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A new light-driven method dramatically simplifies and accelerates the synthesis of stemoamide alkaloids, a class of bioactive compounds found in plants.
In their study, the UNC team focused on just one kind of protein called GB1, a small, well-studied globular protein often used as a model.
Haley Jostes' proposal is setting the stage for future studies on how these plastics might affect human health.
Ph.D. chemistry candidate Kara Joseph has won the 2025 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
A UNC study revealed that each application of floor wax brought a new burst of toxic emissions.
Emily Crawford is pioneering a multidimensional approach to quantify antidepressants in North Carolina’s waterways.
Chemists in the Johnson Lab convert chemicals from petroleum waste into compounds for study as anesthetics and antidepressants.
UNC chemists have developed a faster, more flexible way to build an important class of molecules used in many prescription drugs.
Ph.D. student Eliza Neidhart's research offers a new, chemical solution that could change how we reuse plastic.
Three chemistry students have been selected as fellows by the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program for 2025 and nine students received honorable mentions.
The grant supports Dr. Zhiyue Lu's research into how life-like behaviors emerge from inanimate matter.
UNC chemists introduced a novel principle: thermal-kinetic frustration, which allows a molecule to behave like a tiny, programmable computer.