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Sidney Wong stains equine cartilage at a lab bench, using chemicals under a fume hood.
Research + Innovation, Students

Student Builds on Zhiliang Chen’s Osteoarthritis Research

Roughly one in three Americans suffers from osteoarthritis, a progressive disease that causes joint cartilage to break down in a vicious cycle. The less cartilage, … Read More ›

Posted on August 26, 2024August 27, 2024
Emily Hu stands onstage at a conference, presenting slides.
Research + Innovation, Students

The Team Communication Toolkit: Emily Hu’s Award-Winning Project

Emily Hu, a fourth-year doctoral student in the Computational Social Science Lab (CSSLab), recently launched her award-winning Team Communication Toolkit at the Academy of Management … Read More ›

Posted on August 22, 2024August 21, 2024
Grants, Honors + Awards, In the News, Research + Innovation

Liang Feng Receives Experimental Physics Investigator Award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Liang Feng, Professor in Materials Science and Engineering and in Electrical and Systems Engineering, is the recipient of a $1.25 million award from the Gordon … Read More ›

Posted on August 21, 2024August 21, 2024
A rendering of the human intestines with bacteria outlined in bright colors.
Research + Innovation

Mining the Microbiome: Uncovering New Antibiotics Inside the Human Gut

The average human gut contains roughly 100 trillion microbes, many of which are constantly competing for limited resources. “It’s such a harsh environment,” says César … Read More ›

Posted on August 19, 2024August 15, 2024
A hand encase in a rubber glove holds a sample of the flexible biomaterial.
Research + Innovation, Students

A 3D-printed Band-Aid for the Heart?

In the quest to develop life-like materials to replace and repair human body parts, scientists face a formidable challenge: Real tissues are often both strong … Read More ›

Posted on August 13, 2024August 13, 2024
In the News, Research + Innovation, Students

Detecting Machine-Generated Text: An Arms Race With the Advancements of Large Language Models

Machine-generated text has been fooling humans for the last four years. Since the release of GPT-2 in 2019, large language model (LLM) tools have gotten … Read More ›

Posted on August 12, 2024August 16, 2024
A colorful representation of different pieces by Bach, shown as networks.
Research + Innovation

The Structure of Sound: Network Insights into Bach’s Music

Even today, centuries after he lived, Johann Sebastian Bach remains one of the world’s most popular composers. On Spotify, close to seven million people stream … Read More ›

Posted on August 8, 2024August 5, 2024
Engineering students displaying tiny racing cars
In the News, Research + Innovation

Racing to the Future

For most engineering classes, the final day is reserved for an exam. It’s a way for students to test their understanding of the key concepts … Read More ›

Posted on August 6, 2024
Jacob Gardner smiles while wearing a button-down shirt.
Research + Innovation

The Electron Microscope of AI: Jacob Gardner’s Mission to Supercharge Scientific Research

In North Carolina, where Jacob Gardner, Assistant Professor in Computer and Information Science, grew up, hurricanes arrive like unwelcome relatives — Fran, Matthew, Florence. In … Read More ›

Posted on August 5, 2024June 2, 2025
Eric Lu, left, sits next to his advisor, Insup Lee
Research + Innovation, Students

Pengyuan Eric Lu: Embracing the Power of Deep Learning in Safety-Critical Systems

What if the technology that powers our cars, medical devices and energy grids could guarantee safety and reliability like never before? Pengyuan “Eric” Lu, a … Read More ›

Posted on August 1, 2024June 2, 2025

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