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Unexpectedly good business and a lack of resources forced Rick's Diner to stop serving food late Sunday night just three days after opening. Several students were turned away when the restaurant ran out of food, and the diner may temporarily close Monday morning.
The value of clean air and water is rising, as environmental researchers continue to discover a wide range of adverse health effects associated with pollution.
"I thought we'd look at what it is we need changing within our own lives," popular feminist leader Gloria Steinem told a packed Page Auditorium Tuesday night. The Ms. Magazine founder spoke out on a variety of issues related to women's rights, stressing the work that remains to be done and the need for liberal causes to band together.
Quitting cigarettes can be excruciating, but scientists at the Nicotine Research Program--a joint project of the School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center--are investigating several methods of easing the process.
The 1990s have been very kind to Duke's School of Medicine.
In Elwood Linney's lab, a thousand swimming points of light are trying to tell him something.
The planned North Carolina Bioinformatics Grid, one of the nation's first networks to offer computing resources and data storage for biological sciences, aims to ensure that North Carolina is at the forefront of genetic research.
In September of 1982, Nancy Emerson began her battle against cancer. At the time of her diagnosis, her breast cancer had already spread to six lymph nodes, and her prognosis was not positive. Nineteen years later, Emerson is still alive and, for her courage and dedication to the cancer community, she has been named the 2002 "Cancer Survivor of the Year" by Coping, a national magazine aimed at cancer patients and doctors.
Although scientists have described much of the physical universe, they have not agreed on one central theory to explain it all. Associate Professor of Physics Ronen Plesser, a proponent of string theory--the idea that the universe is composed of tiny, vibrating strings operating across 10 dimensions--has been working on this theorized, unified field theory.
By designing better clinical trials and carrying out detailed biostatistical research, the Duke Clinical Research Institute hopes to change the way medicine is practiced and studied.
As part of an ongoing effort to integrate technology and education, the University has launched an initiative to help graduate students use technology to improve their teaching.
A convoluted mass of thousands of pipes and wires winds its way across the ceiling. Powerful lasers, giant steel cylinders and every species of scientific equipment lie precisely arranged around the vast experimental lab.
This is the first article in a four-part series about the relationship between physical health and learning.
It may not be the focus of many people's diets, but the vitamin choline is more important than once thought, according to new research at Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Boston University.
What bacteria can do effortlessly, scientists have only just begun to grasp. Biochemists at the Medical Center have developed a technique to engineer bacterial proteins to act as bioelectronic sensors for a multitude of chemicals.
Over a year ago, Raleigh's Capitol Broadcasting Corporation enthralled the Durham City Council with plans to transform the vacant American Tobacco factory from an eyesore into a thriving downtown center filled with shops, restaurants, apartments, office space and a concert hall. But construction has yet to start on the project.
Current research in nanotechnology, the science of manipulating individual atoms, may seem rudimentary, but it is already helping experts control the quantum world.
This story is the first in a two-part series on nanotechnology.
Studying the developing brains of newborn ferrets, researchers at Duke University Medical Center have made significant contributions to the debate over nature versus nurture.
