When senior Allen Hawkes was a freshman, he came up with an idea to harvest energy from cellphone and Wi-Fi signals and put it to use.
Malnutrition is not the only food-related issue in developing countries such as Honduras, Duke researchers have found.
The Affordable Care Act will have little impact on the way Duke manages its health care policies.
Student Health has decided to close its East Campus Clinic in an effort to provide more efficient care for students.
The subject of this story is Suzy Kwetuenda, who is the first native Congolese scientist to ever conduct bonobo research.
Researchers at the University aim to replace the current body-imaging millimeter wave scanners found at airports with machines that can recognize the chemical composition of substances in luggage...
The University received a $15-million grant to continue research about nanoparticles, according to a Duke News press release.
The Nicolelis lab is turning science fiction into reality, making it possible for a machine to be controlled entirely by signals from the human brain.
About 20 to 30 percent of Pratt students switch into Trinity every year. The transfer rate is higher among female students, with 30 to 40 percent making the switch.
Health officials are getting a jump on administering flu shots to prevent an influx of illness during the peak of flu season.
Research by two Duke professors could improve treatment for people whose hearts are in need of mechanical assistance.
Attention problems diagnosed in students in the first grade may be a sign of long-term difficulty in academic achievement, according to a recent Duke study.
Ruth Day, associate professor of psychology and neuroscience, conducts research on how individuals process and remember dance and other athletic movements.
A recent study sheds light on possible ways to improve children’s mathematical abilities based on babies’ instinctive sense of number.
Researchers have found that the way rodents process sensory information at signaling pathways, previously thought to be linear, is intermixed.
The lack of self-compassion could be a contributing factor in the development of homesickness, according to a recent study.
As of fall 2014, the Duke University School of Nursing will offer a concentration in HIV/AIDS specialty.
Duke, the University of Miami and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution recently received a $16 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study oceanic currents.
Researchers at the Duke Center for Human Genome Variation collaborated with labs across the globe to discover a recessive gene mutation responsible for a rare genetic disorder.
Duke is already well-known for its success in athletics, but the new Duke Orthopaedic Performance Center will work to extend that success to all who seek it.
