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UNC researchers say much of oil spill floating under Gulf
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers say the amount of oil spewing from a wellhead beneath the Gulf of Mexico is much more than official estimates, and much of the oil is trapped undersea. Richard McLaughlin, a mathematics professor, said he and his colleagues estimated the British Petroleum well is spilling about 56,000 barrels of oil a day into the sea, which is more than 10 times BP's estimate of 5,000 barrels a day. The UNC estimate is based on the geometry of the broken drilling pipe and the speed of the oil flow seen in underwater video, McLaughlin said.
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Duke, NCSU, UNC get Hughes millions for research
The Triangle Business Journal
Researchers at Duke University, North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are among recipients of the 2010 Howard Hughes Medical Institute grants. ...And UNC got $1.3 million to encourage Carolina Covenant Scholars to pursue biomedical research. The scholars program guarantees that selected low-income students graduate from UNC debt free.
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UNC researchers say much of oil spill floating under Gulf
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers say the amount of oil spewing from a wellhead beneath the Gulf of Mexico is much more than official estimates, and much of the oil is trapped undersea. Richard McLaughlin, a mathematics professor, said he and his colleagues estimated the British Petroleum well is spilling about 56,000 barrels of oil a day into the sea, which is more than 10 times BP's estimate of 5,000 barrels a day. The UNC estimate is based on the geometry of the broken drilling pipe and the speed of the oil flow seen in underwater video, McLaughlin said.
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Duke, NCSU, UNC get Hughes millions for research
The Triangle Business Journal
Researchers at Duke University, North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are among recipients of the 2010 Howard Hughes Medical Institute grants. ...And UNC got $1.3 million to encourage Carolina Covenant Scholars to pursue biomedical research. The scholars program guarantees that selected low-income students graduate from UNC debt free.
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-Thanks to UNC News Services for finding these great stories AND compiling the summaries! You can find more UNC media coverage and stories online at http://uncnews.unc.edu
