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Homeland Security funds UNC center to study natural disasters in coastal areas E-mail
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
When storms threaten America’s coastlines, emergency managers will have the latest scientific information to prepare and protect our coastlines and citizens, thanks to a multi-million dollar grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
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UNC professor can explain reason for leap years E-mail
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Charles R. Evans, Ph.D, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is available for interviews on why February will be a day longer this year, for leap year. Evans specializes in general relativity and theoretical astrophysics.
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Silica smart bombs deliver knock-out to bacteria E-mail
Monday, February 25, 2008
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Bacteria mutate for a living, evading antibiotic drugs while killing tens of thousands of people in the United States each year. But as concern about drug-resistant bacteria grows, one novel approach under way at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks to thwart the bug without a drug by taking a cue from nature.
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N.C. Biotechnology Center awards grant to UNC's Destiny program E-mail
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
The N.C. Biotechnology Center has awarded a $48,770 grant to Morehead Planetarium and Science Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to support the Destiny traveling science learning program. The grant will be used for the development and implementation of “Creating a Chain Reaction,” a new curriculum module from Destiny, the planetarium’s science education outreach initiative.
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UNC professor tapped to head science teachers E-mail
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Pat Shane of the School of Education of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently was elected the 2009-2010 president of the National Science Teachers Association. She will serve a three-year term beginning June 1.
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