Record #:

25726

Author(s):

Nair, Prashant

Abstract:

Thousands of postmenopausal women stopped taking hormone replacement drugs after a federally sponsored study found they were unsafe. However, epidemiologist Gerardo Heiss and his colleagues found that effects of the drugs were still present in women years later, and there is a lingering risk of breast cancer.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 1, Fall 2008, p40-41, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Women--Health and hygiene; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research

Record #:

25727

Author(s):

Derewicz, Mark

Abstract:

Experimental philosophers known as x-philes are part of a new movement seeking to answer philosophical questions by asking actual people. Joshua Knobe, a pioneer in the field, uses experimental methods that are not traditionally used by philosophers. This approach makes it possible to learn more about human morality and intentions.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 1, Fall 2008, p42-43, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research

Record #:

25728

Author(s):

Derewicz, Mark

Abstract:

UNC researchers are using visualization techniques to simulate processes occurring in protein molecules, electrical currents, and nature. Recent developments include visualizations that will help North Carolina prepare for weather-related disasters, and scanning techniques that create 3-D models of human organs.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 2, Winter 2009, p4-15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research

Record #:

25729

Author(s):

Voss, Meagen

Abstract:

Mayron Tsong is an assistant professor of piano in the Department of Music. This year she released her first solo album and played at Carnegie Hall. Her album features the works of Russian composers Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, and Scriabin.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 2, Winter 2009, p16-17, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Musicians; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Music, Classical

Record #:

25730

Author(s):

Nathe, Margarite

Abstract:

David Mora-Marin is an assistant professor of linguistics and one of the few specialists in ancient Mayan languages from around 400 BC to 200 AD. A recent article was published about the writing system used by the Olmecs, the first civilization in Mesoamerica. Mora-Marin analyzed the Olmec writing tablet and found patterns that contradict the researchers’ findings.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 2, Winter 2009, p18-21, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Linguistics

Record #:

25731

Author(s):

Hardy, Susan

Abstract:

Archaeologist Brian Billman led about two dozen UNC and Duke students to a small village in the Moche Valley of northern Peru to build a new water system for the community. The villagers were hired to help manage the project and complete construction.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 2, Winter 2009, p22-23, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Record #:

25732

Author(s):

Voss, Meagen

Abstract:

For decades, scientists have been studying a protein associated with inflammatory pain, but made little progress until Mark Zylka discovered an enzyme called prostatic acid phosphatase. Zylka is now developing the enzyme to be used as an noninvasive medical treatment.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 2, Winter 2009, p24-27, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Medical schools

Record #:

25733

Author(s):

Nair, Prashant

Abstract:

Geneticist James Evans teaches court judges the practical genetics of how to analyze DNA. Evans hopes to start a voluntary certification program to help judges weigh DNA evidence and make rulings based on science.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 2, Winter 2009, p28-31, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Judges; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Genetics

Record #:

25734

Author(s):

Derewicz, Mark

Abstract:

Carolina biologist Darrel Stafford has developed a way to check blood clot patients for certain types of mutations that make people more or less sensitive to the drug warfarin. His new method could help researchers make better blood thinners with fewer side effects.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 2, Winter 2009, p32-33, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research

Record #:

25735

Author(s):

Mole, Beth

Abstract:

Charles Mitchell, a disease ecologist, thinks a virus is killing the California grasslands. Mitchell is studying the barley yellow dwarf virus and hopes that it will help model how diseases interact with their environments to become wide-spread epidemics.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 2, Winter 2009, p34-37, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research; Epidemics

Record #:

25736

Author(s):

Derewicz, Mark

Abstract:

Terry Sullivan leads an all-volunteer team to find out what outgoing presidencies have learned, and thereby help ease the transition for incoming White House administrations. The project team interviews former staff and presents their memos to the president’s transition team.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 2, Winter 2009, p38-41, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Political science

Record #:

25737

Author(s):

Hardy, Susan

Abstract:

Anna Spagnoli’s research in pediatric endocrinology might lead to a new treatment for nonhealing broken bones known as fracture nonunions. She anticipates that stem cell treatments can help to regenerate bone tissue in children.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 2, Winter 2009, p42-43, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Stem cell research; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Medical schools

Record #:

25781

Author(s):

Derewicz, Mark

Abstract:

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.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 3, Spring 2009, p5-13, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Ecology and conservation--North Carolina; Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

Record #:

25782

Author(s):

Hardy, Susan

Abstract:

Scientists commonly use fruit flies to study how human bodies work. At UNC, biologists are using them to study genes involved in DNA repair pathways, scent perceptions, food preferences, and human health.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 3, Spring 2009, p14-15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Genetics--Research; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research

Record #:

25783

Author(s):

Smith, Jason

Abstract:

Tardigrades, also known as water bears, are microscopic species with unusual survival capabilities. Bob Goldstein uses tardigrades to study evolution because of their unique development and reproduction capabilities.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 3, Spring 2009, p16-18, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research