Category: 7. Science

UNC Research Stories sat down with Pedro Sáenz, associate professor in the UNC College of Arts and Sciences’ math department, to learn more about his work at the Physical Mathematics Lab and why student research experiences matter.

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Exploring the possibility of the survival of life under extraterrestrial conditions is an important goal of astrobiology. In a new study, scientists used baker’s yeast, a powerful model organism, to assess the impact of Mars-like conditions;…

Comet 3I/Atlas continues to be full of surprises. As well as being only the third interstellar object ever detected, new analysis shows it is producing hydroxyl (OH) emissions, with these compounds betraying the presence of water on its surface….

We all want Earth to come to Earth’s rescue, revealing some long-dormant process that will undo our one-time mistake called the Industrial Revolution. We want it so much that stories of carbon sequestration, especially in the ocean, almost always…

A split-second flash from the nearby starburst galaxy M82 has sparked a careful rethinking of what we call a short gamma-ray burst.

The signal was so brief and intense that it first looked like a compact-object merger far across the universe, yet…

This happens due to plate tectonics and movements in the bedrock, caused by the large ice sheets on top melting and reducing pressure on the subsurface, according to a new paper published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth….