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According to Carolina researchers and students, sustainable development involves issues that are important to the needs of people today and others in the future. They are conducting research in North Carolina and other countries with the goal to find a balance in social, environmental, and economic stability.
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26175
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As part of her honors thesis in Asian studies, Carolyn Berndt translated the story of one of the Japanese Army’s comfort women during World War Two. Comfort women were recruited or kidnapped to provide sex for Japanese soldiers.
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26176
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Carolina researchers are studying how good health, exercise, and strong social connections help people to age well. Their advice is to plan for old age and think of aging as a lifelong process.
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26178
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Psychiatrists are looking for a biological explanation for the bonds between people. Cort Pederson’s research suggests there is one biological system to initiate emotional attachments and another to maintain them. Josephine Johns has found that cocaine interferes with the first one.
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Microbiologist Bob Johnston’s work with mutant versions of a virus started off as basic research but lead to a vaccine that can save Latin American children from encephalitis. His lab now has a version that produces a green fluorescent protein which highlights and traces viral paths.
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26183
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Geologist John Rogers examined the ages of various parts of Pangea, the last supercontinent. He says Ur was the first continent, formed three billion years ago. Rogers and his colleagues are now examining how geological changes influence the way we live and vice versa.
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26184
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Ted Salmon is an engineer-turned-biologist who links image-processing electronics with microscopes to examine mitosis, the cell’s way of reproducing. He is investigating why the process sometimes causes diseases like Down syndrome or cancer.
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26185
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Climatologist Peter Robinson maintains that the media hype surrounding the so-called greenhouse effect has distracted attention from the real implications of global climate change. In addition to changing temperatures, Robinson anticipates issues related to wind, pollution, solar radiation, and rainfall patterns.
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26186
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UNC researchers at the Cystic Fibrosis Center are developing a drug treatment that may curtail deteriorative lung disease, the primary cause of premature death in cystic fibrosis patients. The drug fights against lung malfunctions by hydrating the airways and reducing the absorptive process.
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26188
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Electric rays shock their prey using electric organs which contain proteins similar to those in human muscle. By studying electric ray proteins, physiologist Robert Sealock may learn why the human disease muscular dystrophy causes muscle cells to die.
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26189
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Craig Melchert, professor of linguistics, studies extinct Anatolian languages. Anatolian developed from a language spoken by Indo-European people who moved to Asia Minor from north of the Black Sea by 2000 B.C. Melchert traces the linguistic history to understand how ancient people thought and lived.
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26190
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A Buckeyball molecule is a soccer-ball shaped form of carbon that has potential for numerous research opportunities. Professor Edward Samulski of the chemistry department found a way to make buckyballs easier for scientists to use.
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26191
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John M. Silva III, professor of sport psychology, conducted a study on psychological momentum in team sports. Results showed that winning and losing affected the subjects’ emotions and thoughts about their performance, but did not translate into actual performance changes.
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26192
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A UNC research team led by Nobuyo Maeda, associate professor of pathology, genetically altered mice to reach cholesterol levels five times greater than normal. Their new technique creates opportunities to mimic human disease and study modifications in drug and diet in a controlled environment.
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26193
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UNC researchers conducted a study to identify different ways that different countries in Central Europe were going about privatization. Privatization was much more complex than expected due to social and political backlashes.
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