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.
While people may or may not be working on strengthening their real muscles, one Duke lab has been strengthening its artificial muscles.
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?
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.
There's more to mental illness than what meets the eye—but a new Duke study did note a correlation between an irregularity in visual regions of the brain and risk for mental illness.
A failed cancer drug may have just found a new use—fighting tuberculosis.
Michael Shaughnessy, former Duke anesthesiologist, filed a lawsuit at the end of May because of alleged disability discrimination that led to the University not renewing his contract.
In a statement released during the weekend, the Vanderbilt University Medical Center denied that Eugene Gu is no longer employed there because of his protests against racism.
The gene-editing tool CRISPR has recently been in the limelight for its ability to precisely target and cut out specific DNA sequences. Now, Duke researchers have taken the next step by showing how the technology can be used in living animals.
