A new study conducted by neuroscientists at Duke’s Nicolelis Lab shows that the part of the brain responsible for the sensation of touch may react to visual stimuli alone.
After undergoing its own makeover, Arts & Health at Duke is ready to revamp Duke Medicine’s artistic environment.
A revived North Carolina law means that, in some cases, landowners may have to sell their oil and gas resources to energy companies—even if they do not give consent.
Electroconvulsive therapy—which has long been a source of heated debate among medical professionals—has a foundation of support in the Duke Medical Center.
Although a lot of research happens in labs, one undergraduate student’s summer research took her to the Hawaiian Islands to see through the eyes of a monk seal.
On a weekly basis, The Chronicle will collect questions and concerns from premedical students and pose them to various individuals with a relevant perspective.
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.
