Season 2020

American Hammer in Wilmington makes 600 types of hammers. Materials science guides them.
Hammer Science

Using genetics to root out cancer
A doctor at UNC Medical Center is using genomic sequencing to identify genetic mutations.
Using genetics to root out cancer

NC company develops treatment for Covid-19
Grifols is using antibodies to treat the coronavirus.
NC company develops treatment for Covid-19

How to tell the difference between COVID-19 and allergies
How to tell the difference between COVID-19, allergies and the flu.
How to tell the difference between COVID-19 and allergies

Wearable health technology could aid in coronavirus effort
How wearables like Fitbits can help track the coronavirus
Wearable health technology could aid in coronavirus effort

A network of doctors offer hope to those with rare diseases
Hope for patients with rare, unknown diseases.
A network of doctors offer hope to those with rare diseases

What Makes a Virus a Pandemic?
At what point does a contagious disease become an outbreak? An epidemic? Or a pandemic?
What Makes a Virus a Pandemic?

How genetic counseling helps families
Genetic counseling helps patients make sense of their genetics.
How genetic counseling helps families

Crowders Mountain is being loved to death
Visitors to a state park near Charlotte may be loving the area to death.
Crowders Mountain is being loved to death

Snakes are crucial to the health of Merchants Millpond
Merchants Millpond supports 21 species of snakes. That's a good thing.
Snakes are crucial to the health of Merchants Millpond

How Lake Waccamaw got rid of hydrilla
A lake in southeastern North Carolina recently faced a major environmental threat.