Researchers at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment and Pratt School of Engineering are co-leading a new National Science Foundation-funded project that aims to boost economic development and climate resilience in coastal North Carolina through nature-based scientific and technological innovations.
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While many of the tech giants eventually moved much of their infrastructure out of the state and the region’s strengths in the semiconductor industry declined in the 2000s, the foundations remain intact. But the future could be much brighter due in part to passage of the CHIPS Act, say experts who spoke recently at Duke University.
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Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a tablet-based vaccine for urinary tract infections (UTIs) that rapidly dissolves when placed under the tongue. The new treatment could offer an easy and practical alternative to high-dose, oral antibiotics which are the current standard for UTI treatments.
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Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated the most effective treatment for pancreatic cancer ever recorded in mouse models. What could this mean for the battle against the deadly disease?
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From a box of Cracker Jack to The Da Vinci Code, everybody enjoys deciphering secret messages. But biomedical engineers at Duke University have taken the decoder ring to place it’s never been before — the patterns created by bacterial colonies.
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DURHAM – If there was ever any doubt, Sheryl Sandberg can command a conference room. “Nothing can make me feel better than walking into a room of women in tech,” said Sandberg, chief operating officer at Meta, as she shook hands with staff and greeted students in the Duke Technology...
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Duke’s new Vinik Dean of Engineering Jerome P. Lynch discusses his background, joining the Pratt School of Engineering and his plans for the future.
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Students from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM) in Durham recently got to see firsthand how different materials emit different amounts of infrared light (IR), which is ordinarily invisible to the naked eye as part of a LITE show.
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The DQC officially kicked off with a two-day workshop, introducing more than 100 current and potential collaborators from around the world to the unique capabilities of its quantum user facility. Here’s what happened.
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