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Semi-volatile organic compounds—linked to a wide range of illnesses and developmental disorders—may be far more commonplace than previously recognized.
Hearing impairment affects approximately 37.5 million Americans. The economic and healthcare costs of hearing loss amounts to billions of dollars annually.
Three new members of one of the world’s only hibernating primate species—fat-tailed dwarf lemurs—were born June 25 at the Duke Lemur Center.
Duke University Hospital did not make the cut for the U.S. News & World Report’s 2019-2020 Honor Roll.
Four Duke faculty members received a prestigious early career award award for scientists and engineers, the White House announced in a July 2 news release.
Chemotherapy is ubiquitous in the world of cancer treatment, but cancer cells have a way to fight back: they simply resist the drugs used in the treatment.
The Duke Human Vaccine Institute just got a booster shot of $129 million.
Thermometers may be the perfect tool to measure your body's overall temperature, but taking the precise temperature of deeper tissues in the body is a little more challenging.
John Wilson Moore, a renowned biophysicist and professor emeritus of neurobiology, died on March 30 at the age of 98.
Tracking your daily food consumption on your phone may help you shed a few pounds.
The federal approval marks a pivotal step in the development of treatments meant specifically for maternal depression—a highly stigmatized and often debilitating condition.
A company started by Duke researchers harnesses advanced software to fight drug resistance with the goal of creating more effective cancer treatments.
The blood vessels in your eyes may allow for earlier detection of Alzheimer's disease, a new Duke study suggests.
Duke Regional Hospital just started the largest construction project since its opening in 1976.
A recent oceanography study sponsored by Duke, along with other institutions, discovered new insight into how the ocean circulates.
From designer babies to genetically modified food, gene editing has brought many ethical questions to the forefront.
On Thanksgiving, a team 40 Duke medical personnel came together to perform the first bilateral hand transplant in North Carolina.
The Duke Endowment just provided a $50 million grant to the University to hire more researchers in engineering, mathematics, medicine, sciences and technology.
With rising sea levels and human development threatening wetlands, the effects of hurricanes could become even more devastating.
The deepest question some people ask themselves is where to eat at the Brodhead Center, but for one Duke professor, her questions revolve around ethical quandaries in scientific research.
