Recently, Duke University electrical engineers have designed a way to replace copper in electronic devices with an optical device that would use light to carry information.
A new $10 million federal grant will allow the Duke Global Health Institute to expand its partnership with the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre in Tanzania in an effort to strengthen its...
Researchers are preparing for trials of a new HIV vaccine that accounts for the diverse nature of the deadly virus’ strains.
Efforts to encourage men to study nursing recently led to national recognition for Duke.
Work on the effects of nature and nurture have earned a married research couple of two prestigious awards.
The Institute of Medicine will conduct a study of the “scientific underpinnings” of three clinical trials that were based on the work of Duke cancer researcher Dr. Anil Potti, the organization...
The effects on children of pediatric drugs approved before 1998 were largely un-researched. However, that could change with a Duke-led study on drug doses for children, funded by $95 million from...
This year, Residence Life and Housing Services fears that students might bring back more than just their luggage when they return from vacations.
University officials gathered Friday afternoon for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Learning Center, the School of Medicine’s newest building.
The Duke University Police Department is investigating a recent death at Duke Hospital that might have been a homicide.
Antarctica’s rough seas and high-speed winds did not stop a recent Duke Marine Lab expedition from studying humpback whales and other wildlife in the region.
Duke students continue to experiment with alcoholic beverages containing caffeine despite the lack of consensus regarding the safety of their consumption.
Although the Centers for Disease Control does not project a severe year for the flu, Duke is still taking precautions aimed at preventing the virus from spreading this fall.
Scientists are using a Duke research misconduct case to draw attention to what they say is an increasing problem in some fields of scientific research—experiments that are not easily reproducible.
Dr. Victor Dzau stressed a positive future for Duke Medicine with the start of a new five-year strategic plan at the yearly State of Duke Medicine address.
Although alcohol remains Duke students’ drug of choice, some undergraduates have recently experimented with a new, “legal weed.”
Named a “Leader of Tomorrow” by Forbes.com and the founder of a company that Fortune Magazine lauded as one of the top 25 “coolest” companies in the world, Vivek Wadhwa is a well-respected veteran...
An increase in the number of Duke students applying to medical school this year continues a notable trend of this decade.
A team of scientists, including several from Duke, published a research article Sept. 21 in the Public Library of Science Biology about the control of cell division in mammals, which could have...
Dr. Wesley Burks is leading the charge in a possible revolution in the world of food allergies with from his lab in the Medical Sciences Research Building.
