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In bats, adaptations for flight linked to immunity
By Sangwon Yun | September 4, 2013Duke researchers are using bats' flight from illness to understand immunity overall.
Duke researchers are using bats' flight from illness to understand immunity overall.
Truffle hunting may be as convenient as digging in your backyard—if you live by a pecan orchard.
Modeled after a ketchup packet, an invention made by a Pratt School of Engineering class could revolutionize the way antiretrovirals are delivered to newborns.
Ventriloquists use association between sight and sound to trick us into thinking that sounds are coming from different places. But how exactly does this trick work?
Dr. Robert Lefkowitz and pharmaceutical companies are placing a new focus on the receptors' potentiality to become drug targets.
New findings suggest that children who are part of the bullying cycle may experience negative health effects and financial hardships later in life.
After many years of “I swear it works,” Duke researches have discovered a truth that might be shocking to some: pulling-out is not the move for preventing pregnancy.
This summer, Duke welcomed two new members to its community—each weighing no more than a handful of paperclips and standing less than three and a half centimeters tall.
The School of Medicine recently welcomed a class of 113 students to campus—the largest the school has seen in two decades.
A recent Duke study found that listing nutritional information in a mobile format could help encourage healthy eating.
Charles and Daneen Stiefel donated $1.3 million, which will be used by Dr. Patricia Lugar and Dr. Sandeep Dave.
Four previously injured hawks will get a chance to fly free this Saturday
Dr. Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant leads the Duke Medicine Orchestra, an organization of Duke University Medical Center affiliated musicians.
Induced or augmented labor may be associated with an increased risk of autism, a new study finds.
A newly developed competition set to launch this week will help Duke bridge the gap between the sciences and the humanities.
The Duke biology department did not exist before 2000.
Just five years ago, to walk across Duke’s medical campus, patients, doctors and students had to cross a railroad track.
Nobel Laureate Dr. Robert Lefkowitz leans back in his chair, propping his feet up on his desk and listening thoughtfully as his graduate students gave presentations on their latest research.
Duke has made a name for itself in groundbreaking scientific research earning a Nobel prize, numerous grants and countless headlines.
After three and a half years and nearly $600 million, Duke Hospital’s glass-walled Medical Pavilion opened its doors to the public this weekend.