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UNC astronomers have spent the last eighteen years developing a high-tech telescope called SOAR. They recently launched SOAR into the skies above the Chilean Andes, where it will capture the highest quality images of any observatory in the world. SOAR is the most versatile and efficient telescope of its kind, and makes UNC a key player on the global astronomical scene.
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25908
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Researchers at UNC’s Child Development Institute are making preliminary plans for First School, a school that begins at age three. The school’s program is based on early childhood research. Activities focus on children’s social, emotional, and physical development, as well as their academic skills.
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25909
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Biochemist Jack Griffith developed techniques that let scientists see the finer details of DNA, and created the first electron microscope images of chromosomes. His lab recently used electron microscopy to map the DNA involved in Fragile X syndrome, a developmental disorder.
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25910
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The Center for Child and Family Health provides medical, legal and therapeutic services for children and teens who have been physically and sexually abused. According to medical director Desmond Runyan, it can be difficult to prove cases of abuse. To cope with abuse, maternal support and violence prevention are most important to a child’s recovery.
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25911
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Marine scientists and students lived underwater for ten days at the Aquarius undersea laboratory in Key Largo, Florida. The team of aquanauts was there to study sponge species and their role in water filtration.
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Breast cancer advocates are changing how research gets done by lobbying for increased funding, helping decide what gets funded, and even evaluating research products such as drugs. New research directions at UNC include the Specialized Programs in Research Excellence, which unites researchers, clinicians, and patients in advancing breast cancer studies.
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25913
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UNC scientists are making it possible to visualize signaling within a cell, in real time. Using newly developed dye technology, scientists are able to detect more cell structures and observe cellular behavior.
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25914
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Andrew Reynolds, associate professor of political science, argues that practicing political scientists have done a poor job diagnosing the problems in failed states and have consequently advised countries to adopt inappropriate systems. Reynolds has developed a new framework for thinking about emerging democracies.
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25915
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Small companies in North Carolina are finding niche markets where know-how and flexibility mean more than large-scale production. UNC experts advise local companies to build on strengths, develop a network of interdependent businesses, and invest in university-based research that leads to new technologies.
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25916
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Gerhard Weinberg is a retired UNC history professor and a devout Jew who grew up during the rise of Adolf Hitler. In 1958, historian Gerhard Weinberg discovered Adolf Hitler’s second book in an old torpedo factory in Alexandria, Virginia. The book revealed more about Hitler’s intentions and quest for world domination.
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UNC nutrition researchers provided a list of ten things you can do every day to eat better, feel better, and improve your health. Overall, their advice is to eat controlled portions of balanced healthy foods, stay hydrated, and be active.
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25918
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Researchers affiliated with UNC’s Laboratories for Reproductive Biology are working on a vaccine that could serve as birth control for men. They discovered a protein critical to movement of sperm cells. Targeting the protein could stop sperm from making it to the female reproductive tract.
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25919
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UNC researchers completed the first study to link a genetic variation with a chronic pain disorder. They found that women who had tiny variations in the COMT gene were more sensitive to pain then men.
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26004
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UNC graduate students recently published two journal cover stories about their work. Jennifer Taylor published her work on blue crab molting in the journal Science, and Julie Canman published her work on cell division in the journal Nature.
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26005
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Kyle Hedlund is an associate professor of computer science with an interest in insect biology. To merge his two passions, Hedlund created an online catalog of North American ants.
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