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The Hidden Afterlife of Antidepressants: How UNC’s Emily Crawford Tracks Drugs in North Carolina’s Waterways

Emily Crawford is pioneering a multidimensional approach to quantify antidepressants in North Carolina’s waterways.

UNC Scientists Transform Chemicals from Oil Refinery Waste into Compounds for Anesthetics, Antidepressants

Chemists in the Johnson Lab convert chemicals from petroleum waste into compounds for study as anesthetics and antidepressants.

UNC Chemists Develop Light-Powered Method to Build Key Drug Molecules Faster

UNC chemists have developed a faster, more flexible way to build an important class of molecules used in many prescription drugs.

Chemistry Student Honored at ACS Symposium for Pioneering Plastic Recycling Research

Ph.D. student Eliza Neidhart's research offers a new, chemical solution that could change how we reuse plastic.

UNC Chemistry Students Receive NSF Fellowships and Recognition for Research

Three chemistry students have been selected as fellows by the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program for 2025 and nine students received honorable mentions.

UNC Chemist Receives Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Prestigious Matter-to-Life Award

The grant supports Dr. Zhiyue Lu's research into how life-like behaviors emerge from inanimate matter.

UNC Chemists Unveil Blueprint for Molecular-Scale Computers

UNC chemists introduced a novel principle: thermal-kinetic frustration, which allows a molecule to behave like a tiny, programmable computer.

UNC Scientists Design 3D Cathodes to Make CO2-to-Fuel Conversion More Efficient

A CHASE-supported UNC study represents a significant step forward in designing more efficient carbon dioxide reduction systems.

A Cleaner Future for Tires: Scientists Pioneer Chemical Process to Repurpose Rubber Waste

In a Nature study, a UNC chemist has introduced a novel chemical method for breaking down rubber waste.

UNC Researchers Pioneer Light-Powered Technique to Enhance PET Scan Disease Detection

Researchers have developed a promising method to make radiotracers faster, more efficiently and with less waste.

Startup’s Trojan Horse Therapy Attacks Aggressive Cancers, Spares Healthy Cells

In a pioneering approach to cancer treatment, a North Carolina startup—dGenThera—has developed a targeted radiotherapeutic based on astatine-211, an alpha-emitting isotope.

In Seminar, Chemistry Alum Explores How Protein Movements Shape Their Function

Arthur Palmer discussed how proteins shift their shapes and why that matters for their function as part of a Biochemistry & Biophysics seminar series.