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For Jenny Tung, Trinity '03 and Graduate School ‘10, her research is no monkey business.
Recipient of the Darwin-Wallace Medal, Mohamed Noor—professor of biology and former chair of Duke's biology department—recently published a book entitled Live Long and Evolve: What Star Trek Can Teach Us about Evolution, Genetics and Life on Other Worlds.
What began as a Duke research lab has transformed into one of the most recognized machine learning companies in the industry. Now, it’s coming back to Duke.
Carrying out experiments in test tubes and other devices can be cumbersome and time intensive, but Duke researchers may have developed a better system.
Anyone would be excited by the prospect of immortality, and some people believe the world is on its way to a vaccine or cure for everything. However, research from the Duke Global Health Institute suggests we’re not as close as we think.
The genetic factors that influence how big your brain is may also determine how smart you are, a recent Duke study suggests.
To protect Earth’s biodiversity, the quality of land preserved may matter more than the quantity, a recent Duke study suggests.
It was only a few days ago when students were looking out the window to blue skies, dreaming of a beautiful weekend and only worrying about that problem set due Friday. How did we end up here?
While people may or may not be working on strengthening their real muscles, one Duke lab has been strengthening its artificial muscles.
Researchers at Duke have recently discovered a missing link that could be a breakthrough in treating glioblastoma—an aggressive form of brain cancer that doesn't respond to usual treatment.
Duke researchers have created a new web-based application to help doctors assess their patients' risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD).
Though solar power offers a promising future for sustainable energy, it remains relatively costly and impractical, something three three Duke professors hope to change.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia can wreak havoc when it spreads to the brain—but until recent Duke research, no one had shown how ALL manages this feat.
Like the cell phone in your pocket or the television in your house, signals in your brain may be encoding several pieces of information at once, a Duke study found.
Counting endangered lemurs has been a crucial but painstaking task in the fight to save the species, but could now become much simpler.
A recent environmental engineering study at Duke challenged the long-held belief that gold is a biologically stable material.
Researchers at Duke recently discovered uranium contamination in groundwater from aquifers in 16 Indian states.
Duke researchers have received the $15 million go-ahead from the National Science Foundation to build the world’s first practical quantum computer.
When Patrick Grady, Pratt '18, was a first-year, Duke Electric Vehicles was just another club at the activities fair. Four years later, it made him a world-record holder.
Using modified poliovirus to jumpstart the immune system and fight cancer—a therapy developed by research at Duke—showed promise in numerous studies and even garnered appearances on CBS's 60 Minutes.
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