A study from scientists at Duke and NASA is shedding light on the variability of global temperatures and the role that human activities play in global warming.
A recent study showed that laboratory rats exposed to Beijing's highly polluted air gained weight and experienced cardio-respiratory and metabolic problems.
The president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, called for rethinking the way minorities are treated in science, technology, engineering and math fields during a talk sponsored by the Duke Initiative of Science and Society Wednesday.
Scientists at Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are working with the state government on an initiative to educate parents and the public as a whole about the effect of alcohol on adolescent brains.
Dr. Robert Califf may move further down the path to becoming the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration after a procedural vote in the U.S.
The Chronicle’s Neelesh Moorthy spoke with Vivek Wadhwa, adjunct professor at the Pratt School of Engineering and director of research at the Duke Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization, to discuss potential job losses in the future as a result of technological change.
Duke researchers have developed mathematical models to predict the growth trajectory of cancerous tumors.
Motions by Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed against the universities last year were denied in federal court Friday.
Vice President Joe Biden joined a panel of local experts to discuss barriers to curing cancer Wednesday afternoon.
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Vice President Joe Biden will visit the Duke Cancer Institute Wednesday to discuss his new cancer initiative with Duke scientists and leaders.
Duke's Environmental Engineering major will graduate its first class of two students this spring. The program—offered through the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department—was launched under former dean of the Pratt School of Engineering Tom Katsouleas in Fall 2013.
Discoveries made by Duke researchers may help to explain how B-cells respond after infected by Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), a member of the herpes virus family. The recent study—led by Micah Luftig, Karyn McFadden and Rigel Kishton—found that when running short of the supply of nucleotides and other cell-building materials, a large population of EBV-infected B-cells stop dividing and arrest, or end the cell cycle, after they hit their first period of rapid growth.
With growing concern about the Zika virus, Duke healthcare researchers and administrative leaders say they are well prepared.
NASA has awarded a Duke professor a three-year, $1 million grant to develop an early warning system for malaria in Peru.
Major infrastructural expansions and upgrades coupled with expense reduction gave Duke University Health System the highest operating income in its history.
Ravi Bellamkonda will be the new Vinik Dean of the Pratt School of Engineering, President Richard Brodhead and Provost Sally Kornbluth announced Tuesday.
Duke scientists have helped make it easier to detect cancer cells by using a probe that makes the cells more visible.
Discoveries made by Duke researchers may help explain a developmental disease called microcephaly.
According to a recent study produced by Duke economists, the value of homes sharply declines when fracking takes place in neighborhoods.
