Haley Plaas hits the road before sunrise to get an early start on the drive from Morehead City to Edenton, North Carolina. After two hours of farmland views along country backroads, she finally arrives at her destination — a small … Read more

UNC’s Institute of Marine Sciences in partnership with the Duke University Marine Lab are using their 3-D printers to create face shields. Since April the two Carteret County-based schools have been working overtime to make as many shields as possible, … Read more

For the first time in the University’s history, annual new awards for research conducted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have exceeded the $1 billion mark. The record amount in new grants, contracts, and awards received in … Read more

Can food animals, like cows and pigs, harbor the coronavirus? Could nanoparticles protect surfaces from COVID-19 contamination? What social factors determine who is willing to wear a mask, and who is not? These are among the questions N.C. researchers are … Read more

BEAUFORT, N.C. (WITN) – Even with the common afternoon showers during the mid-summer months, it’s been a relatively dry period across the east. But despite the lack of rain, a number of water quality advisories have been issued, leaving researchers … Read more

MOREHEAD CITY — As people take to Carteret County’s beaches and waterways in near record numbers this summer amid the coronavirus pandemic, they should rest assured it is generally safe to do so, both in terms of water quality and risk … Read more

This roadmap places the safety and well-being of our campus community paramount to all other considerations, and was created with this perspective and these guiding principles and goals in mind. During this time, we must adopt community standards and behaviors that will help promote a healthy campus and be prepared for some … Read more

This story is part of our 2020 hurricane special Storm Ready 2020: Preparing in a Pandemic The climate change impact on hurricanes We’ve had our share of extreme weather events here in North Carolina, especially when it comes to hurricanes. … Read more

As the U.S. economy slowed this spring due to the novel coronavirus, an avenue of inquiry is how air emissions changed. One finding is that while passenger vehicle use decreased dramatically, freight traffic increased in some large cities. “The demand … Read more

North Carolina is one of the states most susceptible to hurricanes. With a coastline that juts out into the Atlantic, the state is like a catcher’s mitt, catching the storms as they move north. And as climate change transforms the … Read more