Golden Goose award presented to Duke researchers for rat study
By Diana Evans | September 11, 2014Petting rats has led to improved infant health and significant medical savings.
Petting rats has led to improved infant health and significant medical savings.
Research by professors at Duke and Harvard has identified cancer drugs that could also potentially prevent the onset of malarial symptoms at a cost-effective rate.
The Duke Immersive Virtual Environment will close for renovation in late September and reopen early in the Spring semester.
A thirteen-year-old’s science project has led to a new discovery about a fungus harmful to HIV patients.
The Duke Global Health Institute recently went through an external review confirming Duke’s leading position in the area of global health and continuing focus in interdisciplinary studies.
From studying the impact of air pollution to developing tests for cancer, here are some of the many ways that research has recently been advanced on campus.
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that children who receive quality educational enrichment very early in their lives may have better health decades later.
Duke University scientists have engineered lab-grown muscle that acts, looks and heals like the real thing.
Collaborating researchers at Duke and Rice University have discovered that simple changes to homework assignments based on psychological principles can increase students’ performance in a class.
Researchers at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute recently found that a patient diagnosed with both lupus and HIV produced antibodies that limited the effects of the latter.
New guidelines will recommend that approximately thirteen million more Americans use cholesterol-reducing drugs.
A research team led by Duke scientists has identified a subclass of antibodies that could help find an effective HIV vaccine.
A joint effort between researchers in the United States and Southeast Asia is tracking the illicit tobacco trade within the region.
A study that analyzed children from nine countries—including more than 300 families in Durham—found that a child raised in a dangerous neighborhood is more likely to exhibit aggressive behavior.
?Researchers at Duke are exploring the long-term effects of spinal cord stimulation in improving symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.
Researchers at Duke University have identified a protein crucial in the process of sensing and converting physical strain into cell growth in cartilage tissues, leading to implications towards a...
A superlens developed by Duke researchers allows electronic devices to be powered wirelessly at an increased distance, making it possible to to charge phones untethered in the future.
A multidisciplinary team from Duke is providing pediatric surgical care and research in Guatemala, where access to medical services is limited.
Duke’s Research Scholars Program, which connects undergraduate students to research mentors, has drawn both high praise and criticism from its participants.
Two Duke researchers have teamed up to create a neuroscience education initiative with the promise of changing the relationship between research academia and the general public.