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India loses billions of dollars per year due to air pollution, a topic being explored in the new Duke India Initiative (DII).
A new five-year program aims to enhance early detection strategies and improve treatment for children who have both Autism Spectrum Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
How do you know when you’ve found “the one”? Is it the bubbly feeling that melts through your body when you look into their eyes? Is it your heart doing somersaults in your chest when they enter a room?
Global temperatures might be more predictable in the future, but only for some places, according to a Duke study.
Surviving an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest may not be just an issue of physical condition.
Although the brunt of Hurricane Irma passed by North Carolina, future storms may put some of the state's coast in danger.
There are currently four ghost bikes in Durham, and a recent project at Duke seeks to make sure there are no more.
Duke researchers have discovered a new way to inhibit the infectious bacteria Francisella tularensis, infamous for its potential as a bioweapon.
If you have that one pesky habit you just can’t break, a rare type of neuron in your brain may be the culprit.
Scientists have long searched for what distinguishes humans from animals, but are we close to an answer?
Women who are trying to get pregnant through in-vitro fertilization may want to consider staying away from nail polish, according to a recently published study by researchers from Duke, Harvard University and the University of Michigan.
As Hurricane Harvey moves through Louisiana, professors at Duke discuss ways to mitigate the devastating toll of such large storms in the future.
Household dust may make you sneeze and irritate your eyes. But it can also lead to more severe health effects, according to a recent study out of the Nicholas School of the Environment.
A new Duke study suggests that typhoid fever invades human cells with the help of cholesterol.
Duke researchers have discovered a new way to model progeria syndrome—a rare genetic disease that accelerates aging in children—which could help pave the way for future treatments.
According to research by a Duke alumnus, the eight Confederate soldiers onboard the H.L. Hunley—the world’s first submarine to sink an enemy warship—were killed by the submarine’s own weapon.
A team of Duke students spent the summer creating a more efficient mechanism to map tobacco retailers in Durham County—which has over 250—and North Carolina, which has over 15,000.
Duke University Medical Center finished first in North Carolina and seventeenth in the country in this year’s U.S. News and World Report annual hospital rankings.
Duke physicists have finally found evidence for a 43-year-old prediction that enhances the modern understanding of the universe.
Duke researchers have found a way to make flu vaccines faster to produce and more protective against seasonal flu virus strains.