Confronting energy poverty in Southern Africa
The National Science Foundation recently awarded a $4.8 million grant to UNC-Chapel Hill to help researchers study how to alleviate…
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Relationships as important to health as exercise, eating well
The more social ties people have at an early age, the better their health is at the beginning and end…
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Breastfeeding prepares baby’s belly for solid food
A new UNC study found that breastfeeding influences a baby’s ability to transition from milk to solid foods and may…
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Harris elected to National Academy of Sciences
Sociologist Kathleen Mullan Harris, James E. Haar Distinguished Professor, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the…
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Teen Health Tracker: Connecting the dots from adolescence to aging
Imagine if we had the ability to predict how teens’ health, social experiences, genetic makeup and living environment might influence…
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