip Meyer is a professor of journalism who has studied public-opinion research for decades. Newspapers typically use polls to collect public opinion data, but according to Meyer, they could use more in-depth social science methods to find underlying reasons for people’s decisions and actions.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 24 Issue 1, Fall 2007, p41-43, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Journalism and Mass Communication