An environmental chemistry laboratory at Duke University has solved a longstanding mystery of the origin of high levels of PFAS—so-called “forever chemicals”—contaminating water sources in the ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a new nerve stimulation technique that relieves constipation. By stimulating the sacral nerve using a pattern of electrical bursts, the team ...

Duke University and the University of Georgia are partnering with leaders from the insurance and climate data industries to launch the Center for Innovation in Risk, Catastrophes, and Decisions ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a platform that combines automated wet lab techniques with artificial intelligence (AI) to design nanoparticles for drug delivery. The approach ...

Team led by Duke Quantum Center advances toward designing a powerful 256-qubit quantum computer as part of a major NSF initiative for quantum technology. A year of planning and gathering input from ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have successfully conducted experiments to treat damage caused by heart attacks in non-human primates using gene therapy for the first time. More than 800,000 ...

Knots are generally understood to form due to twists and turns of long, flexible materials that keep shoes on your feet or frustrate your attempts at hanging holiday decorations. A beam of light doesn ...

Huanqian Loh, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and physics, has been awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Physics. The Sloan Research Fellowship Program ...

Duke Engineering launched the Beyond the Horizon initiative to provide interdisciplinary teams with substantial investment to begin pursuing extremely high-risk, high-reward projects that have the ...

Students in the first Master of Engineering in Climate & Sustainability Engineering cohort share their experiences in this new and unique program. Gabriel Sandoval’s interest in climate started with ...

Duke Engineering’s annual Medical Robotics Symposium highlighted the advancements and interdisciplinary collaboration that define the evolving field of medical robotics. The event was organized and ...

The 2024 Advanced Multifunctional Metamaterials (AMM) Workshop brought together over 125 thought leaders, researchers and innovators from around the world to Durham, NC, to explore the transformative ...