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32909
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The Technical Center of Union Carbide Agricultural Products Company, Inc. in Research Triangle Park conducts research on new and effective herbicides, insecticides, growth regulators and other compounds. Dr. E. M. La Combe, an organic chemist, presides over the center with the title of Site Manager. This article discusses La Combe’s background and operations at the technical center.
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26093
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Jim Jorgensen, professor and chair of the chemistry department, developed the capillary electrophoresis technique to separate small-volume samples inside tiny capillary tubes. Jorgensen’s lab is using the technique to identify and map individual proteins.
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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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26151
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UNC chemists are using chemistry to help industries save money and be environmentally safe. Joe DeSimone invented a soap mixed with compressed carbon dioxide that can dry clean clothes. Tom Meyer is developing artificial photosynthesis to end our reliance on fossil fuels.
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25860
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Chemistry professor Gary Pielak is the first UNC scientist to win a National Institutes of Health Pioneer Award. The award will fund him to research the spatial structure of proteins, and develop equipment to measure the proteins in various types of cells.
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31078
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Thanks to a noted wood chemist at North Carolina State College--Dr. Alfred J. Stamm--a great warship is being restored after 334 years of Stockholm Harbor. The development of polyethylene glycol as a stabilizing agent for wood is also being used by woodworking shops to create decorative objects.
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25904
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Bob Parr is a professor of chemistry and pioneer in the development of density functional theory in quantum mechanics. His most significant contribution was the 1988 LYP paper, named after the authors Lee, Yang, and Parr. The LYP paper solved a huge problem in theoretical chemistry and made much more accurate calculations possible.
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26252
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Chemistry professors Thomas Mayer and Eugene Irene are researching the structural and chemical workings of silicon surfaces at an atomic level. Silicon has unique electrical properties used in semiconductors, materials used to operate computer chips.
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26224
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Maria Wagner-Recio, a biochemistry doctoral candidate, is trying to understand the biochemical response of the human nervous system to toxic substances. She is participating in a research project that uses a relatively safe toxicant as a model system for other more common, hazardous pollutants.
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