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Grad student advocates for bird-friendly windows

Julian Spector

Duke's glass buildings can be deadly for birds, but a graduate student is setting out to fix that.

Researchers pursue invisibility cloak upgrade by printing

Anthony Hagouel

Funded by the Army Research Office, researchers at the Center for Metamaterials and Integrated Plasmonics have continued their research in cloaking technologies.

Duke alums create DNA tracer prototype

Imani Moise

A startup led by recent Duke alums is developing technology to help build trust between fracking companies and the communities they affect.

Duke symposium fosters ties among disease experts

Anthony Hagouel and Tony Shan

A recent symposium sought to foster closer professional connections between infectious disease researchers at Duke Medicine and its Singapore campus.

Price transparency may raise health costs

Kelly Scurry

Health care pricing reform laws may pose risks for patients.

EPA regulations to steer market away from coal

Lucy Hicks

Stricter Environmental Protection Agency regulations could steer the energy market away from coal, according to a recent Duke study.

Duke patent office rebuts criticism

Tony Shan

Duke has an office for taking University inventions and turning them into marketable products, but some faculty have questioned how effective it is.

Duke scientists assess accidental turtle catching

Lucy Hicks

A team of Duke scientists is pushing the boundaries of knowledge about sea turtles caught by commercial fishing processes.

Global health at Duke receives C+

Nourhan Elsayed

The University Global Health Impact Report Card, the first of its kind administered by the UAEM, aims to promote medical innovation and public interest in global health.

Duke theater professor McAuliffe explores father's mental illness in new book

Shangnon Fei

Years later, theater professor Jody McAuliffe set out to investigate the obscure neurological disease that led to her father's unraveling.

Stigma deters Duke undergraduates from pursuing nursing

Amy Cheng

Although the U.S. News and World Report ranks the School of Nursing seventh in the nation, most undergraduate students have never considered nursing as a career option because of associated stigmas.

Sequester may hit Duke Lemur Center

Lucy Hicks

Government budget cuts may decrease available funding for research organizations such as the Duke Lemur Center and the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, along with basic research at Duke.

Duke intellectual property policy may hinder innovation

Tony Shan

Duke professors have raised concerns over a policy that entitles the University to a large percentage of the profit received from inventions.

Duke Clinical Research Institute cuts 56 jobs

Danielle Muoio

DCRI eliminated 56 positions to address its "specific business needs" in the wake of the federal sequester.

Experts discourage ban on genetic engineering

Kelly Scurry

As genetic technology develops, the ability to change the genes of a fetus has moved from the realm of science fiction to a possible reality in the future.

Duke researchers hone in on HIV vaccine

Danielle Muoio

A vaccine for HIV has eluded scientists for decades, but Duke researchers are closer to it than ever.

Scientists open path to brain tumor drug

Julian Spector

A genetic mutation that prevents cell death may hold the key to treating deadly brain tumors.

Monkey behavior sheds light on human friendship

Tony Shan

A Duke researcher’s findings suggest human friendship may actually be monkey-like.

Environmentalist calls for action to combat 'slow violence'

Lizzy Kieffer

Theorist Rob Nixon argued that destructive treatment of the environment constitutes a form of violence.

Energy advocates defend oil, nuclear power

Lucy Hicks

A bias against oil and nuclear energy as fuel sources is impeding industrial progress, said Alex Epstein, Trinity ’02.

Duke Lemur Center head identifies 2 new species

Andrew Luo

Using DNA analysis, a team of researchers that includes Anne Yoder, director of the Lemur Center, has discovered two new species of mouse lemurs.

Duke Medical School admins put rankings in context

Raisa Chowdhury

Duke School of Medicine advanced in medical school rankings for research from ninth to eighth, but that does not tell the whole story.

Psychologist Jeffrey Arnett relates emerging adulthood, substance abuse

Georgia Parke

From the ages of 18 to 25, substance abuse occurs because of a period of freedom and lack of concrete obligations.

Duke professor criticizes push for de-extinction

Tony Shan

Stuart Pimm is a species extinction expert who discourages species revival or de-extinction.

DUHS sees decrease in patients and revenue

Danielle Muoio

Overall patient volume and revenue at DUHS have fallen in the past fiscal year.

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