Duke research gives insight on sensory information
By Audrey Melville | October 29, 2013Researchers have found that the way rodents process sensory information at signaling pathways, previously thought to be linear, is intermixed.
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.
Conservation scientist Ullas Karanth, an expert in Bengal Tiger conservation, argued that the key to wildlife conservation lies in the cross-section of science and politics.
Every week The Chronicle collects pre-medical students’ most pressing questions and poses them to professionals in the field of medicine.
A Fuqua student is jumping feet-first into the Porta-Potty business.
Many students, however, believe that training for such a large volunteering program should cover more areas and be more specific, particularly in terms of bedside manner.
The Duke University Health System has experienced a dramatic increase in flu vaccinations this year following a major policy change in April.
A new cancer therapy is currently under clinical trials at Duke's Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center.
Eight years after its establishment, Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School has developed as a hybrid style of medical education.
The degree-day model, which most farmers currently use to determine when they should plant their crops, might be defunct as a result of climate change, according to a recent study led a Duke...
A new program is providing students who have eating disorders with specialized treatment avenues aimed to minimize disruption of their lives.
Health care reform as it is currently imagined does little to address the most pressing concerns of the industry, said political commentator Reihan Salam.
Samara Jinks, a first-year medical student and co-chair of the Duke School of Medicine American Medical Association, about the regular life of medical school students.
A nationwide $11 billion dollar budget cut to graduate medical education, if passed, may hurt Duke’s residency program in the future.
The Animal Locomotion Lab is examining the evolutionary development and mechanics of motion in animals and humans.
Just as the human pattern of speech is dependent on geographic location, birds' songs evolve depending on the island they colonize.