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Research UNCovered: Alan Bi
49+ min ago (178+ words) Ph. D. student Alan Bi uses financial data to study the 2008 U. S. stock market crash. Alan Bi is a Ph. D. student in the department of history within the UNC College of Arts and Sciences. He examines how the language from financial institutions…...
Chemistry student uses machine learning to transform gene therapy production
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (691+ words) Ph. D. student Kelvin Idanwekhai is using machine learning to transform how viruses " the microscopic couriers of genetic medicine " are purified, making the process faster, cheaper and more precise. The future of gene therapy may not lie in the lab bench…...
Cracking the Brain's Code: New Sensor Wraps the Human Mind in 3 D Insight
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (238+ words) A new 3 D sensor developed at UNC-Chapel Hill and designed to wrap around miniature brain models could give scientists an unprecedented view into human brain activity, accelerating drug discovery and opening new paths for understanding and treating psychiatric and neurological…...
Carolina biologists show AI can dramatically speed up digitizing natural history collections
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (313+ words) Georeferencing " the process of determining where plant specimens were originally collected " is traditionally slow, expensive and dependent on significant manual effort. An estimated 23 billion herbarium specimens exist worldwide, but only a small fraction have been digitized. Without digital records and…...
The emotion detective
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (772+ words) EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published on Feb. 10, 2025. As we start a new 2026 spring semester, graduate student Adrienne Bonar's advice to students still rings true. Bonar knows that college can be a stressful time, and based on her own…...
Michael E. Taylor to receive 2026 Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (374+ words) Michael E. Taylor to receive 2026 Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition'The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Michael E. Taylor, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Mathematics emeritus at UNC-Chapel Hill, has been awarded the 2026 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition for his…...
Data science and mathematics professor strengthens global partnerships, student exchange - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (559+ words) Data science and mathematics professor strengthens global partnerships, student exchange'The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "When I was a kid, I was good at math, but I didn't enjoy pure math, which is often limited to paper and…...